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Our mix for Friction's BBC Radio 1 show, with Crissy Criss sitting in

SWAG - DC Breaks - RAM
Abyss VIP - The Prototypes - Shogun
Heartbeat (Calyx & Teebee Remix) - Wilkinson - RAM
F**K It Up - Hamilton - RAM
Lrad (The Prototypes Remix) - Knife Party
Limber (Optiv & BTK Remix) - Maztek - Dub
Break Of Dawn - Metrik - Hospital
Way I Feel - Hamilton - RAM
Hold Back - Cyantific - Cyantific
Scorpio - Loadstar - RAM
Quest - Andy C & Shimon - RAM
Membrane - Gridlok & Prolix - RAM
Vital Signs - Optiv & CZA - Dub
Raindance (Mind Vortex Remix) - Sonny Wharton - Skint
Proton - DC Breaks - RAM
Retrograde - The Upbeats - Vision
Slugs - DC Breaks - Dub
Crunch - Wilkinson - RAM
Feel Your Pulse (Mind Vortex Remix) - Camo & Krooked - Vper
Dr Karg - Loadstar - RAM
Inception (Maztek Remix) - Optiv & BTK - Dub
Scrummage - Stealth - Program
One Step - The Upbeats - Vision
Gambino - DC Breaks - Dub


DC Breaks Mix BBC Radio 1

Recorded live with vinyl in 1 take on 2 x Technics 1200 and 1 x Pioneer DJM 300.

1. SPKTRM - Relevance - 2012
2. BULLETPROOF AND TEKNIK - Smash Palace - 2007
3. GRIDLOK and PROLIX - Poisonous - 2013
4. GRIDLOK - Heatwave - 2004
5. GRIDLOK AND DOM -  Hooked - 2005
6. GRIDLOK - Void - 2009
7. CERN - Double Down - 2011
8. GRIDLOK - Labrat (Audio Remix) - 2010
9. THE UPBEATS - Take Away Soul - 2007
10. HIVE AND GRIDLOK FEAT. CALYX - Event Horizon - 2006
11. GRIDLOK - Enemies of the State - 2012
12. BLOKHE4D and GRIDLOK - Bad Kat - 2011
13. CALYX - Are You Ready (Hive and Gridlok Remix) - 2005 
14. GRIDLOK AND KEATON - Move On - 2005
15. GRIDLOK - Steady - 2009
16. GRIDLOK - Insecticide - 2011
17. GRIDLOK - American Dream - 2013
18. GRIDLOK - After Midnite - 2012
19. NYMFO - Off the Radar - 2010
20. GRIDLOK - Bottomfeeder Remix - 2010

51 Is A Number

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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DIS072	
Survival & Silent Witness
A. Noise 3
AA. The Wall 

Release Date | 23.09.2013

Dispatch heavyweights Survival & Silent Witness return for DIS072 and as expected the results are nothing short of stunning with two straight up, no nonsense slabs of Drum & Bass that are guaranteed to cause complete carnage and leave a trail of devastation in their path.

Survival & Silent Witnesses ability certainly needs no introduction and “Noise 3” Issues everything you would expect from the duo with an outing of pure funk fused tech that tears along at light speed providing an outing that will lift the roof off any dance floor with brutal ease and effect.

The flip, “The Wall” strips things back with heavy helping of live drums and delayed fx to provide that perfect rolling vibe essential to keep heads nodding and the crowd moving.

As with all press releases we could continue to bang on about how great these are but the proof is always in the listening and Survival & Silent Witness here show exactly why they are considered some of the best in the game with a 12 that hits all those important sweet spots of technicality in combination with musicality.

A must have for all the serious D&B heads and another buy on listen release from the Dispatch Camp – Not to be missed.

Dispatch 2013 

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Available direct here

Survival & Silent Witness - Noise 3 - Dispatch 072 A (CLIP) - OUT NOW

Made in promotion of FABRICLIVE's 14th Birthday on Friday 18th November 2013.

More info/tickets: http://www.fabriclondon.com/club/listing/820

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Tracklist:

1. Foreign Concept Feat. DRS - Falling Stars
2. Kasra & Enei - Breath
3. Emperor - Control
4. Phace - The Setup
5. Billain - Boogie
6. Emperor - Precursor
7. Emperor - Misfits
8. Codex - Horde
9. Cliffhanga - Deus
10. Stray - Matchsticks


Emperor - FABRICLIVE 14th Birthday Mix

After his last podcast reached number 1 in the iTunes podcasting charts, @Mefjus is back with another episode set to smash that record once again.
Showcasing some of the world's most future thinking producers from the likes of Fourward, Inside Info, Maztek, Phace, Noisia, Prolix & Gridlok.
Mefjus doesn't hold back either, with some sneak peaks of Critical's secret album project that is due out over the next few months and <b>showcasing his upcoming 'Contemporary EP'.</b> Keep your ears peeled for those! Enjoy!

