Optical
Matt Quinn's recordings as Optical skirt the atmospheric side of neuro-funk drum'n'bass, the paranoid musings of a handful of industrial-strength British producers like Ed Rush, Source Direct and Quinn's brother Jamie, who records as Matrix. Jamie and Matt began releasing singles on their own Metro Records from a West London base, with Matrix's "Double Vision" alongside Optical's "Shining" as the label's opening shots. Optical recorded for a half-dozen other imprints as well, including Goldie's Metalheadz and Grooverider's Prototype. The producer's two contributions to those labels (respectively, "To Shape the Future" and "Grey Odyssey") raised his profile considerably after gaining re-release on CD compilations -- Goldie's Platinum Breakz II and Grooverider's The Prototype Years. He had already earned a reputation as one of the most hotly tipped producers of 1997 when another classic single for Prototype, "Moving 808s," hit big late that year.
By 1998, Quinn had been tapped to contribute his engineering expertise to two of the most hyped jungle LPs of the year -- Goldie's SaturnzReturn (replacing Rob Playford) and Grooverider's Mysteries of Funk. He also earned co-production credits on Dom & Roland's Industry, and continued to release single after single of intense, Predator-styled drum'n'bass. After forming his own label, Virus, with No-U-Turn Records don Ed Rush, he was co-billed with Rush on a five-LP set titled Wormhole, the first full-length to actually carry Optical's name.
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Diskografie
21 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Quadrant 6 / Concrete Shoes
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Moving Shadow am 19.05.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Virus Vaults: Unreleased / Classics 1996-2005
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 31.10.2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Quadrant 6 (Fierce Remix) / Rage Roll
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Moving Shadow am 29.12.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Travel the Galaxy
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 11.05.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
20YearsOfOptical, Vol. 1
Downtempo - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 16.09.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
20YearsOfOptical, Vol. 2
Downtempo - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 14.10.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lifespan / Crisis
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 01.05.1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Original Doctor Shade
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 26.05.2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Socom
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 28.05.2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chameleon
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 23.10.2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
No Cure
Downtempo - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 30.10.2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
To Shape the Future
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Metalheadz am 28.04.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Crackball / Ride the Beast
Ed Rush & Optical, Ed Rush, Optical
Electronic - Erschienen bei Run DNB am 29.05.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Reece / Sick Note (Ill. Skillz Remix)
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 01.01.2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
To Shape the Future (2017 Remaster)
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Metalheadz am 22.09.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kung-Foo
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Virus Recordings am 07.03.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cut Throat Flow
Drum & Bass - Erschienen bei Bear Necessities am 01.01.1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Your Love
House - Erschienen bei Paradise Project Records am 12.12.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
It's Only Love
House - Erschienen bei Paradise Project Records am 12.12.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo