Artist
JD Twitch
129 releases · 120 collaborators · 44 labels
- Real name
- Keith McIvor
- Date active
- 1994 – 2025
- Relevance
- High, strong ties with the core dub techno cluster
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Bio
UK DJ, producer, remixer, radio host, writer, event promoter, music consultant, activist, label boss, from Glasgow.
Started his early career simply as 'Twitch' while running the long-standing techno/leftfield night Pure in Edinburgh in 1990, adopting the 'JD' prefix in the late '90s with the now famous Optimo nights in Glasgow. As well as DJing at Pure, he was half of T&B Vinyl and ran his own label Pi Recordings.
He also runs: Optimo Music, including its multiple offshoot labels: Optimo Trax which then mutated into Against Fascism Trax and Cease & Desist (2) and is part owner/manager of Autonomous Africa, Weaponise Your Sound and from 2017-2019 managed Selva Discos.
Died September 19th, 2025 in Glasgow from terminal brain cancer.
Started his early career simply as 'Twitch' while running the long-standing techno/leftfield night Pure in Edinburgh in 1990, adopting the 'JD' prefix in the late '90s with the now famous Optimo nights in Glasgow. As well as DJing at Pure, he was half of T&B Vinyl and ran his own label Pi Recordings.
He also runs: Optimo Music, including its multiple offshoot labels: Optimo Trax which then mutated into Against Fascism Trax and Cease & Desist (2) and is part owner/manager of Autonomous Africa, Weaponise Your Sound and from 2017-2019 managed Selva Discos.
Died September 19th, 2025 in Glasgow from terminal brain cancer.
Also known as
Keith McIvor
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Betty Botox
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Kelvin Bridge
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Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upwards
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Abel Paz (2)
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Alexandra Parade
Sonic Assassins (3)
This Is Belgium
Stranger Than Kindness
TC & The Maxx Paxx
JD Twitch (Artist)
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Active
- Releases: 36 Relevance: very high Active: 2010 – 2023
- Releases: 5 Relevance: very high Active: 2007 – 2008
- Releases: 4 Relevance: very high Active: 1994
- Releases: 3 Relevance: very high Active: 2019 – 2020
- Releases: 3 Relevance: very high Active: 2004
- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 2015 – 2016
- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 2009
- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 2008 – 2013
- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 1994 – 1995
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2011
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2015
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2011
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2014
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2011
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2025
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2024
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2025
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2012
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2012
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2015
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2012
- Releases: 3 Relevance: high Active: 2011 – 2012
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 2011
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2000
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2022
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2020
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2021
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2012
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2021
- Releases: 12 Relevance: low Active: 2006 – 2011
- Releases: 5 Relevance: low Active: 2018
- Releases: 4 Relevance: low Active: 2000 – 2001
- Releases: 3 Relevance: low Active: 2013
- Releases: 3 Relevance: low Active: 2013 – 2016
- Releases: 3 Relevance: low Active: 2003
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2019
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2015
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2014
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2004
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2012