Fabled club runners, DJs, and label owners Optimo survey 25 years of ruling the roost with 14 top shelf tunes that have become regular fixtures and anthems in their countless shows
Since their early days operating legendary club nights at Sub Club in Glasgow, Optimo’s Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) and Jonnie Wilkes have become shamen to a generation of dancers, praised for their ability to join the dots across time and place between dub, industrial, house, EBM and further flung touchstones. ‘Optimo 25’ is a stylistically sprawling case in point, chasing a rhythmic and vibesy dragon from the glittering porto-ambient techno pulse and fanfare of T.J. Lawrence’s ‘Fireplay’, thru Robert Rental’s post-punk bleat on ‘Double Heart’ (as reissued on their own label), and Keith Hudson’s psychy roots reggae blooz dub in ‘Nah Skin up Dub’, to the darkroom animism of ‘Take Control’ by their heroes Chris & Cosey, thru Mike Dunn’s cantering acid ace ‘Life goes On’, and the tune that prompted their moniker, Liquid Liquid’s punk-funk bullet ‘Optimo’. Many happy returns to the label and for the listener.
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Fabled club runners, DJs, and label owners Optimo survey 25 years of ruling the roost with 14 top shelf tunes that have become regular fixtures and anthems in their countless shows
Since their early days operating legendary club nights at Sub Club in Glasgow, Optimo’s Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) and Jonnie Wilkes have become shamen to a generation of dancers, praised for their ability to join the dots across time and place between dub, industrial, house, EBM and further flung touchstones. ‘Optimo 25’ is a stylistically sprawling case in point, chasing a rhythmic and vibesy dragon from the glittering porto-ambient techno pulse and fanfare of T.J. Lawrence’s ‘Fireplay’, thru Robert Rental’s post-punk bleat on ‘Double Heart’ (as reissued on their own label), and Keith Hudson’s psychy roots reggae blooz dub in ‘Nah Skin up Dub’, to the darkroom animism of ‘Take Control’ by their heroes Chris & Cosey, thru Mike Dunn’s cantering acid ace ‘Life goes On’, and the tune that prompted their moniker, Liquid Liquid’s punk-funk bullet ‘Optimo’. Many happy returns to the label and for the listener.
Fabled club runners, DJs, and label owners Optimo survey 25 years of ruling the roost with 14 top shelf tunes that have become regular fixtures and anthems in their countless shows
Since their early days operating legendary club nights at Sub Club in Glasgow, Optimo’s Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) and Jonnie Wilkes have become shamen to a generation of dancers, praised for their ability to join the dots across time and place between dub, industrial, house, EBM and further flung touchstones. ‘Optimo 25’ is a stylistically sprawling case in point, chasing a rhythmic and vibesy dragon from the glittering porto-ambient techno pulse and fanfare of T.J. Lawrence’s ‘Fireplay’, thru Robert Rental’s post-punk bleat on ‘Double Heart’ (as reissued on their own label), and Keith Hudson’s psychy roots reggae blooz dub in ‘Nah Skin up Dub’, to the darkroom animism of ‘Take Control’ by their heroes Chris & Cosey, thru Mike Dunn’s cantering acid ace ‘Life goes On’, and the tune that prompted their moniker, Liquid Liquid’s punk-funk bullet ‘Optimo’. Many happy returns to the label and for the listener.
Fabled club runners, DJs, and label owners Optimo survey 25 years of ruling the roost with 14 top shelf tunes that have become regular fixtures and anthems in their countless shows
Since their early days operating legendary club nights at Sub Club in Glasgow, Optimo’s Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) and Jonnie Wilkes have become shamen to a generation of dancers, praised for their ability to join the dots across time and place between dub, industrial, house, EBM and further flung touchstones. ‘Optimo 25’ is a stylistically sprawling case in point, chasing a rhythmic and vibesy dragon from the glittering porto-ambient techno pulse and fanfare of T.J. Lawrence’s ‘Fireplay’, thru Robert Rental’s post-punk bleat on ‘Double Heart’ (as reissued on their own label), and Keith Hudson’s psychy roots reggae blooz dub in ‘Nah Skin up Dub’, to the darkroom animism of ‘Take Control’ by their heroes Chris & Cosey, thru Mike Dunn’s cantering acid ace ‘Life goes On’, and the tune that prompted their moniker, Liquid Liquid’s punk-funk bullet ‘Optimo’. Many happy returns to the label and for the listener.