Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Operation Dates: 1990 - 1996
Featured Remixers: Jim Hopkins, Mike Wertheim
Remix Genres: Alternative, Techno, Experimental, Progressive House
Configuration: Vinyl Double Discs and Compilation CDs
Service Details: Twitch, as a remix service paralleled Razormaid in many ways.  It offered remixes of less mainstream artists/songs and promoted more unknown artists.  The music selection was definately more alternatively oriented than most services at the time.  Using colored swirl vinyl in their pressings and utilizing colorful/bizarre artwork in their packaging, Twitch releases were as graphically strange and wonderful as the music they remixed.   Twitch also branched out into a record label - "Twitch Recordings" to feature unsigned alterna-dance artists.

Twitch Remix Service was formed by Mike Wertheim (Investor/remixer), Randall Erkelens (Cover Art/Graphic Designer) and Jim Hopkins (Remixer..who previously did remixes for Hot Tracks, Rhythm Stick, Disconet and Metropolis Remix Services)  The three formed Twitch Remix Service as an alternative to all of the other commercial remix services that were producing at the time.  They wanted to focus more on the underground tracks that were coming out in the early rave scene by overseas artists as well as upcoming local San Francisco artists. (the other remix services were focusing on remixing already established artists) Their releases stood out among the other remix services at that time due to their eye catching full cover art on their record jackets and cd covers (other services would use a stock jacket for their releases).  Twitch Remix Service was formed in 1991 and continued on through to 1995.  In 1995, Jim Hopkins took the company over and discontinued the remix service releases.  This was due to the number of "bootleg" remix services who were releasing material from labels without their consent.  It got to a point where labels did not want to deal with remix services anymore and it became difficult to obtain clearances to release tracks on the remix service.  Jim continues to run Twitch to this day as a multimedia company.  From 1995 to present, Jim has been releasing his own 12" singles, DJ mix CDs, beat matched music video mixes, and visual DVDs.  Twitch is now focusing on DVD releases of Jim Hopkins projects and serving up his videos on youtube.com Check out Twitch Productions @ http://www.twitchrecordings.com