Optimo

Nice.

SR Mix #151: Doubleheart [High Sheen]

http://www.sonicrouter.com/2013/02/sr-mix-151-doubleheart-high-sheen/

JD Twitch and Neil Landstrumm's Doubleheart project.

that barnt track is a monster

up on spotify now

Liking this: http://nocturnetapes.com/post/47614176527/nt1-jd-twitch

Into the interzone with JD Twitch

First in a series of mixes and compilations from various DJs, producers and taste-makers that have been inspired by, and made to be listened to in, the small hours of the night. Curated by Vitamins, the Tapes will allow listeners a glimpse into the personal nighttime listening habits and the lesser-heard regions of the record collections of their creators.

Full interview and download:
http://www.nocturnetapes.com

hot mix!
http://www.clashmusic.com/features/clash-dj-mix-optimos-jg-wilkes

nice!

These are great!

I'd also completely missed The Underground Sound of Glasgow; stumbled across it via the EOY thread.

ty

http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2014/08/hi-five-optimo-shares-five-its-f

That seems very similar to the Top 10 article from the last year, but then I guess it should!

http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-films/the-10-best-scottish-records-with-jd-twitch/

Ah, thanks for that!

Also:
http://www.theskinny.co.uk/clubs/skinned/309011-skinned_special_jd_twitchs_independent_scotland
(good interview)

TRACKLIST
Benjamin Zephaniah – Independence
Test Dept. – Cha Till Sinn Tuille (We Shall Return No More)
Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding
Jonny Greenwood – Oil
Peter Westheimer – Renewable Energy
Oliver Wallace – Pound
Swarms – Sterling
Telepathe – Devil's Trident
Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land
Slim Lightfoot – Welfare State Blues
Roy Harper – Referendum
The The – Heartland
Adonis – No Way Back
Yello – You Gotta Say Yes
Comrade Oleau – Tiny Revolutions
The Residents – You YesYesYes
Devo – Watch Us Work it
The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
Dub Syndicate – No Alternative
Donna Summer – State Of Independence
String Driven Thing – Heartfeeder

Jonny Greenwood – Oil
Peter Westheimer – Renewable Energy

oh I see what he did there

WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND SHOW!!!

Tonight!

~24min interview on National Radio:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/20158168/optimo

good stuff on wednesday night, especially since they started at 7pm!

hoping to get to the encore performance next weekend for longer show at more traditional dancing hours...

set times in Sydney tomorrow are outdoors in a posh pub courtyard during daylight:

16:30 > 18:30 Seth Troxler
18:30 > 20:30 Optimo
20:30 > 22:30 Pachanga Boys
22:30 > 24:00 Ame

Brilliant!
http://i.imgur.com/doBZcof.jpg

pissing myself at that.

love the wee bottle of bucky

their rinse show continues to be ezcellent

Two great tracks on Optimo Music lately:

Sex Judas - Pope Naked The First
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un7x46RshDw

Boot & Tax - Dancin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LictORmWZlM

LOVE that boot and tax track x

Hadn't heard the sex judas but I'm really enjoying it !

Optimo Music clashes with Sony over post-punk compilation

The major label took exception to the phrase "Now That's What I Call..." in the record's title.

The sleeves of Optimo Music's forthcoming post-punk compilation will be destroyed after the label received a cease and desist letter from Sony.

Sony's objection to the compilation's original title, Now That's What I Call DIY! (Cult Classics From The Post-Punk Era 1978-82), which it says infringed its copyrighted Now That's What I Call Music! series. Optimo Music head JD Twitch told RA: "I couldn't reach agreement with Sony to modify the existing sleeves that was either satisfactory to them or cost effective to me, so the original sleeves will be destroyed." He says the process cost "several thousand pounds," adding: "While the whole thing has been a nightmare and extremely annoying, really, the only person I am angry with is myself for not even considering it might be an issue. I totally appreciate that Sony are perfectly entitled to vigorously pursue copyright infringement." Sony is yet to respond to RA's request for comment.

The repackaged compilation, now titled [Cease & Desist] DIY! (Cult Classics From The Post-Punk Era 1978-82), will see release on October 30th. As previously reported, the compilation pulls together weird and rare post-punk music from the late '70s and early '80s. The 16-track double-vinyl version comes with detailed notes of each track written by JD Twitch, as well as an introduction by Dan Selzer.

http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=30703

Sony can kiss it

Getting a cease and desist label from a major label is punk as fuck tho

I mean cease and desist letter. Too much coffee this morning >>>

this sounds like an excellent companion to that Trevor Jackson Science Fiction Dancehall Classics compilation.

this comp looks v interesting despite/because of me not knowing any of it aside from Fatal Microbes and The Prats

title is one of those things that feels so wholly embedded in the lexicon, it seems weird that it might actually be owned by a litigious multinational

Now that's what I call a capitalist dystopia.

Well it's obv shitty that this is the world we live in but that's what copyright is for I guess, even Twitch says the only person he's annoyed with is himself. Looks a good comp regardless.

just clocked this, courtesy stirmonster!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03rymc8

Who's on board for Optimo 20?!

It's next weekend kids!

ADULT.
Apeiron Crew
Aurora Halal
Avalon Emerson
Ben UFO
Becky Marshall
The Black Madonna
Carla dal Forno
Equiknoxx
Errorsmith
Happy Meals
King Ayisoba
K-X-P
Midland
The Bug ft Miss Red
Nurse With Wound
Optimo
Sal P
Sofay

http://thequietus.com/articles/22925-optimo-20-mix-listen

is the whole thing not sold out by this point? I would love to see ADULT. again and I think Happy Meals are the greatest

I'm going and I'm really rather excited about it. I think there are still some tickets left

Not being a dancer, wish there were separate tix for NWW. Happy 20th!

200 tix left. Just not possible to do separate tix but plenty of acts for non dancers. ;-)

Yeah, can totally understand separate tix would be a bit of a nightmare (tho good old Counterflows eh)- anyway, went to the last NWW/Optimo show at the Tramway, which was jelly-being-pushed-through-the-walls awesome.

I will be dancing in my head.

stirmonster, that's a nice mini-essay in the Quietus.

i had a ticket but now i can't go! :(

Oh no! That's a bummer TH, I would have loved to have met you.

YES ME TOO! bvms

I will be there. First "Optimo" I will have been to in Glasgow, not sure I'll have the stamina for the Sub Club after but let's see ;)

envious over here. have fun

Where are you headed from, Chew?

And will you have friends attending? If not (or even if so!) then send me a message on here and we can say hello! X

(That goes for Paolo too, it would be good to meet you)

I'm coming up from Brighton. This rather neatly coincided with my birthday and some friends who were already going.