First broadcasted - 13th October 2013

Track List:

01 - Gang Starr - Above the Clouds [Noo Trybe]
02 - Rido - They think that [Metalheadz]
03 - Fourward - Guilty Pleasures [SGN:LTD]
04 - Foreign Concept ft. MC DRS [Critical Music]
05 - Mefjus & InsideInfo - Repentance [Critical Music]
06 - InsideInfo - Up to you [Viper DUB]
07 - Emperor - Control [Critical DUB]
08 - Camo & Krooked - Ruhepuls [Hospital]
09 - dBridge & Vegas - True Romance [Metalheadz]
10 - Phace - The Setup [Critical Music]
11 - Billain - Red Surface [DUB]
12 - Maztek - iMaz [Hardware DUB]
13 - Acray - Untitled Hybrid Tune [Authentic Music DUB]
14 - Phace - Vitreous [Neosignal]
15 - Mefjus - Dissuade [Critical Music]
16 - Friction & K-Tee - Jupiter (Mefjus RMX) [Shogun Audio]
17 - Mefjus - Mob Rule [Critical Music]
18 - Rockwell - Childhood Memories (Neosignal RMX) [Shogun Audio]
19 - Mefjus & InsideInfo - Mythos VIP [DUB]
20 - Mefjus & Icicle - Contemporary [Critical Music]
21 - BSE & Jade - Deadhouse (Mefjus & InsideInfo RMX) [Blackout DUB]
22 - Gridlok & Prolix - Membrane [RAM]
23 - Phace - Electronic Frontier [Neosignal]
24 - Detail - Time Stretch [DUB]
25 - Mefjus - Leakproof [Critical Music]
26 - Noisia & Evol Intent - The Liquid [Vision]
27 - BSE - Brainfreeze (Neonlight RMX) [Blackout DUB]
28 - Neosignal - Sequenz (Mefjus RMX) [Division]

 
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Critical Music Podcast Vol.31 - Hosted by Mefjus

A new mixset for your earholes. 
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00:00-02:25 - 01 - Black Sun Empire & Concord Dawn - The Sun (Evol Intent Remix)
02:26-03:39 - 02 - Black Sun Empire & Eye D - Brainfreeze (Neonlight remix v2)
03:40-04:45 - 03 - Phace - Shitstorm
04:46-06:50 - 04 - Evol Intent & Eye-D - Jim Skynner (WIP)
06:51-08:16 - 05 - Audio - Blackhole
08:17-09:31 - 06 - Evol Intent - This Is Not A Dream (WIP)
09:32-10:39 - 07 - Rene LeVice - Dark Passenger (June Miller Remix)
10:40-12:07 - 08 - Tanika - Bad 4 U (Hamilton Remix)
12:08-13:25 - 09 - The Brig - Fools Gold
13:26-14:42 - 10 - Mutated Forms - Wastegash (The Upbeats Remix)
14:43-15:49 - 11 - Sunalvod - It's Time
15:50-18:20 - 12 - Black Sun Empire - Arrakis (Noisia Remix) 
18:21-19:29 - 13 - Nick Bee - Era
19:30-21:30 - 14 - Bro Safari & UFO! - The Dealer (Evol Intent Remix) 
21:31-22:48 - 15 - Evol Intent & Noisia - The Liquid
22:49-24:27 - 16 - Smooth - The Sky's Gonna Break feat. Shaz Sparks (Smooth VIP)
24:28-26:22 - 17 - Evol Intent - The Ladies (Throwback Mix)
26:23-28:20 - 18 - Doctrine - Don't Want To Know
28:21-29:26 - 19 - Gridlok & Prolix - MODE-M
29:27-30:54 - 20 - Neonlight - Sprech Funk (Rock-n-Roll edit)
30:55-32:57 - 21 - Brillz feat. Teddy Tuxedo - Buckwild (Bro Safari & UFO! Remix)
32:58-33:40 - 22 - Tha New Team - One Fifty One
33:41-34:51 - 23 - Hamilton - Overdrive
34:52-36:37 - 24 - Mindscape - Ultrasonik
36:38-38:30 - 25 - Wilkinson - Heartbeat (Calyx & Teebee Remix)

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Released in conjunction with Festival Koalition Toulouse. 

