Ed Rush & Optical - Essential Mix [1999-02-07]

👽🎶🎧 Loading... @SuffleNRepeat ---------------------------------------- 🎶Ed Rush & Optical - Essential Mix [1999-02-07] ---------------------------------------- FYI👽: Ed Rush is one of the current leaders of the new school drum and bass. One of the originators to bring back the dark sounds of drum and bass and push it to new levels, Ed Rush continues to make waves with each new release. Born in west London, Ed Rush originally started out into Hip Hop and electro but eventually found the growing underground rave scene. Fascinated by the breaks in the hardcore sounds at the time, Ed Rush convinced his neighbor, Nico Sykes, to let him produce tracks with him. Eventually they released “Bludclot Artattack” in 1993 – a journey into the darkcore sounds. While most releases at the time had a certain momentum and feel, the track was like no other, and marked the shift of hardcore’s split into drum and bass. Ed Rush eventually released follow-ups nearly two years later, this time with DJ Trace, on “The Mutant” in 1995. “Guncheck” soon followed, another track developed in a recognizable Ed Rush style – gangsta attitude, and crunchy basslines. The greatest collaboration was ahead of him though, when he teamed up with Optical. They created their own label, Virus, and their first release was “Medicine/Punchbag,” Their eventual LP, Wormhole in 1998, was released to critical and underground success, and is regarded as a genre classic, as the sounds from that album again redefined the direction drum and bass was headed, and solidified their status as the forerunners of the new sound of drum and bass. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Quinn, known by his stage name Optical, is a British musician, producer and DJ. He is co-founder and owner of Virus Recordings, a widely regarded drum and bass record label. He is best known as one half of drum and bass duo Ed Rush and Optical (with his long-time musical partner Ed Rush), whose debut album Wormhole has been described as one of the most significant LPs of the drum and bass genre. He is also the brother of Jamie Quinn also known as Matrix. Along with his drum and bass musician and DJ career he has worked on many remixes and collaborated as a composer, producer, programmer and sound engineer for other notable artists including Rob Playford's label Moving Shadow for which he was credited on Goldie's "Saturnz Return" and Grooverider on whose 1998 MOBO Award-winning album "Mysteries of Funk" he was credited as writer and producer. He went on to receive the accolade of 'Best Producer' at the 1998 Muzik Magazine Dance Music Awards in London. Tracklist: 00:00 Ryme Tyme & Optical - Headhunters (dub plate) 02:55 Bad Company - “The Nine” (BC Recordings) 06:45 Ram Trilogy - “Terminal 1? (Ram) 09:20 Jonny L - “The Bells” (Piranha) 14:08 Ed Rush & Optical - ‘Fixation’ (Virus Recordings) 19:06 Ram Trilogy - “Mind Overload” (Ram) 24:20 DJ Trace - “Sonar” (Prototype) 27:45 DJ Krust - “Warhead (Ram Trilogy Rmx)” (V) 31:40 Matrix - “Airhead” (Virus) 35:10 Bad Company - “The Pulse” (Prototype) 39:39 Ed Rush & Optical - “Bacteria” (Virus) 42:42 DJ Phantasy & DJ Probe - “Orders (DJ Reality Remix)” (Easy) 47:00 Ryme Tyme - “Payback Pt. 1? (DSCI4) 50:46 Roni Size - “Watching Windows [DJ Die Remix]” (Talkin Loud) 55:02 Matrix - “Asylum” (Virus) 59:16 Ed Rush & Optical - “Funktion” (V) 63:30 Bad Company - “China Cup” (Prototype) 66:55 Ram Trilogy - “Iron Lung” (Ram) 69:50 Optical - “Newoptic” (dub plate) unknown ??? 74:10 Ed Rush & Optical - “Dozer” (Virus) 78:38 DJ Die - “Clear Skyz” (Full Cycle) 81:48 Fibre Optics - “Sin” (Renegade Hardware) 85:10 Usual Suspects - “Killa Beez” (Renegade Hardware) 89:45 Ram Trilogy - “Chase Scene” (Ram) 92:53 Ed Rush & Optical - “Watermelon” (Virus) 95:26 Ram Trilogy - “System Error (Y2K)” (Ram) 100:19 Ed Rush & Optical - “Gasmask” (Virus) 105:30 Infinite (Optical & Fierce) - “Beachball” (Renegade Hardware) 110:05 Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - “Alien Girl” (Prototype) 115:26 Optical - “Slip Thru” (Virus) 117:45 Ed Rush & Optical - “Sick Note” 👉Follow Ed Rush & Optical on ▶ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0qzML... ▶ YouTube Music    / ed rush & optical - topic   ▶ Apple Music   / ed-rush-optical   ▶ Facebook   / edrushofficial     / deejayoptical   ▶ Instagram   / ed_rush   ▶ Soundcloud   / edrush     / deejayoptical   ▶ Twitter https://x.com/MattOptical https://x.com/Ed_Rush ‪@OpticalVirus‬ ‪@EdRushTV‬ #dnb #drumandbass #edrush #electronic #essential