Matt Anniss pays tribute to the late, great JD Twitch, who passed away recently, sharing an expanded and re-edited version of a message he sent following the Optimo co-founder’s terminal diagnosis earlier in the year
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LISTEN: JOIN THE FUTURE ON NOODS, AUGUST 2025
On the latest episode of Join The Future’s monthly Noods Radio show, Matt Anniss joins the dots between ambient, weirdness, IDM, dub, UK bass and twisted acid house.
READ & LISTEN: RECALLING THE COLLECTIVE JOY OF WATCHING TREES 2025
Matt Anniss looks back at the 2025 edition of Optimo and Ransom Note’s Watching Trees micro-festival – and shares the recording of his ‘watching morning’ ambient DJ set
READ AND LISTEN: WATCHING YOU, WATCHING TREES
Matt Anniss looks back on Watching Trees 2024, the second edition of Optimo and the Ransom Note’s micro-festival – and offers up a mix based on his Sunday morning DJ set
IN PRAISE OF WATCHING TREES
Matt Anniss waxes lyrical about the first edition of Optimo and Ransom Note’s micro-festival in the Forest of Dean
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