The cover of Mount Florida, "Stealth" 12" (Matador, 1999) rests on a #NowSpinning easel while the record plays on a Technics 1200 turntable next to stereo components, surrounded by CDs and LPs, and adjacent to a blue lava lamp.

#NowPlaying: Mount Florida, "Stealth" 12" (Matador, 1999)

R.I.P. JD Twitch aka Keith McIvor, one of the best to ever do it.

@matadorrecords.bsky.social
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#NowSpinning #NowListening #musicsky #vinylsky #MountFlorida #OptimoEspacio #Optimo #JDTwitch #FuckICE

#ambient #modernclassical #JDTwitch

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music

JD Twitch:
🎵 Psylent Night

#6music #JDTwitch

II, by Natural Magic 8 track album

The last album that #JDTwitch helped put into production before his death is announced via @optimo-espacio.bsky.social Music. "Having been a long time lover of everything krautrock, space rock, experimental and psychedelic it seems more than fitting that he leaves us this LP as his parting gift."

Some Weekly Music Thoughts #163 -- A Farewell | Ned Raggett Get more from Ned Raggett on Patreon

Third and last is musical, but also deeply personal. If there's something I'm proudest of this year, it was coordinating a fundraising album, #OneMoreTune, to help Keith McIvor aka #JDTwitch as he faced what sadly proved to be an incurable condition. It remains an honor to have known him. (3/3)

Various – Now That's What I Call DIY ! (Optimo Music, Glasgow 2015) – Quite night in disturbing the hood with a bottle of Lagavulin 16… starting with this gem… compiled by #JDTwitch & instantly withdrawn & renamed… seminal compilation by a true gent with an audio ear to match 😉

Photo of CD cover for a Stephen Brown live at Pure, Edinburgh 1998. Stephen CD doesn't play anymore, as is the tradition with old burn CDs. https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/nightclubbing-the-age-of-1990s-rave-that-found-a-natural-home-in-scotland-3130326 #jdtwitch

Stephen CD doesn't play anymore, as is the tradition with old burn CDs.

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#jdtwitch

Thinking of the friends and family of #JDTwitch today youtu.be/eq5gjfN5lns?...

The formal memorial event in Glasgow for #JDTwitch has been announced. www.instagram.com/p/DQRsTleCLwA/

Snide Rhythms - 02.10.25 Listen to Snide Rhythms - 02.10.25 by EHFM

#Raveyardshift Colvin's "Snide Rythyms" show on ehfm dedicated to #JDTwitch

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If you haven't given this a spin, please do. Donations will now go to charities that JD Twitch supported. This is music giving back, this is what community looks like.

#optimo #jdtwitch #benefit #bandcamp #musiccommunity #onemoretune

Hey you lovely #Raveyardshift ers this track and the last track are both off an excellent compilation called The Underground Sound of Glasgow 2017, a follow up to the original Optimo 2013 by #JDTwitch.

Proper floor filler with a kick ass beat and vox. Play it LOUD!

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Some Weekly Music Thoughts #163 -- A Farewell | Ned Raggett Get more from Ned Raggett on Patreon

I have found what words I can about the 'great pal' -- stirmonster, #JDTwitch, Keith McIvor.

My usual weekly music thoughts on Patreon, open to all.

Julie Mcivor ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Forever together❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Thank you all for your kind birthday messages. Knowing I was in so many of your thoughts meant even more this year, as my beloved brother Keith passed away on my.....

The sister of #JDTwitch, Julie, posted yesterday. It is a deeply moving read.

#JDTwitch #Optimo CD of stuff that showcases how wide-ranging Keith's tastes were and the odd and quirky stuff that would often find their way into the sets - definitely not banging techno but brilliant.

“120 minute post-punk special. Thanks JD Twitch, this one's heavy. Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS” / “SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds” (1 user) https://htn.to/3udW8w8QDT #JDtwitch #optimo

Why Go To War? (Cover), by JD Twitch (Optimo) from the album What?!

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

JD Twitch:
🎵 Why Go To War?

