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Keith McIvor aka Optimo’s JD Twitch (RIP)
26 September 2025
Unbelievably sad about the passing of Keith McIvor aka Optimo’s JD Twitch. I’ve spent the best part of a week trying to process the news, while reflecting on exactly what this gentle giant of a man meant to me over … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 Hurtz, acid, Acid Junkies, Andrew Weatherall, Aphex Twin, B12, Billy Nasty, Black Sabbath, Blake Baxter, Brainstorm, Cajmere, Calvin, Carl Craig, Chez Damier, Claude Young, David Holmes, Derrick May, Dj Hell, DJ Rush, Dribbler, Eddie Richards, Edinburgh, Ege Bam Yasi, electro, ESG, Exquisite Corpse, Exterior, For Mankind, Frank Sinatra, Funk d’Void, Gemini, Glasgow, Green Velvet, Hawkwind, How To Kill The DJ, Human Era, Isolée, Jacksonville, Jake Slazenger, JD Twitch, Jeff Mills, JG Wilkes, Jimi Tenor, John Peel, Juan Atikins, Kevin Saunderson, Kohoutek, Kovac, Laurent Garnier, LCD Soundsystem, Lenny Dee, Leonidas & Hobbes, Liquid Liquid, Miss Djaxx, Mixmaster Morris, Motorhead, Mr C, Neil Landstrumm, Optimo, Optimo (Espacio), Optimo Music, Orbital, Orlando Voorn, Phactory, Plastikman, Pressure Of Speech, Psychik Warriors ov Gaia, Pure, Random XS, rave, Renegade, Richie Hawtin, Rip, Robert Armani, Robert Owens, Speedy J, State Of Flux, Stephen Brown, Steve Bicknell, Sub Club, Suburban Knight, techno, Ten Best Scottish Records, The Bill, The Final Optimo, The Venue, underword, Web Of Intrigue
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Various Artists, Midnight Thunder EP (HM001)
12 February 2013
Partially funded by Creative Scotland, this debut release is the first in a series of remix EPs marking the tenth anniversary of Trouble (not to mention the fifth anniversary of Limbo) and featuring up-and-coming Scottish artists remixed by established and emerging … Continue reading
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Tagged glam, pop, ragga, rockabilly, 10 Sui, 53 Degrees, 80s funk, 8bitch, A Love From Outer Space, Adventures in Dubstep & Beyond, African, afrofuturist, Alex Metric, Alex Ormas, Andy Mac, Angel Molina, Annie Mac, Anthony Shake Shakir, Antz Bryans, Arveene, Astroboy, Audio Culture, Auntie Flo, AutoKratz, avid Cox, Barcelona, Barnabas Hodgson, bass, Bass Me Records, Ben Gomori, Ben Mono, Ben Pistor, Benoit Carretier, Berger, BGPZ, Big Chill, Bjork, Black Butter, Black Van, Boemklatsch, Bot, Bugged Out, Bure Godwin, Cassie, Cassius, Chemikal Underground, Chicago juke, Chris Duckenfield, Citizen, club weapon, Clubnation, Colin Peters, Cologne, Conor Wheeler, Conquering Animal Sound, Creative Scotland, Crookers, DAF, Daire Carolan, Dam Mantle, Death Grips, Def Starr, Diamond & Raw, Disco Bloodbath, DJ Cat, DJ Locksmith, DJ Tonka, DJ Wool, Dlex, dMIT.RY, Doorly, Dopplereffekt, DPPLGNGRS, Duane, Dubfire, Eastern Electrics Podcast, Ed Banger, Edinburgh, electro, electronic, Embryo, Exit, FBI Radio, Festinho, Fil Ok, Forecast, Fortified Audio, Friendly Greg, Future Rhythm Machine, Future Shock, GALACTUS, Geek Chic Soundsystem, Generik, Geoff Ticehurst, Glasgow, Glasgow Underground, Glass Swords, Glenn Morrison, goldFFinch, grime, Groove Magazine, Heather Craig, Heavy Weather, Heiko Hoffman, HM001, Hobbes Music, Hostage, house Anneke Kampman, HRH, Huntleys & Palmers, Huw Stephens, Hybrid Theory, Iain Taylor, industrial, Infinite Machine, iO, Ionik, James Fox, Japan, JD Twitch, Jody Wisternoff, John Digweed, John Lydon, John Roman, Jonathan Davies, Justin Robertson, Justiy, Kastle, Kelburn Garden Party, Kevin McKay, Kiki, Kiss FM, Kompakt, Kosmos, Kris Wasabi, Kruse & Nuernberg, Larry Tee, Last Robots, Lemmy Ashton, Leonidas, Limbo, Local Action Records, London, LOZ, M.A.N.D.Y., Mad Decent, Mad Tech, Madrid, Maetrik, MAGNVM!, Mark Farina, Martha P-C, Mary Anne Hobbs, Matt Walsh, Max Ulis, Maya Medvesek, Mick Wilson, Midnight Thunder, Midnite Sleaze, Mike Mago, Minikin, Ministry of Sound, Ministry Of Sound, Mister Sushi, MNDR, Mole & Aya, MONTERO, Moonbotica, Musik1, Nacho Lovers, Nadiem Shah, NayNay, Neil Landstrumm, Nerdy Frames Sound System, Nick Grimshaw, Nightwave, Ollie, One Dollar Dave, Optimo, Outlook, Paolo Zampetti, Peace Frog, Pete Carvell, Pete Tong, Philippe Zdar, Planet Mu, Plump DJs, PMcQ, Primal Scream, punk, Pure, Purple Radio, Radio 1, Radio Slave, rave, RBMA, Rebecca Vasmant, Red Bull Music Academy, Rejekts, Rinse FM, Riotous Rockers, Rob de Large, Round In Motion, Roy Kerr, Rubadub, Rudimental, Ruggero Isacchi, Rusko, Rustie, Screamadelica, Sean Johnston, Seed Records, seminal, Senseless, Sequential, Serocee, Shazam, Silvio Daria, Sinden, Siouxsie Sioux, Skydiver, Slovenia, Sonar, Sovnger, Sun Ritual, Surph, Svetlana Industries, Symbols, T Vicious, techno, Ten Swee, thatboykana. Gunrose, The Electric Picnic, The Other Tribe, Thilo Schneider, Thomas Jenkins, Tobi, Tobias Doppleganger, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Traveller Records, Treehouses, Tresor, Trouble, Tusgi, U The Sneekers, UK bass, Unknown to the Unknown, Wannabeastar, Wasabi Disco, Way Out West, Whack-a-Tone, Yam Who?, Zee&Eli, ZiiZii Records
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RIP Donna Summer
24 May 2012
Hard to believe that Donna Summer has just died of cancer, aged 63. The Queen of Disco was probably the first disco artist i was truly moved by, when she had a top twenty hit covering Jon & Vangelis’s 1981 … Continue reading
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Tagged American Music Awards, Arctic Circle, Baby, Bad Girls, BBC, Billboard, Brainstorm, Brenda Russell, club weapon, Debralee Scott, Dionne Warwick, disco, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Grammy, Hot Chip, Hot Stuff, I Feel Love, Italo, James Ingram, JD Twitch, Joe Goddard, Jon, Kenny Loggins, Lionel Richie, Love To Love You, Matthew Cheney, Michael Jackson, Pat Ast, Pete Bellotte, pop anthem, Pure, Quincy Jones, She Works Hard For The Money, State Of Independence, Stevie Wonder, The Venue, Twiggy, Vangelis
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