The Whole Of The Moon: 12" Vinyl Single

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Label: DFA Records
Release Date: 15th January 2027

I'm not holding back here but this version of The Waterboys 10/10 song 'The Whole of the Moon' is better than the original, which makes it an 11/10 song. Recorded by friends and members of the Optimo community as a tribute to JD Twitch after his terminal brain cancer diagnosis in 2025. Initially never intended for release it's outpouring of love, joy and awe became too much to keep secret. This is an essential 12" for every DJ set, you end the night with this and everyone's going home with their cups full.

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“The Whole Of The Moon” is a classic. It’s a song about awe and hope and love for the people who show us the best of this often broken world, the blessed few who show the way and introduce us to things and thoughts.

Keith McIvor aka JD Twitch of Optimo was one of those people, and this version of the track - electronic, euphoric, open-hearted - was made by some members of the broader Optimo community after his terminal brain cancer diagnosis in 2025. The task of making a version that could’ve been heard on the dance floor at Planet Peach, Mas, or the Sub Club on a Sunday night or Monday morning brought them together across oceans, an act of joy amidst so much loss.

It was never intended to be released, but as it made its way to friends and others, it also felt wrong not to. Its sentiment is universal and applies to so many incredible people in music and beyond that are sadly missed.

So here is the Watergirls’ first and last track, presented as a limited white label with some particularly lethal mixes from Sean Johnston of Hardway Bros and A Love From Outer Space. We’re giving all the profits to charity. It’s meant to be played out. It’s meant to make two friends hug and sing into each other’s faces. It’s for Keith and for everyone like him.

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