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UK-based Optimo are only one of the best DJ duos going right now, and upon hearing this mix a couple weeks ago-- commissioned for the BBC's "Essential Mix" show and aired last month-- we knew we had to do whatever it took to share it with you.

The duo (JD Twitch and JG Wilke)'s Optimo Espacio Sunday night parties in Glasgow, Scotland are almost absurdly acclaimed. This mix demos that night's sound, drawing heavily from New York no wave ("Optimo", after all, is also the name of a classic Liquid Liquid track), disco and funk. It also includes stuff we've been recommending of late, like LCD Soundsystem's 45:33 mix, Ricardo Villalobos, Lindstrøm, and Prince. (Man, have you checked out Prince yet??)

The pair were kind enough to provide Pitchfork with a voiceover- and station-ID-free version of their mix for download today, and with a million office parties/family get togethers/midnight masses on the holiday horizon, we say just dump the whole goddamn thing on your iPod and let these guys relieve you of your DJ duties. It'll make you wish you were at their night Glasgow, not surrounded by loved ones at home.

Tracklist:

Jesse Jackson: "Intro"
The Jellies: "Jive Baby on a Saturday Night" (Marathon)
Prinzhorn Dance School: "You Are the Space Invader" (DFA)
The Bar Kays: "Holy Ghost" (Stax)
The Staple Singers: "Slippery People" (Epic)
Chic: "Good Times" (Atlantic Records)
Troublefunk: "Drop the Bomb" (Sugarhill Records)
Prince: "Sign 'O' the Times" (WEA/Paisley Park)
LCD Soundsytem: "45.33 part 1" (DFA)
Altz: "Max Motion" (Zi-Koo)
UnknownmiX: "The Siren (Lo Soul's Hot Edit)" (Playhouse)
Dondolo: "Dragon (Shit Robot Firebreathing Remix)" (Tiny Sticks Records)
The Gossip: "Standing In The Way of Control (Playgroup Dub)" (Back Yard)
Depeche Mode: "The Sinner in Me (Ricardo Villalobos Conclace Remix)" (Mute)
Ricardo Villalobos: "Fizheuer Zieheuer" (Playhouse)
Hansepferd: "BismarkE" (Nobistor)
Saint Ibot: "White Night" (Tendenzen Freier Entfaltung)
Marc Houle: "Bay of Figs" (M-nus)
Paul Johnson: "Rubber Band" (Dust Traxx)
Sparks: "Beat the Clock" (12 Inch Stars)
Kenlou: "Sensational Beats" (MAW)
Bumblebee Unlimited: "Lady Bug" (Red Greg/Unidisc)
Lindstrom: "The Contemporary Fix" (Feedelity)
Hot Chip: "No Fit State" (DFA/EMI)
The Rapture: "Get Myself Into It" (Vertigo)
X Vectors: "Your Love"
Love Is All: "Busy Doing Nothing (An Optimo (Espacio) Remix)" (Parlophone)
Divine: "Shake It Up" (Break Records)
Bobby O: "She Has a Way (Glimmers Edit)" (O Records)
Yello: "Bostich (Reese Uptempo Mix)" (Mercury)
Mala: "Left Leg Out" (DMZ)
Neu!: "Hallogallo (Mary Hill Rework)" (Brain)
Grauzone: "Eisbar" (Welt-Rekord)
Crass: "Bloody Revolutions" (Crass Records)
The Celestial Choir: "Stand on the Word" (Larry)