Halloween 2013 Mixset

Laidback Luke @ Ultra Music Festival Miami 27-03-2011

2014 Winter Mix from Torro Torro courtesy of EDM.com
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As with all of their seasonal mixes, this is a window into what Torro Torro is currently listening to and/or playing live.  This mix also includes a couple unreleased previews of new music from Torro Torro as the duo have been in the studio finishing a ton of new music for 2014.

Tracklist included with download

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Loxy and Source Direct take you through the whole 2 hours of the 12th Metalheadz monthly show on Rinse FM 

Fully downloadable / streamable

Metalheadz on Rinse FM, 3rd Wednesday of every month between the hours of 11PM - 1AM

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Loxy & Source Direct - The Metalheadz show on Rinse FM - 19th March 2014

A one hour promo mix by Mikal ahead of his appearance at Das Beben presents Metalheadz on the 24th May in Karlsruhe Germany at CULTeum Techno

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Mikal - Das Beben promo mix

Alongside Ed Rush, Matt Quinn (who you’ll undoubtedly know better under his DJ name, Optical) has helped sculpt the drum & bass scene’s multifarious experimentations for nearly two decades now. As producers they pioneered the techstep sound, making crisp and explosive d&b sing on the defining <em>Wormhole</em> album, but as bosses of Virus Recordings they’ve managed to continually stay propulsive releasing music from people like Audio, Optiv & BTK, The Upbeats, Noisia and many many more. A mainstay here, the duo’s forceful and dominating sets are always surefire highlights which is why, ahead of their set headlining Room Two this Friday, we asked Optical to put together an hour long mix which demonstrates a) why we hold them in such high regard and b) why Optical’s still one of the most quietly inventive production forces in modern drum & bass.

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Tickets/info: http://bit.ly/FABRICLIVE1104

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No tracklist given.

Optical - FABRICLIVE Promo Mix

Heavy Drum and Bass Drumstep Style Mix
Lean back and enjoy the mix 
Peace Physicx

Tracklist:
Bundat - Justice
Dirtyphonics - DIRTY (Metrik Remix)
Dirtyphonics - Hanging on me (Slogun & iOh Remix)
Dirtyphonics - Chaos
Linkin Park - Lies Greed Misery (Dirtyphonics Remix) 
12th Planet & Flinch - The End Is Near Part 1 (Dirtyphonics Remix) 
The Crystal Method - Play For Real (Dirtyphonics Remix) 
Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Dirtyphonics Remix) 
Getter - Ill Shit
Nero - Me & You (Dirtyphonics Remix)
Dirtyphonics - Walk in the Fire
Dirtyphonics - Vandals 

As you can see this mix is very inspirated from Dirtyphonics 
Go check them out they re kickin some serious ass :D
Thank you all for your Support!

»Get Wrecked« (DnB) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Decided to go a different direction for #TBT and upload an old mix, well before the creation of Abducted Records or Abducted LTD. This is my first mix i ever did on CDJ's, and is full of some quite awesome tunes! I hope you enjoy it!

::CD1::

Phase 1
———–
1 Future Propecies – Jamalski
2 Prolix – Innocence
3 Alliance – Through My eyes
4 Muffler – The Iron Tune
5 State of Mind – The others
6 Pendulum – The Terminal
7 Sin + Muffler – Bad Bwoy Sound v3
8 Chase and Status – Duppy man
9 Protech – Rain Comes
10 Ben Sage – All about you VIP
11 Garon – E Nomine Padre (Ben Sage remix)
12 Future Propecies – Crashin
13 Dylan & Robyn Chaos – Be there 4 u (Concord Dawn remix)
14 Skynet – Carbon Shock (Nosia remix)
15 Counterstrike & Sunchase feat. Tasha – Nemisis
16 Paul B – Vaccum Explosion (Logical remix)
17 Upbeats – Bat Feul
18 Nosia and Bad Company – Meditation

Phase 2
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19 Raiden – Infection (E-sassion remix)
20 Chase and Status – Barbarians (Prolix remix)
21 Chase and status – Tenne Tonne
22 Enduser – Dubplate # 12
23 Gein – Street Sweeper
24 Limewax – Cracking Core
25 Limewax – The Lawra
26 Spor – Way of the Samurai

::CD2::
Phase 2 (continued)
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27 Concord Dawn – Take Me Away
28 Ben Sage – Sleepless (Evol Intent VIP)
29 Skc & Chris Su – Crash
30 State of Mind – Snake Charmer
31 Upbeats – Red Lobster

Phase 3
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32 Desimal – Zero Searcher
33 Spor – Cyberpunk
34 Kiko & Rob f – The Grommet
35 Corrupt Souls – Skyclad
36 Sunchase – Nuclear Winter
37 Bes & Sunchase – Modul
38 Desimal – Earthling
39 Kiko – Marakesh
40 Electrosoul System – Chara
41 Dissident – Alter Samadhi
42 Sunchase – Walk On By

