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Quintessential late 90s mix.  Birth of Tech Step.
If you like DNB then this is your ‘Book of enlightenment’.
This set reaffirms my confirmation to the religion of DNB.

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A classic mix from the late 90's courtesy of the Virus Crew and BBC Radio 1!

00:00 Ryme Tyme & Optical - Headhunters (dub plate)
02:55 Bad Company - “The Nine” (BC Recordings)
06:45 Ram Trilogy - “Terminal 1? (Ram)
09:20 Jonny L - “The Bells” (Piranha)
14:08 Ed Rush & Optical - ‘Fixation’ (Virus Recordings)
19:06 Ram Trilogy - “Mind Overload” (Ram)
24:20 DJ Trace - “Sonar” (Prototype)
27:45 DJ Krust - “Warhead (Ram Trilogy Rmx)” (V)
31:40 Matrix - “Airhead” (Virus)
35:10 Bad Company - “The Pulse” (Prototype)
39:39 Ed Rush & Optical - “Bacteria” (Virus)
42:42 DJ Phantasy & DJ Probe - “Orders (DJ Reality Remix)” (Easy)
47:00 Ryme Tyme - “Payback Pt. 1? (DSCI4)
50:46 Roni Size - “Watching Windows [DJ Die Remix]” (Talkin Loud)
55:02 Matrix - “Asylum” (Virus)
59:16 Ed Rush & Optical - “Funktion” (V)
63:30 Bad Company - “China Cup” (Prototype)
66:55 Ram Trilogy - “Iron Lung” (Ram)
69:50 Optical - “Newoptic” (dub plate) unknown ???
74:10 Ed Rush & Optical - “Dozer” (Virus)
78:38 DJ Die - “Clear Skyz” (Full Cycle)
81:48 Fibre Optics - “Sin” (Renegade Hardware)
85:10 Usual Suspects - “Killa Beez” (Renegade Hardware)
89:45 Ram Trilogy - “Chase Scene” (Ram)
92:53 Ed Rush & Optical - “Watermelon” (Virus)
95:26 Ram Trilogy - “System Error (Y2K)” (Ram)
100:19 Ed Rush & Optical - “Gasmask” (Virus)
105:30 Infinite (Optical & Fierce) - “Beachball” (Renegade Hardware)
110:05 Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - “Alien Girl” (Prototype)
115:26 Optical - “Slip Thru” (Virus)
117:45 Ed Rush & Optical - “Sick Note” (Virus

Ed Rush & Optical - Radio 1 Essential Mix 02/07/1999

Moleculez - Live @ Syntax Terror - 21.07.2007

Moleculez - Live @ Syntax Terror 2007

Bad Company History Mix 1 - A mix to show the immense amount of good tracks made by these guys who shaped the scene! Keep a look out for Vol.2  coming soon.

Track List

Ladies of Spain
Hysteria
Dogs on the Moon
Smash Something - Adam F - BC Remix
Dogsploitation                          BC & Mampi Swift
Brainscan
JellyFish                                    BC & Matrix
Womb
Dog Fight
Believe 
Oxygen
Aisle 13                                      Digital Nation (BC)
Dead Side
Breathe
Spacehoppa
Snowcat
Spider
China Cup                 
Mutated X                                   BC & Trace

Bad Company UK History Vol.1 - Live Vinyl Only Mix

2017-06-10 - Randall & Doc Scott feat. Conrad & DRS @ Break Thru - Soulution (4Marcus) 
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2017-06-10 - Randall & Doc Scott feat. Conrad & DRS @ Break Thru - Soulution (4Marcus)

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Ed Rush + Optical x Ryme Tyme - Drum + Bass Classics Brighton - Feb 2024

John B (with MC Mota) recorded live at 20 Years of Conform at Zichem in Belgium on Friday 31.1.25. A Drum & Bass Classics DJ Set.

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John B Podcast 200: Live at Conform, Belgium [31.1.25] (DNB Classics Set)

Just a blend of some nice easy listening tunes.! 

Chilled Friday!!! Long weekend!!! 22/8/25.

distorted amens and bitcrushed despair for those who think suffering makes them deep but won’t go outside




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turning my untreated mental illness into a breakcore aesthetic and wondering why i feel like garbage

Korpz Industrie - Hai la Noi
Cryogenic & MBK - I am the Motherfucking Drop Bombs
MBK & Hatred & - Party Crusher
NSD - Empricial Abstraction
MBK - Come On
DRS & MBK - President
Death Shock & MBK - I'm Addicted
NSD - Infragment Groapa
MBK - Terror to da bone
NSD - Antisocial Personality Disorder 
NSD - Hypnotized Suspect
MBK & Tim Shopp - TBA
NSD & MBK - Idiosyncratic
DRS & NSD - Ripped off
NSD - Quirky Noise

Ruhr’G‘Beat Ground Zero 2016 Contest By NSD Vs MBK

Goldie took part in the month of drum & bass on Beats 1 throughout March delivering a mix of past, present and future Metalheadz material.

