Boom Boom Satellites ‘7 Ignitions’ (R&S, 1998)

Amanda Lear’s ‘Sweet Revenge’ sold remarkably well on the continent when eurodisco was in its infancy in 1978, even if it made little headway in the UK

When searching for pioneers of electronic futurism, how many of us would consider the golden age of Ethiopian jazz-funk to be an obvious port of call?

Held every Sunday between 1997 and 2010 at Glasgow’s Sub Club venue, the ferocious hedonism of Optimo Espacio was set off by the non-partisan tastes of DJs Keith “Twitch” McIvor and Jonnie Wilkes.