i love it. jed, you're a great dancer.
― THEE-AH-TER (Matt P), Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
thanks! that track was stirmonster's homage to arthur russell and that video was my homage to optimo.... it kinda flows like an optimo condensed into 4 minutes (with two people, obviously) although that's the director/editor's skill that it moves like that.
― jed_, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:46 (eleven years ago) link
this is great!
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
thanks donna, good times! x
― jed_, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
(i mean that time we went to optimo together).
thanks jed. x
― stirmonster, Thursday, 4 October 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
love it
― andrew m., Thursday, 4 October 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
in the immortal words of george takeioh my
Move D B2B Optimo 180 Min Mix - BOILER ROOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhNd1iSoBt4
― Thee Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 3 January 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
tim kay 23 hours ago
Respect for the 25+ years of djing. But you would of thought in this time they would learn how to mix on vinyl. Almost every mix drifts. Not really acceptable if u ask me ·
stirmonster23 16 hours ago
not really acceptable - what a dick thing to say. it's live. maybe the monitors aren't perfect? maybe flawless mixing isn't so important? maybe they are deaf? who cares? what do you do?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 4 January 2013 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
i forgot about that post on youtube. drunken scorn is never good. :-)
― stirmonster, Friday, 4 January 2013 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
naw dude, perfect response to such twattery.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 4 January 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
That garage tune at 47 to 50 mins-ish is insane in that boiler room vid. Wish I knew what it was.
Optimo playin Fabric weekend after next too: http://www.fabriclondon.com/club/listing/665
Big night: Hessel, Optimo, MMM, Kuedo, DVA, Altered Natives, Peverelist, Joe, fuck.
If I've got the cash to get from up north I'm off.
― jimitheexploder, Friday, 4 January 2013 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
MMM Live
! ! !
― jed_, Friday, 4 January 2013 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
RE: that YT comment: Nothing worse than chinscratching arbiters of dj technique/taste. Those are probably the ones who don't dance and just stand around getting butthurt. Long Live Optimo!
― That elusive North American wood-ape (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 4 January 2013 03:11 (eleven years ago) link
― willem, Friday, 4 January 2013 10:46 (eleven years ago) link
"talking to the DJ when he's trying to mix / and you fuck it up good and proper"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 January 2013 10:58 (eleven years ago) link
Track at 47 - 50 mins is 'Tunsten" by Barnt. Out soon on Comeme.
― stirmonster, Friday, 4 January 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
Not long finished listening to this. It was great. Guy from YouTube moaning about the mixing sounds like a fud. Who cares if the mixing isn't perfect, to be perfectly honest I probably couldn't tell anyway, as long as the crowd are into it. Never got the chance to attend an Optimo live 'cause of the Sunday thing but this was a very nice second price.
― TheScienceLaw, Friday, 4 January 2013 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
most of these whingers who moan about dj mixing have prob never even played live, let alone recorded one of their own live sets.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Friday, 4 January 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to this now, it's just ridiculously great! It must have been fun to do.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 January 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
02:21:00 St. Germain - Thank U Mum (4 Everything You Did)
everything about this track. yes.
― Thee Macallan 18 Year, Friday, 4 January 2013 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
does anyone have any ideas what the horny acid greatness is around the 1.07 mark? had a blast at the glue factory on hogmanay as well!
― Baruffati, Friday, 4 January 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/Like-A-Tim-Wonderline/release/583931
― stirmonster, Friday, 4 January 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
JD, I tried to say hello outside Q but you were clearly pre-occupied. Glad you enjoyed the night there!
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Saturday, 5 January 2013 07:46 (eleven years ago) link
also someone needs to link the 6-hour set here!
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Saturday, 5 January 2013 07:47 (eleven years ago) link
pre-occupied?? maybe it was jet lag?
― stirmonster, Saturday, 5 January 2013 11:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/Like-A-Tim-Wonderline/release/583931― stirmonster, Friday, January 4, 2013 10:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― stirmonster, Friday, January 4, 2013 10:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
much appreciated!
― Baruffati, Saturday, 5 January 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
xp stir, no you were talking with (i think) the folks who made Q and/or booked you(?), either way, it would have been rude to interrupt.
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Sunday, 6 January 2013 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
Boiler Room mix is a fun listen. hearing the way the Andres track sounds after an hour of other tunes gave me a better idea of why people like it so much. before I thought it was just ok, now I kinda get how you'd hear it in a mix and go "ahhhhhhh yeah." (never heard it out.)
agree with everyone that the Barnt track is crazy. loved the Bill Withers too.
