The Neuro Network — October 2025
This month, MEL brings you her live recording from Virus in London, captured straight from the booth. Expect one hour of MEL’s favourite heavy drops and blends!

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Tracklist:
Enei – The Hammer
MEL – Exonerate 
Merikan – Absolute Zero
Agressor Bunx – Star Blast
Disphonia & Gydra – Can’t Hold Back (Gydra Remix)
Black Sun Empire & State of Mind – Modern Propaganda
Neonlight – Ultraviolet (Prolix Remix)
Mob Tactics – Mindhunter
Audio – Bedlam Axis (TR Tactics Remix)
Killbox – Troll Eater
Ed Rush – Scarabs
Bass Rabbit – TRCD & The FI5TH – Nemesis (Feat. Dark D) 
Teddy Killerz – Riders in the Sky
Pythius & Gridlok – Sound Barrier (Gydra Remix)
Ed Rush – Body Back
TR Tactics – Wicked Wine
Merikan, Inward, HANZO & Randie – Reverse Coded
DC Breaks – Gambino (InsideInfo Remix)
Audio – Solar Ascending (Original Mix)
Prolix & DC Breaks – Beat Down VIP
Merikan – Warhammer 
Vici & Audio – Bad Spirits
Enta – Power Through 
MEL – Madness 
Qo & The Clamps – Krieg
TR Tactics – Halloween VIP
Xylym – Compound
Mob Tactics – The Feeling
Prolix – Killa Sound
Shadow Sect & Mizo – Genesis
Mefjus – Suicide Bassline VIP
Mizo – Dust Devil
Pythius – Chimaera (feat. Merikan)
Qo & Symplex – Get Wild
A-Cray, Zigi SC – Basic Attack 
Hackwaves & Midnight CVLT – Tech Cvlt
Prolix & DC Breaks – Infinity
Audio – Blood On Our Hands ft. Aenyma (Pythius Remix)
Prolix, Gydra & Nuklear – Death Trap
hadow Sect & Ihr – Fckngjmp
MEL – Telekinesis 
The Clamps – Click Clack 
Killbox – Clickbait (feat. Ryme Tyme)
Merikan – Witch Hunter
Prolix – Satellite
Pythius & Neonlight – Tarkin
Mr Frenkie & Audio – Bass Symptom (Audio Remix)
State of Mind – Ice Cold
Cliques – Back Up (ft. Grim Sickers) (Original Mix)
QO – Insectoid
Prolix – Dynamite
Exult, Resson & Killey – Gang Gang
DRKNET – Killcode
Spor – Aztec
The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up (Sub Focus Remix)
Noisia – Running Blind
Cliques – Vision (Original Mix)
Gydra – Indoor Space
Noisia & The Upbeats – Dustup (Mefjus Remix)
Audio – Collision
Bad Company UK – Spider (Optiv & BTK Remix)
InsideInfo – Man with a Bomb
Gancher & Ruin – Black Mamba
The Prototypes – Rocket Guns Blazin’
Prolix, Renny Carroll & Pythius – Set Me Free (Pythius Remix)
Noisia – Into Dust (Neonlight Remix)
MNDSCP – Edge of Disaster
Gydra – Planet Rage
State of Mind & Coppa – Red Sky
Prolix & Black Sun Empire – The Message VIP
Konflict – Messiah (Magnetude Remix)
MEL – Night On Fire

The Neuro Network - MEL // Live @ Virus // The Steelyard // London

Traumatising tech house warriors with drum and bass is my guilty pleasure
No neuro no party

DnB always. Virtual DJ and VR event organizer and co-owner of Baptizm. All my links below.

Neurofunk / Tech Step label pushing the harder and darker sounds since 2023.

Optical is owner of Virus Recordings, Music Producer and DJ from England.
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"He is best known for his work with Ed Rush, fellow head of the Virus Recordings label, and as a pioneer of the techstep and neurofunk sound. His first single for Metalheadz, 'To Shape the Future'/'Raging Calm' (1997) and his collaborative material with Ed Rush, such as the Wormhole, album (1998) were archetypal developments in the style. The duo followed this debut album with The Creeps (2000) and The Original Doctor Shade (2003), as well as countless singles and remixes. More recently, the duo have returned to form with their (2009) LP 'Travel The Galaxy' containing the modern classic 'Chubrub' and 'No Cure' LP in 2015."

"He also notably did all of the engineering and production work for Grooverider's album Mysteries of Funk, and work on Goldie's 'Saturns Return' LP. In addition, he has produced solo for many labels including Virus, Metalheadz, Prototype, 31 Records, Metro and released in collaboration with many artists, including Ed Rush, Trace, Dom and Roland, Fierce, and his brother Matrix. The first Optical release was in 1996."

"Matt Quinn's savage dance floor productions as Optical (for, among many others, Groove's own label Prototype) have earned him a place in drum'n'bass's premier division.”

"Optical's pure, unchallenged talent shines through on his solo tunes, showcasing an artist well ahead of his time. No doubt the modern sounds of the likes of D-Bridge, Instra:mental and the rest of the minimalist dark revival heads, draw heavy influence not only from Optical himself, but from his inspirations in Jazz, such as Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis. His ability to blend Jazz, Funk and futuristic, technical soundscapes is masterful. From his early work on Metalheadz and Prototype Recordings to his collaborative work on Virus Recordings and the classic Mysteries of Funk (Grooverider's landmark LP), Optical can perhaps qualify as one of the most underrated musicians of the modern era. His mind has crafted sounds which were never before heard, moods which were completely original, and his vision of the future, although ultimately dark and disjointed, is beautifully vivid and addictive. Its a world he pulls you into with each and every track and only a handful of artists can begin to dream of being this successful in their work."

Virus Recordings has become a DnB scene favourite and continues to release the ultimate in DnB vibes, with artists like C4C, Audio, Optiv & BTK, The Upbeats, Noisia, Gridlok, Ram Trilogy, Matrix, Rymetyme, Sonic & Silver, Pendulum, Mefjus,  InsideInfo

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