TRACKLIST

1.	Phil Tangent - Bardarbunga (Metalheadz Platinum)
2.	Friske - Requisite (DLR & Ant TC1 Rmx) (Metalheadz Platinum)
3.	SCAR - Caged (Metalheadz)
4.	Dom & Roland - Tone Poem (Metalheadz)
5.	OneMind - Pullup (Metalheadz)
6.	Digital - Sun Bites (feat. Villem) (Metalheadz)
7.	Kid Drama - Brutal D (Metalheadz)
8.	dBridge - Inner Disbelief (Metalheadz vs Exit)
9.	Goldie vs Ulterior Motive - I Adore You (Metalheadz)
10.	Dom & Roland - Hear My Call (Nocturnal Remix) (Dom & Roland Productions)
11.	Need For Mirrors - Sacred Heart (Metalheadz XX)
12.	Dom & Roland - Innersense (Metalheadz)
13.	J Majik - Your Sound (SB81 Remix) (Razors Edge)
14.	Fierce & Zero T - In Circles (Metalheadz)
15.	Ulterior Motive - Get Close (Metalheadz)
16.	Jubei - Tip The Scales (feat. Marcus Intalex & DRS) (Metalheadz)
17.	SCAR - You Were Here Again (feat. Eleanor Higgins) (Metalheadz)
18.	Beta 2 - Speckled Dots (Metalheadz Platinum)
19.	Mako, DLR, Villem & Ant TC1 - Hungry For Atmosphere (Metalheadz)
20.	Dom & Roland - A New Renegade (Metalheadz)

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'The Journey Man'

Goldie - Beats 1 Mix

Two of my favourite producers, back to back artist tunes, almost 2.5 hours.  Not much more needs to be said!

Dillinja - Take My Life
Break - Vanishing Point
Dillinja - Listen To My Flow
Break - Traits 
Cybotron ft. Dillinja - Revelations 
Break - Day One
Dillinja - Go Dillinja  
Break - Timelines VIP
Dillinja - Got To
Break - Submerged 
Capone - Friday 
Break - Chaos Theory 
Dillinja - The Angels Fell 
Break - Don’t Doubt It
Capone - Tudor Rose
Break - Lost & Found 
Dillinja - I Wanna Know  
Break - No Destiny
Capone - Rinsin’ Sound 
Break & Hydro - Breathless 
Capone - So Damn Tough 
Calyx & Teebee - The Quest (Break remix)  
Capone - Hard Noise 
Break - Ringing Ears
Dillinja - Crunch 
Break - The Flux
Dillinja - All Aboard
Break - Evil Twin 
Shanie - Miss My Face (Dillinja remix)
Break - Mr Crystal 
Dillinja - Silver Blade 
Break - Don’t Rush It  
Dillinja - Rainforest 
Noisia - Brainstich (Break remix) 
Dillinja - Nasty Ways 
Break - Authentic 
Future Forces Inc. - Strontium Jazz (Dillinja remix)
Break - Drone 
Dillinja - Threshold 
Break - Extreme Moments 
Dillinja - Acid Roller  
Break - The Truth 
Dillinja - Weapon Of Choice 
Break - Symmetrics 
Cybotron ft. Dillinja - Light Years 
Shy FX - Bambatta (Break remix)  
Capone - Vicious 
Break - Positive / Negative

Ascension Mixes

Dillinja vs. Break mix

Recorded live at fabric on 28.07.2017

We're stoked to present the first in a new mixtape series from FABRICLIVE. Aiming to capture the essence of those classic and cherished rave tapes from back in the day, FABRICLIVE mixtapes will showcase some of our favourite sets recorded live on the night from selected events. 

For the first installment, we have none other than the legendary Drum & Bass pioneer and FABRICLIVE favourite Ed Rush. This set was recorded live from Room One at fabric on Friday the 27th July 2017 and features the Virus Recordings boss alongside AFT head honcho MC Carasel with an hour-long showcase of the best in dark, techy and upfront Drum & Bass. 

You can catch Ed Rush back in EC1 on Friday 27th October alongside his long term DJ and production partner Optical for a classic Virus set at FABRICLIVE Halloween. He will also be returning on Friday 8th December for a solo set at FABRICLIVE SaSaSaS x Get Hype Records. Tickets: http://fabricldn.co/zdi81p 

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FABRICLIVE Mixtape #1 - Ed Rush - 28.07.2017

Labels (no particular order) :
Scuderia
Love HZ rec
The Third Movement
PRSPCT
Dark Descent
Traumatic
Genosha
Ark Aik
Bloc 46
Crossbones

Artistes (no particular order):
Ybrid
Defiler
The Relic & Sound Abuse
Cubic Nomad
Havocknoize
Somniac One
The Outside Agency
Mindustries
The DJ Producer
KRTM
CRPTC
Fracture 4
Manu le Malin
Floorkiller Project
ADSR SPQR

Manu Le Malin at Unpolished 2018

Set enregistré au Teknival de Marigny le samedi 28 avril, où Manu Le Malin jouait aux côtés du Kraken Krew. Toutes les infos >> https://bit.ly/2IwRd33

Tsugi Podcast 513 :  Manu Le Malin au Teknival 2018

DJ Daisy - Blasphemy Epileptik mix 12

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Nightlife

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744 - Andy C : Nightlife (2003)

Optical is owner of Virus Recordings, Music Producer and DJ from England.
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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 - Radio 1 Essential Mix 02/07/1999

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