Phase 4
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43 Konsta – Under The Sun
44 Pendulum feat. Fats and Tc – Plasticworld
45 Artificial Intelligence – Desparado
46 Logistics – The Trip
47 Pendulum – Sounds of Life
48 Ben Sage – Just a Minute
49 Quadrant – Faithless
50 Vector Burn – Orchid (Mav remix)
51 The Upbeats – Girl Gone

Dioptrics - Phases Of Insanity [ 2005 - CD1 ]

Hour long DJ set from Ed Rush & Optical taken from the Basspod Stage @ EDC Las Vegas 2014. With MC Dino on the MIC.

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State of Mind - No Operative
Fourward - Wishes [Mindscape remix]
Chris.SU & State of Mind - Above Earth
InsideInfo - Honeybee [Viper]
Audio - Headroom VIP [Virus]
I Am Legion - Make Those Move (Teddy Killerz Remix)
Rockwell - Detroit
Camo & Krooked - Cryptkeeper
Knife Party - LRAD [Prototypes remix]
Porter Robinson - Spitfire [Kill the Noise remix]
Hive - Neo [Audio remix]
Mind Vortex - Catapult
Audio - Collision [Virus]
The Prototypes - Just Bounce
Dirtyphonics - Prelude Black
Loadstar - Warrior VIP
DJ Hazard & D Minds - Mr. Happy [Hydraulix remix]
Slang Banger - Labyrinth
DC Breaks - Shaman VIP
Metrik - Drift
Sonic & Silver - Rocket Launcher VIP [Virus]
Drumsound & Bassline Smith - Phantasm
Ed Rush - Untitled (Dubplate)
State Of Mind & Nymfo - Put It On
Noisia - Shaking Hands
Smooth - Cyber Funk
The Qemists - Stompbox [Spor remix]
Optiv & BTK - Shredder [Virus]
The Upbeats - Def Crescent
Noisia & The Upbeats - Dustup
Ed Rush & Optical - Pacman [Upbeats VIP] [Virus]
The Upbeats - Bad Bitches (Bootleg)
Optiv - Krakpot [Jade remix]
Konflict - Messiah [Noisia remix]

Ed Rush & Optical - EDC Las Vegas - 2014-06-22

Featuring Ed Rush & Optical and Optiv & BTK on the incredible Arcadia Spider Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2014.

Virus Takeover Arcadia @ Glastonbury 2014

This was AMAZING. Closing the night after Lenzman, Fred V & Grafix, Camo & Krooked and Ed Rush & Optical in front of 6000 people.. 

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Maduk @ Lowlands 2014 (ft MC Mota)

Telekinesis & NC-17 ft. KC - Micronaps (StateOfMind Rec.)

Live recording of Ed Rush and Optical DJ set from Let-It-Roll Festival, Prague 2014.

Ed Rush & Optical @ Let It Roll 2014 (01.08.2014)

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Catacombkid - Sigur Ros vs. The Beach Boys

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ODESZA - IPlayYouListen

Ready Or Not (Dnb Mix) at Thatcham

Ram Records Annual 2012 RAMMLPD4 (Mixed by Mind Vortex)

Full Album OUT NOW - http://www.beatport.com/release/ram-drum-and-bass-annual-2012/996926

1.	Hotbox
2.	Bomber
3.	Troglodyte
4.	Elevate This Sound
5.	Pandorum
6.	One Scratch
7.	Bassline Secret
8.	Pure Gold
9.	Iodine
10.	Deep In My Heart
11.	Firez
12.	Move Closer
13.	Rich Kids
14.	So Alone
15.	Infinity VIP
16.	I Remember
17.	Turbine
18.	Absolute Monster
19.	Need To Know
20.	End Of Days
21.	64 Thousand Dollar Habit
22.	Now It’s Time
23.	Automatic
24.	Passenger
25.	Trail Of My Tears


Ram Records Annual Mini Mix RAMMLPD4 (Mixed by Mind Vortex)

