Optimo

it was full within about 30 minutes of the doors opening (took a while to get people in). the start of the night was always our chance to play music not for dancing to although on sunday, people were dancing to even the most undanceable music at the start.

I'm trying to imagine people dancing to "Song of the Siren"...

You roll around on the ground with someone while really bright headlights shine on you

You say this with the voice of experience.

Just reminiscing about that time I starred in Lost Highway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laf8bhSeGNY

http://vimeo.com/11277704

i'll check how the recording came out next week and will then hopefully post up a link to the full recording with crowd noise.

!! <3 <3

oh man I'd love to see more of that clip when the Passenger comes in!

i have fond memories of dancing at Optimo to "The Passenger", at Planet Peach, when about 30 people were there. the bouncers were horrible, it was a horrible venue, but so much fun nonetheless.

matias aguayo was wonderful tonight.

yes. he was the best thing ever!

Fabric mix is aces btw.

The Tyrell Corporation - Together Alone to Roni Griffith - Spys to Levon Vincent - Love Technique!
This is such a great choice of records. I really love this mix, if only for the first song, but it gets better. Where is that Fad Gaget song from??

The sub club website says that tonight (8th of August) is Twitch and Wilkes. I don't believe that for some reason, but as it is my last Sunday night in Glasgow ever I'd like to know if I should make it down.

P.S. My friend wants to know if I can look after her dogs for the night so it's not a case of just not bothering to go down. I can either go or stay in.

Optimo website says

Residents party this Sunday (8th), with some familiar faces making an appearance...all will be revealed on the night...

So, has anyone been to Hung Up!, which is what the ex-Optimo Sunday night has evolved into?

I'm a sad loser who never went to Optimo, but am wondering now...

They have Ivan Smagghe on the 15th and James Murphy on the 22nd.

jealous of those going to James Murphy. always a good time.

After LCD earlier this year converting me to their cause I'm very tempted if I can find anyone to hold my hand into the proper clubbing world.

I'll probably be there on the 5th.

September? Who's playing that one?

No idea! But I'm planning to be in the same hemisphere/country/city, so

sic, was just saying to grimly f (on facebk) that we shld have another glasgow fap...

I'm up for Sunday 5th September.

Hey Ward! I have had “try glasgow more” open in a tab for a week waiting for my travel plans to be vaguely finalised before I Suggest Fap. (I have a plane ticket for nine days away but haven’t had leave approved yet!) If real fappage wasn’t going to work out once I have times bashed into shape, I was going to mail you and grimly to see if we could lunch...

got yr ilxmail krakow btw

I have been told that Optimo is, in some form, coming back to Philadelphia! such excitement!!

supposed to be in Brooklyn August 29

yup, we're both playing philly on both the 25th and 27th (25th is a bar gig where i will be playing rock n' roll), 27th is making time and then we're playing sunday best in brooklyn on the 29th.

i haven't decided who is playing the club in glasgow on the 5th yet but will probably be some of our local residents - we're both in croatia that day.

WHOA!! stirmonster I am so so fucking excited :D Do you know what bar you'll be at the 25th?

the bar is the pope.

DOUBLE WHOA, that's the local watering hole for a bunch of my good friends! I didn't even know they did events like that.

Kinda rearranging our European trip to (finally) catch Optimo in Paris on Sept 23rd w/Danton Eeprom at Rex Club. I'm guessing NZ is still an unlikely destination, but are any Australian jaunts in the pipeline?

Waaay psyched for this Friday. So you're playing at POPE (the one on Passyunk East, I presume) on the 25th? What time are you on?

i'm afraid i don't know anything about the pope gig apart from what i've posted. i'll try to find out and post back.

etc - there is a very, very slight chance we'll be playing NZ in december as we're going to be playing in australia then.

http://www.corsicastudios.com/index.php/september-2010/285-ekstravaganza-6-september-10th

http://www.corsicastudios.com/images/stories/eks6-web.jpg

That's just a ridiculous line-up, wish I could go. Ekstravaganza is pretty much the best regular club night in London these days.

Hey Jamie! I just heard Keith spelling out “...i-l-x-o-r” over the music and thought he was saying you were “(ilxor)”, not just an ILX0r – didn’t work out who you were until after 6am – sorry for thus being so confusing!

it was a confusing night all round!

:D

Stir. Can you expand on the Prins Thomas wee drinking scenario you hinted at in your tweet?

you cant just leave that stuff hanging.......

Prins doesn't do toilet tracks, would be my guess.

^ on the micturition

what matt dc said.

it was a confusing night all round!

indeed

I was very confused by the time I met you all! Sorry ...

Travel problems nixed the Rex Club appearance (if my dodgy French serves me correctly). Anyone know more about the TBC gig in Metz on October 1st?

http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae130/Optimo_Dept/bigger_bolder.jpg

Travel problems nixed the Rex Club appearance (if my dodgy French serves me correctly). Anyone know more about the TBC gig in Metz on October 1st?

french air traffic control strike prevented us getting to paris. the metz gig isn't happening but we are back in paris in november.

http://www.factmag.com/2010/10/15/optimo-to-release-covers-album-by-10-year-old-ghanaian-twins/

OMG.

Yeah!

absolutely love "moody". so cute to hear that hybrid african/glaswegian accent! the way she says "moody" is sooooo glasgow.