Optimo DJ JD Twitch dies after being diagnosed with brain tumour

Getty ImagesKeith McIvor, also referred to as JD Twitch, began the Optimo Espacio membership evening at Sub Membership in 1997Keith McIvor, one half of Glasgow membership duo Optimo, has died aged 57.Identified by the stage title JD Twitch, he was recognized with an untreatable mind tumour earlier this yr.In a press release posted on social media his fellow DJ Jonnie Wilkes, generally known as JG Wilkes, stated his work associate had died peacefully on the Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow on Friday.He wrote McIvor’s “depth and keenness for all times, for music, for creativity and for constructive change merely by no means let up”.The duo ran Optimo Espacio, certainly one of Glasgow’s most beloved membership nights, on the Sub Membership venue for 13 years between 1997 and 2010.They continued to tour their fashionable model of eclectic music after the membership evening concluded following 650 performances.Posting on Instagram, Wilkes wrote: “In a 28-year partnership, he modified my life immeasurably and collectively we took our work in instructions and to locations few individuals are fortunate sufficient to discover.”I’m endlessly grateful for every little thing he bestowed on me, each as a associate in music and as a pal. Keith’s depth and keenness for all times, for music, for creativity and for constructive change merely by no means let up.”He was formidable. His perception in individuals and the concept that standing collectively, that our collective power is highly effective was unwavering. I beloved him for that.”Wilkes additionally thanked followers and pals for his or her assist, and workers on the hospice for his or her care.He added: “He’ll go now to journey these space-ways however I do know his vitality stays in each certainly one of us who had the privilege of figuring out him.”I really like you endlessly Keith.”McIvor was initially from Edinburgh, the place he established the membership evening Pure within the Nineteen Nineties.He moved to Glasgow, the place he met Wilkes and began Optimo in 1997.Greater than 500 individuals attended the ultimate evening on the metropolis’s Sub Membership, with some travelling from as far afield as Belgium, Canada and the USA.The ultimate track performed on Optimo’s final evening was Feeling Good by Nina Simone.Writing on social media after his prognosis, McIvor stated: “Jonnie and I’ve been fortunate sufficient to play our music at numerous golf equipment and festivals all through the world and it has been one of many best honours of my life to make a profession out of one thing I really like.”We’ve got linked with so many stunning souls by way of our shared ardour for music.”