Just a short mix from Optical to celebrate 15 years of Virus Recordings, featuring a selection of classic tracks from the label from 1998-2013.

1. Ressurection - Ed Rush & Optical feat. Rymetyme
2. Pacman Remix - Ed Rush & Optical(Ram Trilogy Remix)
3. Collision - Audio
4. Compound - Ed Rush & Optical
5. Satellites - Ed Rush & Optical
6. Lick-a-Demon - The Upbeats
7. Sicknote - Ed Rush & Optical
8. Bacteria - Ed Rush & Optical(Pendulum Remix)
9. Endgame - Noisia
10 Rocket Launcher VIP - Sonic & Silver
11 Infested - Optiv & BTK
12 Mythos - InsideInfo & Mefjus
13 Headroom - Audio
14 Chubrub - Ed Rush & Optical

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15 Years Of Virus Mix by DJ Optical

Recording of Ed Rush & Optical's DJ set from the Virus Stage @ Let It Roll Festival 2013...an incredible night with a huge crowd and amazing atmosphere! Apologies for the sound level at  the start...festival sound is always an issue but it improves after a few minutes...;o]

Ed Rush & Optical - Virus Stage - Let It Roll Festival 02/08/2013

Listen to an amazing one off b2b with two legendary Virus family members, Calyx and Matrix recorded at the SOLD OUT Virus night at Steelyard, London on the 6th November 2021

Calyx B2b Matrix - Virus Steelyard 06 - 11 - 21

This is a live recording of Ed Rush & Optical with Rymetyme taken from day 2 of the Virus Weekend at Steelyard in London. 08/10/22

We are releasing this mix to celebrate our 25th Virus anniversary in 2023!!

Ed Rush & Optical feat. Rymetyme - Virus Weekend - Day2 - Steelyard London 08/10/2022

Unreleased, unfinished, undecided & unashamed 

01) Rascal & Klone - Start It 2001
02) Rascal & Klone - FourFourWhore 2001
03) Rascal & Klone - Checkpoint 2002
04) Rascal & Klone - Subconscious 2002
05) Klone - Change 2002
06) Rascal & Klone - Wildcard (mix what was meant to be cut yeah) 2002
07) Fission - Courage (Rascal & Klone Remix) 2002
08) Rascal & Klone - History 2002
09) Klone - Sapphire 2003
10) Rascal & Klone - Goldmine 2003
11) Lady Saw - One Night (Rascal & Klone Remix) 2004
12) Rascal - Haunted House 2004
13) Rascal & Ruma - Daytona 2004 
14) Klone - Quickbrew 2004
15) Rascal & Klone - The Fugitive 2005
16) Klone - No Lies 2004
17) Klone -  Planets 2005
18) Klone - Violet 2005
19) Rascal & Klone - Blujackin 2005
20) Rascal & Klone - Float Yer Boat 2006
21) Rascal & Klone - Play Hard 2007
22) Rascal & Klone - Roll the Dice (Summertime Mix) 2007


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Stepping into the hotseat for this month’s Dispatch label mix is Canadian NC-17, ahead of his debut on the label with Quadrant. 

Arguably three of his very best tracks to date, including dancefloor favourite ‘Dub Central’, NC-17 brings us a hard hitting mix, quick fire and causing some serious damage! 

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Tracklist:

Bad Company -Equilibrium (DOA)
NC-17, Legion & Logam - Trippin (Playaz)
Quadrant & NC-17 - Dub Central -(Dispatch LTD)
NC-17 & KC - The Beyond (Bad Taste Dub)
NC-17 & Glitch - 2 Cold Scorpio (Drum&BassArena Dub)
NC-17 & Nusense - Flesh Eaters (Dub)
NC-17 & KC - Slimeville(Symmetry)
NC-17 ft Explicit - Class of 1999 (Grindhou5e)
NC-17 & The Voss - Hunted (Playaz Dub)
Callide - Horns 2016 (Dub)
Dillinja - All Things (Valve)
Usual Suspect - Spawn (Gridlok RMX) (Unreleased)
Universal Project - Danger Chamber (Hardware)
NC-17 - Attitude Era(Hardware)
NC-17 - Amityville(Hardware Dub)
Quadrant & NC-17 - Living A Lie (Dispatch LTD)
Matrix - Sleepwalk(Virus)
Drum Cru - ????? -(Unreleased)
Kemal & Rob Data - Gene Sequence (Negative)
Ink - Don Darko (Hardware)
Sinthetix - C4(Hardware)
Usual Suspects - Killer Bees (Konflict RMX) (Hardware)
Universal Project - Bleach (UP Recordings)
NC-17 - Only One Way Out (Dispatch LTD)
NC-17 - Jet Lagged (Hardware)
NC-17 & The Voss - Show & Tell (Playaz)
NC-17 & The Voss - Johnny Redux(Playaz)
NC-17 & Fade - The Lobster(Hospital)
Dillinja - Feel My Pain (Valve)

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NC-17 - www.facebook.com/nc17audio
Dispatch Recordings - www.facebook.com/DispatchRecordings
Soundcloud - @anttc1

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NC-17 - Dispatch Recordings Label Mix, March 2016

Fresh of the back of his massive remix for Concussion Records (https://soundcloud.com/ninjaninja/premier-bowsar-hemisphere-dose-remix-concussion-records) New Zealand's Dose has delivered us a fast and furious mix consisting of some Dose classics as well as some fresh dubs for you to look forward to!

