Tag Archives: The Venue
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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Roll On, King’s Cross (HM021) [DUB, HOUSE, ELECTRONIC] by George T Hot on the heels of the Maastricht Research debut album, HM continues to mine a deeper seam with this delicious slice of dub-wise electronica and moody soul by Edinburgh … Continue reading
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Tagged Arveene Juthan, Ban Ban Ton Ton, BBC 6Music, Don Letts, dub, EHFM, George T, HM021, house, Ivan Smagghe, JD Twitch, Jonny Rock, Mark Farina, Mash, Olaf Furniss, Roll On King's Cross, Snide Rhythms, Sub Club, The Maghreban, The Venue, Tom Ravenscroft, Tribal Funktion, Underground Solushn, Vincent Inc
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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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