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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Discografía
21 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Quadrant 6 / Concrete Shoes
Drum & Bass - Editado por Moving Shadow el 19-05-1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Virus Vaults: Unreleased / Classics 1996-2005
Drum & Bass - Editado por Virus Recordings el 31-10-2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Quadrant 6 (Fierce Remix) / Rage Roll
Drum & Bass - Editado por Moving Shadow el 29-12-1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Travel the Galaxy
Drum & Bass - Editado por Virus Recordings el 11-05-2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
20YearsOfOptical, Vol. 1
Downtempo - Editado por Virus Recordings el 16-09-2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
20YearsOfOptical, Vol. 2
Downtempo - Editado por Virus Recordings el 14-10-2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lifespan / Crisis
Drum & Bass - Editado por Virus Recordings el 01-05-1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Original Doctor Shade
Drum & Bass - Editado por Virus Recordings el 26-05-2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Chameleon
Drum & Bass - Editado por Virus Recordings el 23-10-2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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To Shape the Future
Drum & Bass - Editado por Metalheadz el 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
Electrónica - Editado por Run DNB el 29-05-2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Reece / Sick Note (Ill. Skillz Remix)
Drum & Bass - Editado por Virus Recordings el 01-01-2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
To Shape the Future (2017 Remaster)
Drum & Bass - Editado por Metalheadz el 22-09-2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kung-Foo
Drum & Bass - Editado por Virus Recordings el 07-03-2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cut Throat Flow
Drum & Bass - Editado por Bear Necessities el 01-01-1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Your Love
House - Editado por Paradise Project Records el 12-12-2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
It's Only Love
House - Editado por Paradise Project Records el 12-12-2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo