Optimo

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.

Set times are up on facey b

And would be good to have an ILM meetup. Are you coming Boxedjoy?

Here's my Twitter which is probably as good a way as any of getting in touch: https://twitter.com/matthewbalaam

Ward, you can see NWW adult. King Ayisoba and other things for a pretty small fee. Just come along. We can hang out!

Thanks jed, love your enthusiasm on this thread. Couple of non-ilx pals are going and just last night were also encouraging me to come along, so will definitely look out for you down the front at NWW if I do make it.

loving the mix.

in 86/87 i used to go to Microwave in Rickys/Leeds every monday night, and this is exactly the stuff they used to play.

Buzzing for this. Will be there with paolo, happy to meet up and have some awkward chat with anyone else on here who's about.

I'm gonna regret not going and hanging out with you all

feeling that post

If anyone wants to find myself and my girlfriend, we look like this: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154605964567518&set=t.666387517&type=3&theater

Will keep an eye out :) I'm going for a drink with Mr Andy M in the 78 beforehand if anyone wants to come and say hi

have a great time everyone!

Well that was fun. Good to meet you Jed.

Despite making a pact to "have an early night" with my girlfriend and just do the daytime stuff, naturally we ended up still front and centre at 3:15am in the Subbie. First time visiting it - I can see it’s reputation is deserved.

Thanks for coming! I'm still on the biggest natural high ever from this. It exceeded our wildest expectations and that was really down to the amazing people who came; in 30 years of doing this I have never felt so much love concentrated in one place before.

Jed may well have a list of things that could have been improved. ;-)

That was really something. NWW were probably the highlight, closely followed by The Bug and King Ayisoba. One of the best Sub Club experiences I've had afterwards as well

You guys must be just about the only people on the planet who could play Duelling Banjos in the sub and get away with it

i hadn't played it for so many years and for about the first minute thought i wasn't going to get away with it this time but thankfully....

I should've figured out a way to get to Glasgow for this. Glad it went off!

i think i remember duelling banjos coming out quite late at T in the Park one night, possibly 2004...

that version of Zombie Nation played where it just kept teasing the main riff was spelndid

the original plan was to never actually bring the main riff in but i am weak and finally crumbled.

jealous.

You probably could have got away with that and just cut the sound off and let the crowd sing it for you.

Jed may well have a list of things that could have been improved. ;-)

i do!

hold on, no, i don't... Optimo has enriched my life beyond measure. I barely saw any of the acts at the festival because I was too busy talking to all of the people I have met through Optimo over the years. If I could rewind it again and again I'd see all of the acts but Optimo is about connections, connections with people, so I'd do the same again. It has been a treat!

Thanks!

that was a bit less elegant than intended but who cares? Optimo has made my life much much better. Immeasurably better.

what else can you say?

this looked like a completely amazing event and makes me want to cross the atlantic should I have the opportunity to make it in the future

Paolo and Andy M, sorry I didn't see you!

That's OK I'll probably run into you at some point

Yeah no worries mate, we'll catch up another time no doubt.
I had a total blast at this. Nurse With Wound & King Ayisoba were particularly impressive, but really everyone that I saw was good. After-party in the Sub was loads of fun too obv, so many classics.

can anyone ID the track on Optimo's Walkabout mix that is the phrase "Car Sick" repeated over and over again? Stirmonster, are you out there?

i'm afraid don't know as that mix was all jg wilkes' work and i don't have a copy to hand. is it not in the tracklisting?

it's not car sick it's "co" then "exic" which repeats then becomes "mex" "ic" "co"

It's Mexico by Thomas Brinkmann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vixu-_dmL_A