the space odyssey mix is an amazing hilarious delight.
― s1ocki, Saturday, 10 May 2008 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
glad you enjoyed it. the night we did based around "2001 : a space odyssey" was completely hilarious. they don't show up too clearly in this photo but we had a load of HALs custom made. also note monolith hanging from the roof. :-)
http://www.optimo.co.uk/monolith.jpg
http://www.optimo.co.uk/spaceman.jpg
― stirmonster, Saturday, 10 May 2008 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
omg wish i coulda been there.
i love the way the space odyssey mix just keeps going... the first time i listened to it i kept thinking "ah what a perfect way for this to end" (like the close encounters music, thus sprach zarathustra etc)... but when telstar came on it warmed my heart.
― s1ocki, Saturday, 10 May 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Mix? Hrm?
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 10 May 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I have some pictures from the night too, will look them out... though they're a bit blurry
― czn, Saturday, 10 May 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.skitch.com/20080510-drbcn3pfdd3j8ai3rg7y8qch7i.jpg http://img.skitch.com/20080510-muw74ki2fwxum4u8pqip2xqmyn.jpg http://img.skitch.com/20080510-p7y7yihu35anjsxksapg6eyqr1.jpg
^gf's hat
― czn, Saturday, 10 May 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.skitch.com/20080510-84g953jy5bnme5kw22734xf3yu.jpg
― czn, Saturday, 10 May 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.skitch.com/20080510-e8fai6ig8cnhn23qncfa7u3ykd.jpg
http://img.skitch.com/20080510-psrtkat2id2duq1ixsegm971di.jpg
― czn, Saturday, 10 May 2008 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
YSI YSI YSI
― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 10 May 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm sorry, she's very fond of it
― czn, Saturday, 10 May 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Lift off
― stirmonster, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
cheers :-)
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
You, sir, are a prince among men.
― Telephone thing, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i love the way the space odyssey mix just keeps going... the first time i listened to it i kept thinking "ah what a perfect way for this to end" (like the close encounters music, thus sprach zarathustra etc)... but when telstar came on it warmed my heart. ^^^^^^^^^^^
can't believe I didn't hear optimo was playing australia until a few days out; not enough time to organise a trans-tasman trip.
anyone heard the optimo mix of the lottergirls cover of "the day the world turned dayglo"?
― etc, Sunday, 11 May 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
you can pretend you were at the last of their four gigs with three mp3s from this page (about four hours in total)
― energy flash gordon, Monday, 12 May 2008 03:07 (fifteen years ago) link
oh god, the hangover
― haitch, Monday, 12 May 2008 03:39 (fifteen years ago) link
hopefully we'll be coming back to australia in december. we were both completely and utterly smitten with the place - definitely our favourite dj trip of the last few years.
― stirmonster, Monday, 12 May 2008 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
YAYYAYAYAYAY
― energy flash gordon, Monday, 12 May 2008 04:34 (fifteen years ago) link
December = playing in the bush outside of Melbourne again?
― energy flash gordon, Monday, 12 May 2008 04:51 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks for the link, & OH MY GOD YES! plz give enough warning for new zealanders to finally pick up & move to melbourne, etc.
― etc, Monday, 12 May 2008 07:11 (fifteen years ago) link
hopefully i'm going to do a few solo dates in new zealand in december before meeting up with my partner in crime in australia. i'm trying to work out the logistics of it at the moment but will keep you informed if it comes together.
― stirmonster, Monday, 12 May 2008 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks stirmonster! the astronauts report it feels good.
― tricky, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link
the sub club mix is really good! so's the other disc, actually.
― haitch, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 06:10 (fifteen years ago) link
that sub club mix in full
― haitch, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 06:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone heard the Sleepwalk mix yet?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes. It's great! Starts off with three minutes of sea noises (Chris Watson) and then gets crazy fun. Introduced me to Wall Of Voodoo's 'Ring Of Fire' cover - I made brief reference to this on here a couple of weeks ago
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay, will be getting this forthwith then!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Ooh, better pick that up.
Anyone know any details on possible Aus/NZ dates in December? The website's info ends in Nov.
― etc, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
australia dates in february. sadly nz dates fell apart.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Eh, we're used to it. Know whether it'll be early or late Feb for Aussie? Tempted to go over for the Primitive Calculators reunion + Afrirampo at ATP 09 in Jan .. could make a holiday out've it.
― etc, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
it is looking like the weekends of feb 6/7 (canberra / playground festival), 13/14 (melbourne / perth) and the 20th (sydney). this all has to be 100% confirmed though.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Will Sleepwalk be getting a US release?
― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
tracklisting looks great on that one, i'll have to grab it on itunes once i get home.
anyone like that naum gabo release on dissident? http://www.flexx.be/item/gabo001
i like it quite a bit. and that betty botox stuff is killer (i assume you all know this, though)
― psychgawsple, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
*marks calendar*
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link
comps for all your beloved ilxor pals to playground weekender! :D
― i fire doughnuts from a HOOSteen to paralyse my enemies (sic), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 08:43 (fifteen years ago) link
they are hoping for a US release but licensing the arthur russell track for the US is proving incredibly difficult so it will either be held up for some time or come out without that track.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Listening to this mix right now. Very excited about Sleepwalk.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay "Witch Hunt" is just awesome. Is this an act I should be embarrassed for never having heard of?
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
patiently waiting for my copy of that to arrive from RVNG.
― fela cooties (haitch), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
^what he said
― mizzell, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Mine came today! I forgot to check if I got the red vinyl. It's a very sweet looking package.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
i got a copy coming any day now too
― psychgawsple, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
The tracklist for the mix is on discogs btw.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
60 Minute Of Fear is really rocking my world at the moment. I can't pick a favorite track on it, I've been listening to practically nothing else this week.
Sleepwalk is quite exquisite too, I've been playing it fairly soft volume late at night and it's giving me Lynchian dreams.
Thank you Optimo
― mmmm, Friday, 19 December 2008 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Optimo nicely falls on my birthday this year. Bring on the 28th!
― Gukbe, Friday, 19 December 2008 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
north america/ mexico tour dates:
Thursday January 15th - Toronto Drake Hotel (Twitch)
Friday January 16th - Philadelphia Barbary (Twitch)
Saturday January 17th - New York Santos (Twitch)
Tuesday January 20th - Portland Holocene (Twitch)
Wednesday January 21st - Los Angeles The Echo (Twitch)
Friday January 23rd - Mexico City Pasjae America (Twitch)
― jaime, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link
the 60 minutes of fear mix makes me feel like i'm seventeen again (in the best way possible)
i'm likely going to the first nyc date (wilkes is i thought DJing the 24th somewhere?)
― i am in the kitchen with the ghost dad blues (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 05:03 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i just pulled those off the website and i think the 24th is still tba ... so refer back to http://www.optimo.co.uk/ontour2009.htm for further info.
― jaime, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 05:08 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf portland + la but no san francisco? please stirmonster come here soon!
― all-seeing eye of horus (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 05:12 (fifteen years ago) link