― dmr, Monday, 7 January 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
who gets invited to these Boiler Room things? crowd in this one seems pretty ok, at least people are dancing. in some of them it looks like mostly corny camera mugging and looking over the DJ's shoulders.
― dmr, Monday, 7 January 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
Mix of friends and people who apply for tickets I believe. Usually looks like the kind of crowd I try to avoid at parties TBH.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 7 January 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
'Track at 47 - 50 mins is 'Tunsten" by Barnt. Out soon on Comeme.
― stirmonster, Friday, 4 January 2013 14:35 (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink'
big will have to keep an eye for that one cheers.
― jimitheexploder, Thursday, 10 January 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=129(thanks, Severed Heads thread!)
― etc, Friday, 25 January 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
Monthly show starting on Rinse FM from February 11th
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
Nice.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 08:25 (eleven years ago) link
SR Mix #151: Doubleheart [High Sheen]
http://www.sonicrouter.com/2013/02/sr-mix-151-doubleheart-high-sheen/
JD Twitch and Neil Landstrumm's Doubleheart project.
― jimitheexploder, Friday, 8 February 2013 13:09 (eleven years ago) link
that barnt track is a monster
― I only get 7 per cent of display names (cozen), Sunday, 24 March 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
up on spotify now
Liking this: http://nocturnetapes.com/post/47614176527/nt1-jd-twitch
Into the interzone with JD TwitchFirst in a series of mixes and compilations from various DJs, producers and taste-makers that have been inspired by, and made to be listened to in, the small hours of the night. Curated by Vitamins, the Tapes will allow listeners a glimpse into the personal nighttime listening habits and the lesser-heard regions of the record collections of their creators.Full interview and download:http://www.nocturnetapes.com
First in a series of mixes and compilations from various DJs, producers and taste-makers that have been inspired by, and made to be listened to in, the small hours of the night. Curated by Vitamins, the Tapes will allow listeners a glimpse into the personal nighttime listening habits and the lesser-heard regions of the record collections of their creators.
Full interview and download:http://www.nocturnetapes.com
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
hot mix!http://www.clashmusic.com/features/clash-dj-mix-optimos-jg-wilkes
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Thursday, 28 November 2013 14:03 (ten years ago) link
nice!
― ✓B (Matt P), Saturday, 30 November 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
These are great!
I'd also completely missed The Underground Sound of Glasgow; stumbled across it via the EOY thread.
― etc, Saturday, 30 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
ty
― ✓B (Matt P), Sunday, 1 December 2013 03:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2014/08/hi-five-optimo-shares-five-its-f
― etc, Saturday, 6 September 2014 12:10 (nine years ago) link
That seems very similar to the Top 10 article from the last year, but then I guess it should!
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 7 September 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-films/the-10-best-scottish-records-with-jd-twitch/
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 7 September 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
Ah, thanks for that!
Also:http://www.theskinny.co.uk/clubs/skinned/309011-skinned_special_jd_twitchs_independent_scotland(good interview)
TRACKLISTBenjamin Zephaniah – IndependenceTest Dept. – Cha Till Sinn Tuille (We Shall Return No More)Robert Wyatt – ShipbuildingJonny Greenwood – OilPeter Westheimer – Renewable EnergyOliver Wallace – PoundSwarms – SterlingTelepathe – Devil's TridentWoody Guthrie – This Land Is Your LandSlim Lightfoot – Welfare State BluesRoy Harper – ReferendumThe The – HeartlandAdonis – No Way BackYello – You Gotta Say YesComrade Oleau – Tiny RevolutionsThe Residents – You YesYesYesDevo – Watch Us Work itThe Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?Dub Syndicate – No AlternativeDonna Summer – State Of IndependenceString Driven Thing – Heartfeeder
― etc, Monday, 8 September 2014 22:41 (nine years ago) link
Jonny Greenwood – OilPeter Westheimer – Renewable Energy
oh I see what he did there
― FKA Twix (haitch), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 01:55 (nine years ago) link
WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND SHOW!!!
― etc, Thursday, 9 October 2014 11:02 (nine years ago) link
Tonight!
~24min interview on National Radio:http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/20158168/optimo
― etc, Friday, 21 November 2014 05:14 (nine years ago) link