Tracklist:
01. Federico Franchi - Cream (Kid Kaio Remix) w/ Laidback Luke - Break Down The House
 (Acapella)
02. Swedish House Mafia - One (Congorock Remix)
03. Stefan Vilijn - Jasmin Garden (Chris Moody's Naughty Check Baby Remix)
04. Diplo & Ladiback Luke - Hey (Original Mix)
05.The Temper Trap Vs. Lex Da Funk - Sweet Disposition Vs. Trixie (Chris Moody Mashup)
06. R.O.O.S. -- Instant Moments (Kriss One Remix) with Pitbull feat. Lil' Jon, Will I Am, JD -- Put Your Fucking Hands Up (Acapella)
07. Veerus & Maxie Devine - Clockism (Phonk d'or Big Room Edit)
08. Sidney Samson feat. Sicerow - Fill U Up (Club Mix)
09. Laidback Luke Feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn - Till Tonight (Original Mix)
10. Jeff Mills - The Bells
11. Secret Cinema feat. Private Productions - Gung-Ho
12. Lazy Jay - After Dark (Original Dub﻿ Mix)
13. Nouveau Yorican - Jackit (Original Mix) with Gina Turner Live
14. Laidback Luke & A-Trak - Shake It Down (Original Mix)
15. Paul Van Dyk Vs. Laidback Luke - For An Angel Vs. My G*O*D* (Laidback Luke Bootleg)
16. Wynter Gordon - Dirty Talk (Laidback Luke Remix)
17. Maino - Bring It Back DJ (Oliver Twizt Club Mix)
18. Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer - Blau! (Original Mix)
19. Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight (Laidback Luke Remix)
20. Steve Angello & Laidback Luke - Be (Loop) w/ ID (the dubstep track with "show me love" vocals)
21. Steed Lord - Bed Of Needles (AKS﻿ & Syndaesia Remix)
22. Noisia feat. Foreign Beggars -- Shellshock
23. Laidback Luke - My G*O*D* (Guns On Demo) (Original Mix)
24. Laidback Luke & Steve Aoki Feat. Lil Jon - Turbulence with Lil Jon Live
25. Robbie Rivera - Rock The Disco (Laidback Luke Remix)
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Laidback Luke - (Live at Electric Daisy Carnival 2010) - 12.01.2013

PLAYLIST ∆∆

Carvar & Clock - Miskatonik
InsideInfo & Mefjus - Mythos
BSE feat. Foreign Beggars - Dawn of a Dark Day (Prolix Remix)
BSE feat. Foreign Beggars - Dawn of a Dark Day (Receptor Remix)
Ivy Lab - Brat
Villem - Splinter in Your Mind (Break Remix)
Octane & DLR - Gravity feat Gusto
The Upbeats - Beyond Reality
Rene Lavice - Regrets
Hazard - Air Guitar
Gridlok - Smuggler
The Upbeats & Armanni Reign - Trippin'
The Upbeats & Armanni Reign - Again I
The Upbeats - Big Skeleton (MOJX VIP)
The Upbeats - Big Skeleton (Optiv & Btk Remix)
Optiv & CZA - Don't Look Now
Quadrant & Iris - Depth Sounder
Fade - Tribal Dancer VIP
The Upbeats - Troglodyte
Caspa feat Keith Flint - War (Hazard Remix)
Raf Riley - King Henry's Hustle
Audio - Bag of Bones
The Upbeats - Def Crescent
TC - Do You Rock VIP
Fourward - Street Knowledge
The Upbeats - Undertaker
Noisia - Regurgitate
Ed Rush & Optical - Kerb Crawler
The Upbeats - Diffused (Opiuo Remix)
The Upbeats - Alone

UKF Music Podcast - 034 The Upbeats

Out Now - http://bit.ly/CRIT069
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Emerging last year as Austria’s latest drum & bass talent to take the world by storm, Martin Mefjus as been on a serious roll with his music featuring heavily in the sets of the scenes biggest players. Never ones to rest on their laurels Critical were listening and snapped him up all for themselves as the latest to join the Critical roster alongside Enei, Foreign Concept, Xtrah and Emperor. Now as he readies his debut solo release on the label, Mefjus looks set to take things up a gear. 

‘Signalz’ has been damaging dance floors at Critical events across the land these past few months and now it’s time to get up close and personal with this utterly disgusting beast of a tune and see what the fuss is about. The build up is all epic pads and smattering percussion but it’s the main event with its colossal bass drone and frenetic drums that’s gonna grab you and never let go until the next tune drops in. Watch for the sick edits and switches to keep you on your toes. Truly big, stinking and nasty! 
Next up label boss Kasra joins forces with the young Austrian on another absolute belting slice of technoid drum & bass that’s been getting Critical’s Fabric sessions in all sorts of bother of late. ‘Cypher’ is pure future with the synth stabs to match and bassline to smash, showing some strong sturdy roots for possibly a few more collaborations from these two. Wait and see... 

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AA Mefjus&Kasra - Cypher [CRIT069]

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

Ed Rush & Optical @ Let It Roll 2014 (01.08.2014)

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