JD Twitch, DJ in Pioneering Electronic Duo Optimo, Dies at 57

Keith Mcivor, Better Known As JD Twitch, of the Influential Scottish Electronic Duo Optimio, Died on Friday, September 19. The News Was shared On the Group’s Instagram Page with a Note Written by Mcivor’s Bandmate, Jg “JG” Wilkes. Optimo did not specific Mcivor’s Cause of Death, but The Musician Had disclosedin July, that was diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumor. He was 57 years old.

MCIVOR GREW UP IN BALERNO, A Village Near Edinburgh, Scotland, Where He First Rose to Prominence in the Early 1990s As a Founding Resident DJ at masheda party that ran at the venue. In 1997, he linked up with Wilkes to Launch Optimio (Espacio), a renown wekly party at Glasgow’s Sub Club that Ran UNIL 2010, Bringing in Live Acts Grace Jones, Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Cut Copy, and MANY OTHERS THROUGH Its doors along the Way.

MCIVOR and Wilkes Also used to optimo moniker for their dj sets, which were offen marked by seamless, omnivorous music taste Spanning House, Post-Punk, Techno, Hardcore, and Dancehall. Their Work Culminated in Several Head-Spinning Mixes, MOSABly 2004’s ACCLAIMED DOOBLE-DISC How to kill the DJ (Part II).

In 2009, Mcivor and Wilkes formed Optimo Music, A Record Label on Which they fosted Both Glaswegian Artists Like Golden Teacher, As Well As Forward-Thinking Dance Acts Like Factory Floor. AFTER Bringing Optimio (Espacio) to a Close, The Duo Continue to Tour and DJ Together Across the World, Including at Additional Residency in Glasgow and London. Optimo Also Hosted a Monthly NTS Radio Show and recently launched Watching treesA Music Festival in the North Wiltshire Countryside.

“In a 28 year partnership he Changed My Life Immeasurably and Together we took our work in directions and places few People are Lucky Enough to Explore,” Wilkes Wrote, in Part, in His Note Announcing Mcivor’s Death. “I am forever grateful for everybody and bestowed on me, bot as a partner in music and a friend. Keith’s intensity and passion for life, for music, for creation and for positiv Change never let up. He was formidable.”