wouldn't it be fun, if we could all be at optimo together?
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:30 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know if I can say it here but the Den Haan ep is something fabolous.Best new music I heard in this 3 months of 2009.
― kaiser, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:12 (fifteen years ago) link
den haan and optimo are at disco bloodbath with todd terje on april 9 and i cant bloody wait! easter apocalypso
― straightola, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:17 (fifteen years ago) link
is todd terje playing at that also? daaaaaaamn
― just sayin, Friday, 13 March 2009 14:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i know, unbelievable. i might be stuck doing visuals at a bloody infadels gig till 1
― straightola, Friday, 13 March 2009 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.optimo.co.uk/cramp1.jpg
― stirmonster, Friday, 13 March 2009 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Australian top-5-charting, self-released pop group Sneaky S0und Sy5tem have evidently been touring the UK, and their showpony frontman wrote a tour diary for the weekly clubber's newspaper back home in Sydney:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/sneakydiary1.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/sneakydiary2.jpg
― Bostin' Legal (sic), Sunday, 12 April 2009 06:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder how The Archers took to that; R4 listeners must be expanding their musical consciousness!
― krakow, Sunday, 12 April 2009 07:20 (fifteen years ago) link
You can guess which bandmember typed that:
http://whothehell.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sneakywhite.jpg
― Bostin' Legal (sic), Sunday, 12 April 2009 07:38 (fifteen years ago) link
which member? does optimo's venue not have any lights at all?
really really liking the florence & machine remix but i don't dj with vinyl and can't find an mp3 of it - says here that "Optimo take on one of the hottest bands around - florence & the machine. supplying two remixes which will never be released on any other format" booooo. twitch, if you're around, check your myspace!
― NI, Sunday, 12 April 2009 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
that feature is odd as i met those guys on the night and they seemed to know what the club was. they were telling me they have been doing a sunday night club in sydney for ten years. is that right?
also, i should point out, we have lots of lights. in fact, we are ALL about the lights. i guess he was going for dramatic effect there.
NI - here's the vocal remix of florence and the machine -
https://download.yousendit.com/WnBUeW41bWc5RlozZUE9PQ
― stirmonster, Monday, 13 April 2009 07:32 (fifteen years ago) link
ps - NI, checked my myspace but you weren't there.
― stirmonster, Monday, 13 April 2009 07:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Short hair in suit is the one that started and ran the Sunday night, topless blond Prince Valiant ostensibly wrote the piece, if that makes any difference re who you spoke to...
― Bostin' Legal (sic), Monday, 13 April 2009 07:52 (fifteen years ago) link
just seen these replies now and missed the YSI file before it got nixed, doh. i've messaged you (at the optimo espacio myspace) again twitch, i think there's been some crossed wires?
would love to see footage or photos of the optimo lights btw, or even a description of them. saying optimo is 'ALL about the lights' has piqued my interest!
― NI, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 12:03 (fifteen years ago) link
have replied - i think there was some confusion as a few people check and reply to the myspace messages. it perhaps isn't "all about the lights" but we have some custom made light boxes and neon signs. i don't have any photos to hand i'm afraid.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
http://acuterecords.com/optimo.jpg
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Wilkes is spinning tonight in Chicago at Sonotheque, anyone going?? What can I expect?
― stingy, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
radness
― t_g, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
you can expect to get down.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Do you know what time you might be on this Friday at T bar, stirmonster?
I'd love to go but can't stay out super late
― Jamie T Smith, Thursday, 25 June 2009 09:30 (fourteen years ago) link
they have been a tad slack in giving me any info. i will post back when i find out. i'm hoping not super late either as i have an intense weekend and could do with fitting in some sleep at some point.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 25 June 2009 10:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks. Hope to see you there!
― Jamie T Smith, Thursday, 25 June 2009 10:55 (fourteen years ago) link
12.30 - 02.30
― stirmonster, Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
what was that amazing Q Lazarus edit/remix?
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Monday, 27 July 2009 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
soooo is this place still as cool as six years ago when the thread was started?
― samosa gibreel, Monday, 27 July 2009 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
it was cool when I went last summer.
― dan selzer, Monday, 27 July 2009 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
ditto
― hallmark race cards (donna rouge), Monday, 27 July 2009 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link
still the shit
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Monday, 27 July 2009 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't answer for the Optimo guys obviously but could it be the Krikor edit ("Goodbye Horses" without the chorus, just keeps building up?)
― Telephone thing, Monday, 27 July 2009 03:22 (fourteen years ago) link
it was the krikor edit with a loop of this insanely heavy felix da housecat drum track mixed over it.
i dunno if it is, or ever was cool, but it's still immensely good fun. tonight - amazing crowd + amazing atmosphere + gavin russom live analogue intensity = my perfect club night.
― stirmonster, Monday, 27 July 2009 05:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone heard this yet?http://www.amazon.co.uk/Order-Edit-Optimo-Presents/dp/B001U7FWQ4
― Neil S, Thursday, 6 August 2009 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
not yet but it's coming.so glad twitch is playing re-bar in seattle! it's going to be fun. the place is a silly dive, it should work really well. i'm recruiting a group to go
― jergins, Thursday, 6 August 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Reynolds has: blissblog
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Thursday, 6 August 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay definitely getting this, Reynolds makes it sound great.
― Neil S, Thursday, 6 August 2009 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
also don't know much about this beyond the poster but am looking forward to it:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/jackmaster1/carnivalA3.jpg
Plus Juan Maclean. Expensive month for an unemployed soul.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Thursday, 6 August 2009 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
gah. apologies for the size.
Nah that's cool, it's a great poster! Hmmm can I make it up to Glasgow that weekend?
― Neil S, Thursday, 6 August 2009 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, so about 1:44:00 into Optimo's incredible Essential Mix, they drop this jaw-dropping remix of "Hallogallo", labeled as the "Mary Hill Rework". I have been searching for this thing for well over a year and a half, and the only other mention I can find of it is on http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/5956. Has anyone ever come across this before?? Was it rereleased under a different moniker/title/etc? I would kind of sell my kidney to get a hold of this...
― claws of jungle red (Stevie D), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 06:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Is it Dingered & Rothered - Betty Botox?
off Betty's sublime kraut ep.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 10:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm afraid the remix of "hallogallo" was never released. it was done by jg wilkes and we did talk about putting it out but that idea fell by the wayside somewhere along the line.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 10:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/05/00/050001_4bf470ae.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 10:53 (fourteen years ago) link
In Order to Edit mix is great BTW.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 12:46 (fourteen years ago) link
xxp is there any chance it might be released/"reissued" in the future? It's rock fucking solid
― claws of jungle red (Stevie D), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Is it from the Mount Florida/Mary Hill Krautrock split that was announced/unreleased?
― claws of jungle red (Stevie D), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy shit, this Betty Botox KRAUT EP is quite sublime, indeed!!
― claws of jungle red (Stevie D), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
it was indeed. the mount florida track ended up on betty's kraut ep.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Todd Terje lists the Optimo Remix of They Came From The Stars I Saw Them as his number 1 in his dj chart on juno this month (even though it came out nearly 3 years ago...!)
http://www.junodownload.com/charts/dj/674125-Todd_Terje/304648-Chart/
― Simon A. Carr, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i love that mix.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:01 (fourteen years ago) link
diggin In Order to Edit
― dmr, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I discovered your amazing label thanks to that amazing remix!
― Kaiser Size, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link