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Tracklist
Dose - Let me go - (Abducted LTD) - (forthcoming)
The Upbeats & Dose - Tangerine - (Non—Vogue) 
Dose - This is it - (Abducted LTD) - (forthcoming)
Dose - Sanctuary - (Abducted LTD)
Dose - In my mind - (Citrus) 
Dose - Cultivate - (Abducted LTD) (forthcoming)
Dose & Victim - Inside out - (Citrus) (forthcoming)
Dose - Break the habit - (Abducted LTD) (forthcoming)
Dose & Teknik - Intruder - (Citrus recordings)
Dose - Getting down - ??
Bowsar - Hemisphere (Dose remix) - (Concussion recordings)
Dose - Caffeine dream - Subtitles UK (Dose 2014 vip)
Dose & Cern - One at a time (Renegade Hardware)
Dose & Menace - Trigger Happy (Dose remix) - (Revolution recordings) (forthcoming)


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Full set from Optical at the Renegade Hardware Weekender RH#20 at the Coronet, London, 2016. I was asked to play strictly 1995-2005 DNB for this one.

Renegade Hardware Weekender

Optical [DJ Set] @ RH#20 Coronet 2016 ☣

We are glad to welcome back BTK to Dispatch Recordings! After a 5 year hiatus from Drum & Bass, he's back with some killer new music and a mix that celebrates his new release and some of his favourite tracks.

Check out his 'The Sinners' EP here:
• Dispatch Store - bit.ly/DIS145
• Bandcamp - bit.ly/DIS145BC
• All other stores - https://fanlink.to/DIS145

Tracklist:
01. BTK - Stay With Me - Dispatch Recordings
02. BTK - Dead Men Tell No Tales
03. Cern - Fourth State - Dutty Audio
04. Gridlok - Shallow - Alternate Version
05. BTK - The Deep
06. BTK, Cold Fusion & Manifest - Surge - Deception Recordings
07. Ink - Need You (BTK Not Holding Back Rework) - ILR Studios
08. Ed Rush & Audio - Merge
09. BTK - Drop It (Optiv Remix) - Dutty Audio
10. Raiden & Propaganda - Poltergeist - DSCI4
11. Klippee - Too Tight - Critical Music
12. BTK - The Means Justifies The Ends - Dispatch Recordings
13. Monrroe - Your Lies - Shogun Audio
14. Tech Itch - Soldiers - Penetration
15. BTK - The Sinners Are Winners - Dispatch Recordings
16. Drum Cru - Watcher
17. BTK - Surrender

Label Mix

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BTK - Dispatch Label Mix - February 2020

Listen back to our latest Critical Sound show on Rinse FM hosted by Levela & Enei
Check out Levela's 'Axium' EP: https://fanlink.to/Axium_EP

show first aired on 1st April 2020.

Catch the Critical Sound show on @RinseFm every first Wednesday of the month.

Levela online:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djlevela/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DJLevela
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djlevela
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/levela/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2CDG8Na
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/levela/304598424

Enei online:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/eneiofficial
Twitter → https://twitter.com/eneimusic
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/eneimusique/
Soundcloud → https://soundcloud.com/enei
Spotify → https://spoti.fi/2PPfbdZ
Apple Music → https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/enei/299616033

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Critical Sound no.77 | Levela & Enei | 01.04.2020

Philth went live in the mix exclusively for Dispatch Recordings (to a great response) on the evening of 07/02/2021 via our FB channel, the 1 hour & 45 minute set features music from the ‘Full Moon EP’ and plenty of heaters.

The 'Full Moon EP' is available now via:
• Dispatch Store - http://bit.ly/DIS162W
• Bandcamp - http://bit.ly/DIS162BC
• All other stores - https://fanlink.to/DIS162

‘The Full Moon EP’ sees Philth & Wreckless join forces for a project created during two sessions at Philth’s studio. With their solo work making up some of our favourite tracks on the label, this combination of artists makes the EP quite special. 

Sharing a love of classic breakbeats and 1999 tech rollers, they made a conscious decision not to over-polish the mixes - keeping the raw edge to the drums and dirty bass textures. Aiming to bring back the rough feel of their favourite older tunes, with arrangements that roll out for the DJ's. 

During these sessions Wreckless noticed that it was a ‘Full Moon’, just as the title track was taking shape - a drum led track that grows and develops throughout, balancing layers of subtle additions to the driving weight of the tune.   

These concepts are reflected in the artwork, with the 'tech moon' representing the meeting of rugged natural sounds and modern technology.

Dispatch Recordings socials:
Bandcamp → bit.ly/DispatchBC
Facebook → bit.ly/DispatchRecsFB
Instagram → bit.ly/DispatchInsta
Soundcloud → bit.ly/DispatchSC
Spotify → bit.ly/DispatchSP
Twitter → bit.ly/DispatchTW
Website → bit.ly/DispatchW
YouTube → bit.ly/DispatchYT

Artist(s) Soundcloud page(s):
Philth → https://soundcloud.com/philth
Wreckless → https://soundcloud.com/wrecklessdnb

Full Moon EP

Available here

Philth & Wreckless present the 'Full Moon EP - Live stream DJ set recording (Audio only)

Optical is owner of Virus Recordings, Music Producer and DJ from England.
Bookings: UK/ROW: mark@esp-agency.com
USA: saleem@amodeagency.com

This page is dedicated to my sons: Aidan and Solomon, they are the inspiration for everything I do in life now.

"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

15 Years Of Virus Mix by DJ Optical

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