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Twitch  Biography |
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This part of the story started in 1997 with "Optimo".
At this point, Twitch (Optimo protagonist no. 1) and Jonnie Wilkes (Optimo protagonist no. 2) had each been dj'ing separately for ten years. Both had started out playing different music - Twitch - electrobeat, noisy rock, hi nrg and er, goth while Wilkes was working in a reggae club. Then techno came along and Twitch co founded Scotland's first techno club "Pure" - which ran for ten years, became legendary, was the first club in Europe to book Jeff Mills, Green Velvet and Richie Hawtin and spawned 3 labels which released music from amongst others Coil, Chris and Cosey, Jimi Tenor and Orlando Voorn. Meanwhile, Wilkes had started Glasgow's longest running techno club ³My Machines² which still runs to this day. He quit a successful practice as a visual artist to concentrate on dj'ing and music production.
Around 1996 / 7, Twitch was getting bored rigid with all night techno sessions. "I was travelling the world playing this music and the audiences were getting more and more closed minded and the music was becoming more and more boring. I had had enough - I love MUSIC, not a particular micro genre of music. I tried to preserve my sanity by making music. With my musical partner M.P. Lancaster, I started a 'band' called Mount Florida which was as far away from techno as I could get. We signed to Matador records and released 3 eps and an album. They didn't exactly set the world on fire but it was a wonderful and liberating experience which i intend to return to at some point"
At the same time, the opportunity to do a Sunday night in Glasgow presented itself. The Sub Club is probably the best club in Glasgow and as Twitch had played there a lot, The Sub Club offered him the night with the freedom to do whatever he wanted. "I nearly declined at first as at that point I was at a real low point and didn't know if I wanted to continue djing. But, I thought - fuck it! - here's a wonderful opportunity to do EXACTLY what I want. I have a stupidly big record collection so this was the ideal chance to dive into it and play my favourite music, which is what djing should be about really. >> more...
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