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OMARCHIV 003LP
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Repressed. "A Bad Diana is a project from Diana Rogerson, someone I first became aware of aged 12 when I read about Nurse With Wound and their United Dairies label in Smash Hits magazine. I was confused, mystified and intrigued in equal measure, and a couple of years later as a result I bought my first Nurse With Wound album. This led to an interest in all things NWW related. I guess Diana could be described as the matriarch of the Nurse With Wound world but she also had her own very distinguished pre-history with Fistfuck, an early-'80s extreme noise outfit. She then made two mid '80s cult classic albums as Chrystal Belle Scrodd, both far out there rollercoaster rides of audio wildness, highly recommended to anyone with wide open ears. She then moved to rural Ireland and raised a family. There was the odd collaboration and then in 2007 A Bad Diana's The Lights Are On But No-One's Home was released on CD. I feel this is her masterwork and it has become something of a cult favorite over the years. Now for the first time, almost two decades later it is available on vinyl on Optimo Music Archiv. Produced in association with Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter from Nurse With Wound and irr. app. (ext.)'s Matt Waldron, this is some seriously beautiful and strange listening. Next level sound design means this is an incredible headphone record but it is also a deeply warm and engaging home listening gem. Beautiful, magical, ultra hypno, soulful reverberations with the deep emotion of Diana's voice tones and bio-vibrations." --Optimo Music Archiv, 2023
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OMARCHIV 002LP
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The second release on JD Twitch's archival label. "By 1993 I was saturated in acid. Over saturated! Since 1987 there had been an endless explosion of records from across the planet using the 303 and it seemed like the sonic possibilities offered by this little silver box had hit a dead end. And then in 1993, from Germany, came the Blue label with mind-blowing releases by Air Liquide and friends. It felt like a new paradigm, paying homage to Germany's kosmische musik past while paying respect to the Chicago acid house originators while simultaneously looking ahead to a new form of transcendental music. And then -- BOOM! -- the H.E.A.D. EFS double album drops. What is this music? Was it beamed in from the future? It ticked every box I loved. Endlessly hypnotic and expertly programmed with an effortless groove that sounds as if Jaki Liebezeit's syncopations have been absorbed by the machines. It is acid in ways my ears hadn't heard before, the little silver box tweaked in new, exhilarating directions. Made by future Optimo ally Khan, alongside uber talent, Kerosene and recorded in a Brooklyn kitchen, this double disc set became an eternal home listening and backroom favorite. It is also a club favorite too, perhaps even more so now than it was then. It is endlessly mixable and playable at multiple speeds. A genuine classic long overdue a second life." Fully remastered 2021 edition of this 1993 gem comes with new artwork on a double vinyl pressing.
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OMARCHIV 001LP
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This was Belgium. 1989. First wave EBM duo, but also so much more. Optimo Music Archiv is a new offshoot label for revisiting music JD Twitch has been a big fan of for a very long time. This first release takes five Force Dimension favorites and reconfigures them as an extended EP/mini album. The songs are untouched but have been remastered for 21st century ears. "Tension" comes in two versions, one from each version of their debut album. Oddly they put out an original version "(Blue)", they decided they didn't like it and re-recorded it. Both versions of "Tension" rule. "200 FA" is an end of the night anthem. A perfect piece of E Music that crossed over into the early '90s rave era and still much sought-after to this day. "Aqua 2000" and "All Systems Out" are too Belgian bombs that still slay dancefloors today. Released in full picture sleeve on marbled vinyl.
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