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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Discografia
21 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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Quadrant 6 / Concrete Shoes
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Moving Shadow il 19 mag 1997
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Quadrant 6 (Fierce Remix) / Rage Roll
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Moving Shadow il 29 dic 1997
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Travel the Galaxy
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 11 mag 2009
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20YearsOfOptical, Vol. 1
Chill-out - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 16 set 2016
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20YearsOfOptical, Vol. 2
Chill-out - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 14 ott 2016
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Lifespan / Crisis
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 1 mag 1998
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The Original Doctor Shade
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 26 mag 2003
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Socom
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 28 mag 2000
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Chameleon
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 23 ott 2006
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Virus Vaults: Unreleased / Classics 1996-2005
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 31 ott 2005
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No Cure
Chill-out - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 30 ott 2015
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To Shape the Future
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Metalheadz il 28 apr 1997
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Crackball / Ride the Beast
Ed Rush & Optical, Ed Rush, Optical
Elettronica - Pubblicato da Run DNB il 29 mag 2010
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Reece / Sick Note (Ill. Skillz Remix)
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 1 gen 2005
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To Shape the Future (2017 Remaster)
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Metalheadz il 22 set 2017
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Kung-Foo
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Virus Recordings il 7 mar 2008
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Cut Throat Flow
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Bear Necessities il 1 gen 1996
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Your Love
House - Pubblicato da Paradise Project Records il 12 dic 2014
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It's Only Love
House - Pubblicato da Paradise Project Records il 12 dic 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo