Feel my Bicep

Apparently this is pretty quite rare…..At least judging by the £100 someone paid for it on eBay.

It’s basically a mash of Magnificent Dance and Magnificent Seven, with some Dirty Harry samples thrown in the mix, could’ve probably done without the dirty samples, but worth checking out none the less. We’ve also included the Orignal. 

Dirty Harry

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Magnificent Dance

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I first went to Optimo about 4 years ago with some of my friends up in glasgow and was really surprised to find a night that had such diverse obscure music on offer (with lots of fit birds there as well!!!), from punk to disco to realllly weird stuff to krautrock to full on stomping techno……Optimo halloween parties have always been a firm favourite of mine, always a little different to the normal fancy dress, always a little sicker.
Anyway, Twitch and Wilkes set up Optimo back in 1997 and have built up a strong following across the globe and here is their boardline legendary essential mix from back in ‘06

1.Jesse Jackson ‘Intro’
2.The Jellies ‘Jive Baby on a Saturday Night’ (Marathon)
3.Prinzhorn Dance School ‘You Are the Space Invader’ (DFA)
4.The Bar Kays ‘Holy Ghost’ (Stax)
5.The Staple Singers ‘Slippery People’ (Epic)
6.Chic ‘Good Times’ (Atlantic Records)
7.Troublefunk ‘Drop The Bomb’ (Sugarhill Records)
8.Prince ‘Sign ‘O’ The Times’ (WEA/Paisley Park)
9.LCD Soundsytem ‘45.33 part 1′ (DFA)
10.Altz ‘Max Motion’ (Zi-Koo)
11.UnknownmiX ‘The Siren (Lo Soul’s Hot Edit)’ (Playhouse)
12.Dondolo ‘Dragon (Shit Robot Firebreathing Remix)’ (Tiny Sticks Records)
13.The Gossip ‘Standing In The Way of Control (Playgroup Dub)’ (Back Yard)
14.Depeche Mode The Sinner in Me (Ricardo Villalobos Conclace Remix)’ (Mute)
15.Ricardo Villalobos ‘Fizheuer Zieheuer’ (Playhouse)
16.Hansepferd ‘BismarkE’ (Nobistor)
17.Saint Ibot ‘White Night’ (Tendenzen Freier Entfaltung)
18.Marc Houle ‘Bay of Figs’ (M nus)
19.Paul Johnson ‘Rubber Band’ (Dust Traxx)
20.Sparks ‘Beat the Clock’ (12 Inch Stars)
21.Kenlou ‘Sensational Beats’ (MAW)
22.Bumblebee Unlimited ‘Lady Bug’ (Red Greg/Unidisc)
23.Lindstrom ‘The Contemporary Fix’ (Feedelity)
24.Hot Chip ‘No Fit State’ (EMI)
25.The Rapture ‘Get Myself Into It’ (Vertigo)
26.X Vectors ‘Your Love’
27.Love Is All ‘Busy Doing Nothing (An Optimo (Espacio) Remix)’ (Parlophone)
28.Divine ‘Shake It Up’ (Break Records)
29.Bobby O ‘She Has a Way (Glimmers Edit)’ (O Records)
30.Yello ‘Bostich (Reese Uptempo Mix)’ (Mercury)
31.Mala ‘Left Leg Out’ (DMZ)
32.Neu! ‘Hallogallo (Mary Hill Rework)’ (Brain)
33.Grauzone ‘Eisbar’ (Welt-Rekord)
34.Crass ‘Bloody Revolutions’ (Crass Records)
35.The Celestial Choir ‘Stand on the Word’ (Larry)

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Not many bands can cram pulsing synths, wild saxophone solos and punk rock into four minutes this well. Bearing this in mind, it is criminal to think that this single only reached 39 in the UK charts in 1982 and didn’t even get released in the US! Often overshadowed by the bigger hits, Blondie boast a pretty substantial back catalogue that no fan of good music has an excuse for not exploring.

Blondie – War Child (1982, The Hunter)

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Cool mix from the Optimo boys, These guy’s really need their own show on BBC, some of the best music around. Check them out at the Subclub in Glasgow every Sunday night. Rarely fails to impress.

Check the tracklisting, filled with lots of established and promising Glasgow talents.

1.Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs – ‘I Got You Babe’ (Chemikal Underground)
2.Hudson Mohawke – ‘OOOps Oh My’ (Wireblock)
3.Correcto – ‘Downs’ (Domino)
4.1990’s – ‘Balthazar’ (Rough Trade)
5.Big Ned – ‘Final Steps’ (Live Session Track)
6.Big Ned – ‘Ambition’ (Live Session Track)
7.Slam – ‘Hot Knives’ (Paragraph)
8.Ming Ming And The Ching Chings – ‘Creepy Tales’ (White Label)
9.Magic Daddy – ‘Tastes Pretty Good’ (White Label)
10.The Niallist Feat Ms Mac D – ‘I Came’ (Little Rock)
11.Foxface – ‘Last Waltz’ (Gargleblast)
12.Gummy Stumps – ‘High Tower’ (White Label)
13.Fingerprintz – ‘Wet Job’ (Virgin)
14.Dolksabeat – ‘Zodiac Rising’ (Optimo Music)
15.Jacob Yates And The Pearly Gate Lockpickers – ‘Merry Hell’ (White Label)
16.Big Ned – ‘Love, Honour & Obey’ (Live Session Track)
17.Big Ned – ‘Sugar Daddy’ (Live Session Track)
18.Naum Gabo – ‘Black Lab’ (Dissident)
19.Tattie Toes – ‘Shanty’ (White Label)
20.Divorce – ‘Scissor’ (Optimo Music)
21.Den Haan – ‘Release The Beast’ (Optimo Music)
22.Rustie – ‘Zigzag’ (White Label)
23.The Phantom Band – ‘Island’ (Chemikal Underground)
24.Dananananaykroyd – ‘Black Wax’ (Best Before)
25.The Lady Vanishes – ‘Sleep Walk’ (White Label)

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