artist: VA
title: Sub Club: 20 Years Underground – Mixed by Subculture & Optimo
label: Soma Records
genre: Tech House / Techno / House / Electro / Funk / Acid
year: May 26/08
quality: VBR kbps
size: ~206mb(rar)
type: Mixed, by tracks

Glasgow institution the Sub Club celebrates it coming of age with a 2CD mix by residents Optimo and Subculture. Sub Club: 20 Years Underground drops in mid-May.




Subculture’s mix concentrates on the history of house and techno, featuring classic tracks by the likes of Round 2, Steve Poindexter and Galaxy 2 Galaxy. “The idea behind our mix was to reflect on the history of the different moods and grooves played on our Saturday nights,” explains Harri from the duo. “Rather than focus on peaktime tunes, we selected tracks that for us, still stand the test of time”.

“We tried to break it into chunks of history, selecting tracks more because they represent an era or genre rather than thinking about the mix as a whole, which perhaps made it a bit harder for ourselves when it came to mixing it”.

Disc 2 is mixed JD Twitch and JG Wilkes, whose band-focused Optimo nights have been a Sunday night staple at the venue for ten years now. As you’d expect, the mix is diverse, ranging from the classic techno (‘The Bells’) to punk (The Leather Nun, C Cat Trance) to funk (Beat Conductor, The Linkwood Family) and beyond.

“I guess the most obvious difference between this and previous mixes and compilations we’ve done is the tempo,” explains Wilkes. “We wanted to drop it down lower. At 105-110bpm throughout, we’ve tried to put something together that’s uncluttered, that breathes and at the same time maintains that low slung driving beat so mindful of a sweaty night at Optimo.”

CD 1 by Subculture:
1. Carl Craig — Mind of a Machine
2. The Martian — Sex in Zero Gravity
3. Neal Howard — The Gathering
4. Mayday — Wiggin (Stacey Pulen Rmx)
5. Quadrant — Q11
6. Orlando Voorn — The Light
7. Sou Center 11 — Psycho Set
8. Steve Poindexter — Born 2 Freak
9. Code 6 — Quad 2
10. Round 2 — New Day
11. Henrik Schwarz — Induceve
12. Jimmy Bo Horne — Spank
13. Arnold Jarvis — Take Some Time Out
14. Lee Lewis — Atmosphere
15. Galaxy 2 Galaxy — Jupiter Jazz
16. Code 6 — Last Voyage

CD 2 by Optimo:
17. Jeff Mills — The Bells
18. Leather Nun — FFA
19. Nocturnal Emissions — No Separation
20. The Orb — Ripples
21. Les Georges Leningrad — Missing Glory
22. OP L Bastards — Sprayfield Eagles Mix
23. Alec Empire — Robot LOVE
24. Luke Vibert — Asheed
25. Beat Conductor — Marrakech
26. Amnesia — Ibiza
27. Ruth — Polaroid Roman Photo
28. Front 242 — Take One
29. Baby Oliver — Shot Caller
30. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas — Mighty Girl
31. Imps — Almost Live but Definitely Plugged
32. Jay Shepheard — Last Days of Cou Cou
33. Linkwood Family — Piece of Mind
34. Mugwump — Boutade
35. Junior Byron — Dance to the Music
36. C Cat Trance — Shake the Mind