Published on
December 9, 2015
Category
News
“Music to… be seen and not heard.”
“They hesitated to try anything new, were terribly afraid of doing something wrong, and frequently felt ashamed” – Alice Miller
Alongside JD Twitch, our man Jonnie G Wilkes forms one half of notorious Glaswegian DJ outfit Optimo. The pair launched their legendary clubnight in 1997 as a reaction to 4/4 techno, and they’ve been tearing up dance floors ever since.
Anything goes is the music policy – with the duo spinning electro, ’50s swing, sleazy funk, post-punk, industrial, maybe even some techno, and everything in-between. Master selectors with an ear for the unpredictable, when they drop a mix we tend to pay attention.
With his first solo EP ‘Jaxon’ out now on VF, Wilkes has just dropped a genre-hopping, vinyl-only mix for i-D, that digs into the very depths of his collection. Hit play here:
