Optimo (Espacio) started life as a weekly club night. It was born at The Sub Club in Glasgow on a wet, windy, wintry November Sunday night in 1997. Run by JD Twitch and partner in crime Jonnie Wilkes. Optimo was a reaction against what felt like an increasingly conservative musical soundtrack in clubs here at that time.

Brainticket - Places of Light
T.J. Lawrence - Fireplay
Robert Rental - Double Heart
African Head Charge - No, Don't Follow Fashion
Keith Hudson - Nuh Skin Up Dub
Smokin' Cheeba - When I Was A Youth
The Wad - 15 Inches
Idjut Boys & Laj - Foolin' (Beatin on Dave)
JBB Et Soprann - Tibi Lap