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Sparky

Things Fall Apart

Glasgow's Dave Clark returns to Optimo Trax as Sparky. He was responsible for the third release on the label as LUMA which featured the club smash ''J... more...

• 1 Things Fall Apart
• 2 My Prophet
• 3 Seven Daggers
• 4 Black Swan

Muslimgauze / Underspreche

Split

Recommended by: Moscoman | Sleep D

A very remarkable release that feat. an original track by Muslimgauze from 1985 that proofs he re-empted UK Hardcore around 5 years before anyone else... more...

• 1 Untitled 1985
• 2 Untitled 1985 (Victor Shan : Gerd Janson Rave mix)
• 3 Flowers From The Lake
• 4 Naked

Noo

Optimo Music Disco Plate 5

Noo are Daze Dasen (aka Plastique De Reve) and Sami Liuski (aka Bangkok Impact / Putsch '79. They return with their third 12'' and the fifth in the Op... more...

• 1 Kabuki
• 2 Super Mario
• 3 Rainbow Road

Fabrizio Rat

La Machina ep

From France comes Fabrizio Rat with a 4-track EP constructed entirely from acoustic piano and drum machine. The label: 'Mr. Rat's unique sound design... more...

• 1 Pinky
• 2 Ring
• 3 Index
• 4 Thumb

Mr TC

Soundtrack For Strangers ep

Recommended by: Oceanic

Glasgow based Thomas Clarke encompass Left-field Disco, Tropical Oddity, House and Techno whilst channelling the spirit of a youth spent playing in... more...

• 1 TC Sound
• 2 Soundtrack for Strangers
• 3 This Is A Dance Hit
• 4 Hebrew House

Various Artists

DIY (Cult Classics From The Post-Punk Era 1978-82)

Compilation of 16 UK 7'' singles recorded between 78-82, that showcases the DIY spirit of those times, by JD Twitch. ''If Punk was the nuclear detonat... more...

• 01 Tesco Bombers - Break The Ice At Parties
• 02 Sara Goes Pop - Sexy Terrorist
• 03 People In Control - When It's War
• 04 Nancy Sesay & The Melodaries - C'est Fab

The Golden Filter / Morgan Hammer

Heavy Bastard ep

Recommended by: MinimalRome

Punky EBM/disco biz.

• 1 Heavy
• 2 Outimacy
• 3 Arrogant Bastard
• 4 Killer Nighter

Rita Furstenhof

Hadron Collider Ep

3 Trancy, ravy techno tracks from the unknwon Rita Furstenhof on the Scottish Optimo Music.

• 01 Hadron Collider
• 02 Disco Flamingo
• 03 Aa Viatel

Various Artists

Glasgow London New York Edinburgh ep

4 different artists, 4 A-sides! First up is Glasgow dj Beta with his debut release ''Endless Plains'', a broken percussive, spine tingler, 100% emo.... more...

• 1 Beta - Endless Plains
• 2 LFDM - 3AM At The Aqua Disco
• 3 Alex Burkat - Culture Full Circle
• 4 Modini - Ghost Seducer

The Golden Filter

Ps1103 ep

Music for nightclubs and far beyond.

• 1 Start Over
• 2 Breakdown
• 3 Drowned
• 4 Lappool

Junto Club

Junto Club ep

Next up on Optimo Music is the next wave of unique talent to emerge from Glasgow, once again recorded in the near-legendary Green Door studio. Four... more...

• 1 Leaving Forever
• 2 SGC
• 3 Freedom From the Known
• 4 Let Me In

Sex Judas

Optimo Music Disco Plate 4 ep

Inspiration is taken from psychedelic rock, deep southern disco, rhythm and blues, classic house and techno also taking a key from the avant-garde.

• 1 Det Skye Vesen Som K Jeder Seg I Bunnen Av Mennesket
• 2 Pope Naked the First
• 3 Pope Naked the First (Rob and Ricky Acid Rerub)

Boot & Tax

Boot & Tax

Dance albums are notoriously difficult to pull off and often fall flat but Boot & tax succeed by making a record that will work on open-minded dance f... more...

• 1 Sound of Baloo
• 2 Sublime
• 3 Good Fela
• 4 Apnea

Golden Teacher Meets Dennis Bovell At The Green Door

Golden Teacher Meets Dennis Bovell At The Green Door

A previously unreleased track on the AA side & a rework of ''Like A Hawk''. Housed in another classic sleeve.

• 1 Instigator (Dub)
• 2 Like a Hawk (D.B. Version)

Severed Heads

Big Saints Reward (1988- 1990 Dubs)

Recommended by: Ernestas Sadau

• 1 Greater Reward Twitch Piano Power edit
• 2 Greater Reward dub
• 3 Big Car Crash dub
• 4 All Saints Day Saints dub Day

L/F/D/M

Purple Maps

The Very First Optimo Trax Release From L/F/D/M (Factory Floor/Bronze Teeth) Repressed.

• 1 Tracer
• 2 Abacus
• 3 Circuit
• 4 Greyscale

Wick Blaze

Glympses EP

Different shapes of Baltic Sea House

• 1 Glympses
• 2 Falling
• 3 The Addiction
• 4 U Took My Love

Alex Smoke

Stauner

Four wicked sound-designer from deep to jacking techno tracks.

• 1 Remembered II
• 2 Divination
• 3 Stauner
• 4 Pax

Noo

Must Be The Music

Noo are Daze Dasen (aka Plastique De Reve) and Sami Liuski (aka Bangkok Impact / Putsch '79. This second double A side 12'' single is built out of ima... more...

• 1 Must Be the Music
• 2 Heavens Gate

Various Artist

Drum Attack EP (Lost DJ Weapons From The 1990s)

Three classic tracks from the 90ies. All three have been tried and tested countless times since they were originally released and come with an Optimo... more...

• 1 The Way Out Is The Way
• 2 I Want You
• 3 Rigid

Mia Dora

Un.sub

Four tracks of dancefloor delight.

• 1 Un.sub
• 2 Raw Kiss
• 3 Et Elle Le Mien
• 4 Feathers

Reel Houze

Optimo Music Disco Plate Two

Following on from the summer hit that was Noo's Optimo Disco Plate one, we are delighted to present the second plate, this one an archival release fro... more...

• 1 The Chance (DJ D dub plate mix)
• 2 No Difference (Reel house dub)

Crooked Man

Undigitize EP

Crooked Man is Richard Barratt from Sheffield, better known as Parrot. He was first off the blocks playing house music in Sheffield back in the 80s, h... more...

• 1 Undigitize Me
• 2 Skink
• 3 Try Me

Golden Teacher

Party People / Love

Recommended by: Koehler | Different Fountains

After the success of their ''Bells from the Deep End'' and ''Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'', another ep full of electronic party voodoo!

• 1 Love
• 2 Party People
• 3 Silver-Chalice

Shift Work

Scaled To Fit ep

Debut from Shift Work. Machine music for hypno dancefloors and home listening tranceouts. Featuring a JD Twitch rework.

• 1 Patience (JD Twitch edit) Associations
• 2 Scaled To Fit (Less) Merchandise