part 2

anarcho punk

it is the first vinyl release on diet clinic’s newly-formed sub label of optimo music marking international women’s day 2019 and featuring brand new tracks from artists c.a.r, cucina povera, fantastic twins, human jones, maral, marika underspreche, odete, penelope trappes, slime, sue zuki and zoe mcpherson.

optimo music presents -miracle steps (music from the fourth world 1983 - 2017), a 2 x lp compilation of fourth world music compiled by jd twitch & fergus clark. also available as a digital release.

optimos prolific dj/producer/label boss jd twitch aka keith mcivor has curated a compilation of early 80s synth, industrial and cold wave classics and undiscovered gems in collaboration with the vinyl factory, following the cease & desist diy! (cult classics from the post-punk era 1978-82) compilation on his own optimo music label, and youth stand up!, a collaborative recording project featuring young musicians from glasgow, ghana and belize on his autonomous africa imprint.

optimo trax 16 is a various artists ep featuring tracks from glasgow, london, new york & edinburgh.

optimo trax 11 is all about the drums.

glasgow underground launches a new mix compilation series in may with the release of optimo:the underground sound of glasgow mixed by optimos jd twitch. each installment of the underground sound of… will see a dj focus on his or her home city, compiling mixing and collection of music from said city. this 12 inch features 5 of the rarer tracks from the mix.

glasgow underground launches a new mix compilation series in may with the release of optimo:the underground sound of glasgow mixed by optimos jd twitch. each installment of the underground sound of will see a dj focus on his or her home city, compiling mixing and collection of music from said city.

classics..

dance music from the new york underground 1977-82. limited rsd 2023 edition on yellow double vinyl with download code included.

new dancefloor detonators on invisible inc featuring label regulars secret circuit, sordid sound system and bal5000 appear alongside optimo music regular feon and newcomer wanda krak.

here is volume 2 featuring tried and tested club hits from new zealand s vanessa worm, scotland s brain dancing, portugal s internal n.y. rhythms and mexico s theus mago.

various lurkers includes 4 mega tracks beamed down from brighton, leeds & sweden featuring kalidasa, zmatsutsi, tony pineman & tross. wicked collection of krautrock inspired chuggers, dubbed out disco and weirdo balearic beats. must have for fans of music from memory, invisible inc, optimo etc

finally the long-awaited second series of invisible family outings has arrived.label boss and compiler gk machine has this to say beyond ecstatic to get these tracks out. the gazeebo track i ve been playing in my sets for years. digital only but so great it definitely needed to get pressed onto wax! i would dj with it using ableton and speed it up a lot so for the vinyl i asked jon (nedza) who ive been a huge fan of since his community recordings releases on grayhound and imperial dub, whether he could speed it up a little bit before we pressed it up. now its 100% perfect: a moroder-esque cosmic stomper thats sure to set any dancefloor alight. the apiento track is another one that s been gestating for a long time first appearing around the time the original e.s.p. 12inch appeared on the wonderful golf channel recordings in 2014. secret circuit gave it a complete overhaul, in fact several complete overhauls, plus some of his signature guitar and has turned the already blissful track into an afro-esque, trippy, beautiful, beautiful piece of music that (imo) is one of his best yet. utterly gorgeous! then there s the boy-girl retro-future duo der kundalini coming from the wonderful lectric sands stable in ny who gave us zoovox. this one s also been hiding on my hard drive way too long! finally relative newcomers konzel (of junto club/optimo music fame) & natural sugars (pardon my french) round off the package just perfectly. the former so distinct that i felt it was a perfect opener for the a side. so, i hope you dig it and keep an eye out for the super limited 12-track cassette too! limited to 300 hand-numbered copies.

so low is an occasional night in glasgow run by iona fortune, jd twitch, katie shambles and becky marshall. so low is strictly for creatures of the night and plays music that could perhaps be described by the words dark waves / cold waves / minimal synthesis / maximal industrial / lo-nrg / forgotten flemish goth bands, teutonic apocalyptic beats +++ it is now also a label, administered by optimo music. after debuting with happy meals “full ashram devotional ceremony” album, here is the first 12” release, “now & then”, a various artists 4-track ep featuring two tracks from now and two from then.
the 12” comes housed in a bespoke hand printed fold out poster sleeve inserted into a plastic sleeve with screen printed text on the plastic, designed and created by katie shambles. due to the extremely labour intensive nature of the sleeve design this will be a strictly limited edition of 300 copies.

following the recent release of so low, a compilation of early ‘80s synth, industrial and cold wave classics and undiscovered gems curated by optimo’s jd twitch aka keith mcivor, the vinyl factory are set to release specially commissioned remixes of two tracks on the 16-track compilation by rising uk producer powell and hamburg’s helena hauff. powell’s pneumatic sound is perfectly suited to ‘49 second romance’ by german minimalists p1/e, which he deftly deconstructs, while hauff adds glistening synths to belgian electro-industrial group the klinik’s ‘moving hands’ for a driving, nocturnal version.

white coloured vinyl. unreleased edits pt 4 of 4. 300 copies not to be represssed. optimo / band of gold / diskomo

its been an exciting initial 18 months for hobbes music, with djs and critics lining up to praise the fledgling edinburgh label: erol alkan, motor city drum ensemble, justin robertson, ashley beedle, maceo plex, ivan smagghe, jd twitch (optimo), jimpster, teed, citizen, sean johnston, m.a.n.d.y., philippe zdar, sinden, locksmith (rudimental), bot (crookers), alan braxe, alex metric

this debut release is the first in a series of remix eps featuring up and coming scottish artists remixed by well e stablished and emerging local and international talents.

ambient / experimental

ambient / experimntal with female voice of diana rogerson

2x12 inch lp

second album of kaukolampi

de ambassade presents the fool on optimo music

repress , 4 of the biggest tunes by this groundbreaking artschool guys band who mixed nu wave with funk, disco and polyrhythmics. included are cavern - which formed the basis for white lines - optimo, scraper and out!!

debut album of pleasure pool

new output

isa gordon presents her new album <for you only<

for fans of underworld

post punk by rudolf abramov

sex judas feat. ricky presents their now album: night songs

electronic journey

comes with insert

coloured vinyl

incl charles webster remix

ost on 2x12 inch , about 90s uk rave scene

file under synth pop / leftfield

slowly but pure dope

zum abschluss der sommersaison für selva discos, erscheint die vierte ausgabe der brasingles-reihe. diesmal präsentiert das label einen slowburner der singer-songwriterin taciana barros aus ihrem einzigen solo-album -janela dos sonhos- (1995), das von der mächtigen mitar subotic aka suba produziert wurde.

ltd reissue , originally released through egberto gismonti s cult record label carmo in 1987

originally recorded in 1979 in paris but only released independently in brazil in 1981

another 12inch ep from the depths of the glasgow underground. unique, organic, mind expanding.

new album from lia mice

debut from stranded, incl rsd remix