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Pleasure Pool

Love Without Illusion

Pleasure Pool are Finn O'Hare, Andrew Robertson and a rolling cast of Glasgow-based musicians, exploring the territory between live performance and cl... more...

• 01 Pure Touch
• 02 Love Without Illusion
• 03 Sell Your Stuff (Dub)
• 04 Zero Hours

Bergsonist

Middle Ouest

Bergsonist aka Selwa Abd is a New York–based artist and musician originally from Morocco. ''Middle Ouest is an ode to my history, present and future s... more...

• 01 Middle Ouest
• 02 Amazon Snake Charming
• 03 Gaza Border Violence
• 04 Magnesium

Various Artists

Weaponise Your Sound

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• 01 Hanna Jones - Super Pit
• 02 Fantastic Twins - Frozen Dreams in Candy Paradise
• 03 Sue Zuki - didufindher
• 04 Maral - Ey Nazanin

Solitary Dancer

In the Name of the Mother

Optimo Trax reaches no. 33, the final number in the series (although reserving the right to return at some point). The last release is a 3 track EP fr... more...

• 01 Heroine Dub
• 02 La Donna
• 03 Lady Pimp

The Golden Filter

End Of Times

• 1 End Of Times
• 2 Serenity
• 3 Heart Control
• 4 Darkness Falls

Mathias Schober

Certainties

Optimo Trax presents a 4-track EP from Germany’s Mathias Schober, head honcho of Berlin’s Lossless label.

• 1 In A Certain Way
• 2 But What Rules Are Made For
• 3 Is To Break Them
• 4 Is To Break Them (Ambient Version)

Iona Fortune

Tao Of I

Recommended by: Vladimir Ivkovic | Oceanic

Iona Fortune is a composer and producer from Glasgow and presents the “Tao of I” album as her debut release. Inspired by Eastern Philosophy and slated... more...

• 1 Qian
• 2 Kun
• 3 Zhun
• 4 Meng

Penelope Trappes

One

“In 2016. I rented out a small piano studio in East London for nearly the whole year and set out to write an introspective, trendless, and mostly beat... more...

• 01 Puppets
• 02 Gravel Mouth
• 03 Untitled 1
• 04 Gone

Man Power

Sonic Pressure

Newcastle-born, Mexico-based Man Power debuts on Optimo Trax with two psychasonic missives cut extra loud for optimum sound system performance.

• 1 Sonic Pressure
• 2 HDS

Lo Kindre

Plant UP

Debut EP 'Plant Up' presents a cosmic blend of swirling synth and low-slung bass offering Magee's own version of dub to the public for the very firs... more...

• 1 Torment Of One
• 2 Mardi Ennui
• 3 Wisdom Teeth Dub
• 4 Distant Dreams

Hiroshi Watanabe

Acid Japan

It is hard to do anything with a 303 that is interesting these days but both the tracks on this 12'' are 100% club classic. Originally released in Jap... more...

• 1 Infinity Sign
• 2 Acid Air

Various Artists

Miracle Steps (Music from the Fourth World 1983 - 2017)

'What we have attempted to gather across this compilation is a body of work which we feel directly resonates with both the literal definition of ‘Four... more...

• 01 Plight
• 02 Mille Voix
• 03 White Tigress
• 04 Cloud Cover

Bali Ha'i

Disconnection

Originally released on the mighty Y Records in 1982, this one-off single by Disconnection was a mutant disco cover version of a song from Rodgers and... more...

• 1 Radio mix
• 2 US Discomix
• 3 UK Discomix
• 4 Aaaah

The Golden Filter

Still / Alone

Recommended by: Danny Daze

Separated into two distinct sides, record one, STILL, is a hypnotic meditation for the nightclub. Wavy patterns of sound and light bounce off of Penel... more...

• 1 We Are The Music
• 2 Vibrational
• 3 Now We Get Lost
• 4 Nine

Underspreche

Invito Alla Danza Part 1

Super-advanced, organic sampling, inspired vocalisations, acute psychedelic modular sequences and forward- thinking drum programming. There are severa... more...

• 1 The Lady Of The Knight
• 2 Vincino A Te
• 3 Enchanting Lure
• 4 In Turbine

Boot & Trax

Baia del Ritmo

Boot & Tax are back. Four tracks of spangled, idiosyncratic, woozily spacious and slightly off kilter music that could only have been made by these... more...

• 1 Baia Del Ritmo
• 2 Sintessi Bassa
• 3 La Ruota
• 4 Maranzana

Jose Manuel

Safari

Recommended by: 030303

4 unique exotic, fourth world tribal slabs of ritual music.

• 1 The Great Beast In Outer Space
• 2 Folklore
• 3 Ritual
• 4 Sisi

Pussy Mothers

The Number 1 EP

Pussy Mothers is the behaviour of a cross-continental two piece from Scotland and Down Under: formed by waving not drowning. Chasing percussions, voc... more...

• 1 Skirt
• 2 Echo Party
• 3 Get From In Front Of Me
• 4 When I Get It Right

Kiwi

Throw Down

London’s Alex Warren, AKA Kiwi presents “ThrowDown”, a cover version of Carmen’s cult and in demand 1986 Electro Funk hit. It comes in two versions, a... more...

• 1 Original Mix
• 2 Latin Freestyle Remix

Dennis Bovell

Heaven

'Heaven' is a disco dub afro-sound dance floor bomb that somehow manages to sound more current today than it did 35 years ago. Also included is a slig... more...

• 1 Smouche
• 2 Heaven
• 3 Heaven
• 4 Escape Goat Dub

Fred und Luna

Gluck Auf

Fred und Luna play their self described Elektrokraut (Krautrock mixed with electronic elements) by using its characteristics like repetition and beaut... more...

• 1 Gluck Auf
• 2 Geh Nie Zuruck
• 3 Im Modehaus
• 4 Monotonikum

Subterrenus

Underspreche

After the success of their debut split EP with Muslimgauze which sold out in record time, the southern Italian male/female duo Underspreche return to... more...

• 1 Jefe
• 2 Liason
• 3 Mikea

Luke Solomon & Nick Maurer

Powerdance M.S.P EP

• 1 Mysterious Space Plane
• 2 Mysterious Space Plane (Reprise)
• 3 More Fire
• 4 Fire Beat

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

The Golden Filter

Ps1103 ep

Music for nightclubs and far beyond.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Alex Smoke

Stauner

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

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

Wick Blaze

Glympses EP

Different shapes of Baltic Sea House

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

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

Boot & Tax

Fusci Ep

These Milanese maestros deliver four dance floor delights in their own inimitable and distinctive style. Working across a range of tempos and incorpor... more...

• 1 Fusci
• 2 Confuzed House
• 3 Occhi Blu
• 4 II Canto

The Twins

You've Got A Twin In The Attic (You Lunatic)

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• 1 You've Got A Twin In The Attic (You Lunatic)
• 2 Water Coaster
• 3 Love Monarchy