#JDTwitch

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

Maya, by JD Twitch from the album Autonomous Africa Vol. III

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

JD Twitch:
🎵 Maya

#JDTwitch

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

Circus of Life - A JD Twitch Remix Primal Scream, JD Twitch · Come Ahead: The Remixes Vol 1 (Vocals) · Song · 2025

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

Primal Scream & JD Twitch:
🎵 Circus of Life (A JD Twitch Remix)

#PrimalScream #JDTwitch

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Spotify:

Is It All Over The Place?, by JD Twitch from the album CARE4LIFE

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

JD Twitch:
🎵 Is It All Over The Place?

#JDTwitch

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

R.I.P. JD Twitch a.k.a. Martin Keith S. McIvor (1968-2025) of Optimo Music, Scotland. He also appears in Sähkö the Movie (1995), the Sähkö Recordings documentary film. Via Jimi Tenor:

#JDTwitch #MartinMcIvor #OptimoMusic #Optimo #SähköTheMovie #SähköRecordings #Sahko #JimiTenor #Scotland #Finland

I discovered many great tunes through Optimo mix albums. Feels fitting to post at least one today #RIP #JDTwitch youtu.be/4A8dctjdnvg?...

I knew #JDTwitch back in the day. I'd been on the guest list at Pure for a while, but Hogmanay 91/92 I never asked. No idea why not, probably didn't want to bother him, so paid to get in.

He took me back down later and got me my money back.

Very glad to have known you Keith. Rest easy.

#optimo

Dear Arthur Russell: Your Music Changed My Life JD Twitch of Optimo fame pens a letter to the late, great American cellist, composer, singer and musician Arthur Russell.

Over on ILX, another #JDTwitch story was shared, namely this 2016 piece on his love for Arthur Russell, celebrating his life and music, and saying "You are the best friend I ever had whom I never got to meet." Keith's work with Optimo and beyond will do that for others in turn, yet to come.

A fresh 🌞Sunset Soiree🌞is posted. Balearic & Italo flavored Deep House, Abstract Jazz turns, Tortoise, Arthur Russell & tributes to #StephenLuscombe #JDTwitch & #HermetoPascoal Brighten your day. LINK ➡️ PROFILE 🏚️🎵 ❤️

The Story of Poison Girls - Book and Box Set This Is a Message to Persons Unknown is the first book and box set to explore the entire history of the legendary band Poison Girls

Quite a project here, announced just now by @pmpress.bsky.social on Kickstarter: an exhaustive box set and lengthy book overview on the legendary UK punk act #PoisonGirls -- a massive favorite, I'll add, of #JDTwitch, who sang their praises, calling them a 'total inspiration' and 'so underrated.'

Keith always hated watching himself play — especially Boiler Room sets — but I think this one is pretty special. Thanks to my childhood pal Chris Dailly for sharing it, and for the lovely message you sent via his page, which I read to him about a month ago. On the day Keith was transferred from the nursing home to the hospice, he was sitting in the lounge watching one of his Boiler Room sets on the big TV with Julienne Dessagne and Sharon, one of the wonderful carers at Kelvinside Manor. Sharon had put it on because she wanted to understand more about what he did. It was such a beautiful moment, seeing the three of them watch together. The staff who cared for him at both Kelvinside Manor and the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, along with extra meals, outings and support from loving friends, made sure Keith’s final weeks were filled with care and dignity. Added to that were the countless messages of love I shared with him whenever I could — to each one he would respond, “I feel the love.” Keith truly was surrounded by love to the very end. Thank you to everyone who shared messages, support, and organised fundraisers in his name. 💛

A post from Marisa, the wife of #JDTwitch, earlier today on FB, along with a link to the set in question. youtu.be/B-6hTHPYP4g

Wreck His Days, by Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upwards 7 track album

Late Night Listen

#nowplaying Wreck His Days (2016) by Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upwards

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File under: #Ambient #Dub #Experimental #JDTwitch #BlackestEverBlack

One More Tune: ILX and Friends Celebrate JD Twitch

An amazing #JDTwitch anecdote has surfaced via ILX; in the thread where we're remembering him someone recalled that he had told an incredible story on the site about "losing it on mushrooms." Another poster found it, and it would be utterly wrong not to share it here:

Very sad to hear of the passing of Keith McIvor (aka #JDTwitch, one-half of DJ team #Optimo) following the announcement of his condition two months ago. Optimo included us - #MediumMedium - on their eclectic and influential How to Kill the DJ (Part 2) CD 20 years ago, for which we were grateful.