Optical - Forthcoming / Released Tracks ☣

Virus rarities

wink

slynk

optical

YEAH !!

DNB2

my shit

spaz dance

Carl Cox B2B Nic Fanciulli
Live @ Space Ibiza (06/08/2013)

NIC FANCIULLI PRESENTS... WORLDWIDE SOUNDS SEPTEMBER 2013

Early classic from Optical and a pivotal development in the genre, released on Metalheadz Metal Tin Boxset in 1997.

Optical - TO SHAPE THE FUTURE REMIX (1997)

The very first track to be released on Virus! Soon to be available to buy online, a brand new beautiful digital remaster, from Beatport and i-Tunes!!

Buy This!

Ed Rush & Optical - Medicine (VRS001) Virus 1998

She is whispering in your ear some voodoo sh*t, a journey to some other place, hold onto your hat!!

Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Alien Girl (Prototype 1998)

Unreleased remix(2002) of the classic 'Slip Thru' taken from the  'Wormhole' LP by Ed Rush & Optical!!

Optical - Slip Thru (Ed Rush & Optical Remix) (Virus unreleased)

LIVE FROM THE SOCIAL FESTIVAL

Featuring sets from Nic Fanciulli & Robert Dietz

NIC FANCIULLI PRESENTS... WORLDWIDE SOUNDS OCTOBER 2013

Crusty 10" Music House Dubplate of the first mixdown of The Shining from 1997 by Optical. Complete with crackles and all. Sorry for wrong title before...was a moment of madness at 5am ;o]

Optical - The Shining (Original Mix) - Metro Recordings

An unreleased track from 1997, lost in a pile of DAT's somewhere in the studio amongst other bits of old fruit and rizla.

Optical - Zoner (Virus unreleased 1997)

One of my personal favourites from our early releases on Virus. Taken from VRS003 'Ed Rush & Optical's 3rd single on the label in 1998.

ED RUSH & OPTICAL - 'Satellites' (VIRUS RECORDINGS)1998

I really love the atmosphere of this tune. It takes me to somewhere else for a while. Josh Wink was and is a great inspiration to us here at Virus.

Josh Wink - Simple Man - Optical Remix - Ovum 1998

Track listing:
CARTER BROS - RUN - (MONTY LUKES BONUS BEATS) [CLASSIC MUSIC COMPANY]
ROSS EVANS - PART OF THE DREAM
ERIC VOLTA - LOVE YOUR ILLUSION [NO.19 MUSIC]
THE REVENGE - MWI [ROAR GROOVE]
DENSE & PIKA - COLT [HOTFLUSH]
FAUVRELLE - THE MIX [IN FLAGRANTE MUSIC]
JAVIER CARBALLO & M.A.M - COMPLEMENTOS [TURQUOISE BLUE]
JAVIER JAVIER CARBALLO & M.A.M - SNAKE CITY (ADAM SHELTON REMIX)  [TURQUOISE BLUE]
TEN WALLS - REQUIEM [LIFE AND DEATH]
RAY OKPARA - UNKNOWN (ANDREA OLIVA REMIX) [MOBILEE]
CATZ EATS DOGZ - WHERE HOUSE [PETS]
MR G - SO GET DOWN [HOLIC TRAX]
ASTER - CIELO (BICEP REMIX 2) [HIVERN DISCS]
DUSKY - CARELESS [AUS]

NIC FANCIULLI PRESENTS... WORLDWIDE SOUNDS NOVEMBER 2013

More from the vaults at Virus HQ. Drum Cru special dub from 1999. feat.(as far as I remember...Ed Rush, Optical, Fierce, Dj Fresh) lost in time somewhere in Acton Safestore, our home for many years for the studio.

DRUM CRU - THE WATCHER (UNRELEASED)

Another lost in time production from Ed Rush & Optical...rescued from DJ Bailey's dublate collection.

Ed Rush & Optical - Razorback (Virus) (1997 unreleased)

Optical - Untitled (Prototype DUB 1997)

Bleep, bleep, bleep...rare experiment from Optical, made in the Metrostore in Acton, first day in a new room to try out a track and never released....(complete with bad hiss from lining the plate up to dj with ;o])

Optical - 'Codek' (unreleased 1999 Virus)

Back on the crusty 10" dubplate recovery mission....1997 collab between Optical and DJ Trace...made in Virus Studios in Soho London.

Optical & Trace - 'Switchblade' (unreleased Virus dub 1997)

This months edition is a recording from Nic's set at Marco Carola's Music On Party @ Story in Miami (30/11/13).

NIC FANCIULLI PRESENTS..... WORLDWIDE SOUNDS  DECEMBER 2013

PLEASE WATCH THIS YOUTUBE FIRST: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQxFcUq7LrI

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Thought to be lost forever, I discovered an actual high quality MA-XG TDK cassette I recorded from Omar's original Master Ampex Reel which was made in the early months of 1984, exactly 30 years ago today.  Multiple Editing was an integral part of 80's Dance Music and even though it was The Latin Rascals who made splicing tape popular in the early 80's, it was Omar Santana who took editing to another level which was never duplicated by anyone.  And this mix is the proof.

I spent most of my weekends in Omar's lab in Hollis, Queens in 1984 and we figured out the formula for tape moving at 15 inches per second X 120 BPM's = 7.5 inches per beat.  With this formula, splicing tape became an art, everything was in perfect time and kicks could be replaced by snares and repeated in machine gun fashion,

This is Electronic Dance Music being created in the beginning when technology was at it's birth.  

HERE IS ANOTHER LOST EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA-w1GLe8Ts


THE 1984 BITS & PIECES - TIME CAPSULE SAVED FOR 30 YEARS BY OMAR SANTANA

Side AA of the first Virus single release in 1998.

Ed Rush & Optical - 'Punch Bag' - VRS001 side AA

Lynx - Take Back The Night
State Of Mind - Mr Cover Up
DC Breaks - Slugs
Smooth - Kronos
DC Breaks - Burning Ft Camden cox
The Prototypes - Pale Blue Dot
DC Breaks - SWAG
DJ Fresh - Dibby Sound (Sigma Remix)
TC - Into The Jungle
June Miller - Empathy
DC Breaks - Shaman VIP
Loadstar - Losing You (Remix)
Loadstar - Give It To Me (DC Breaks Remix)
Smooth - Drone
Calyx & Teebee - Strung Out VIP
DC Breaks - Gambino

30min Guest Mix For Friction BBC Radio 1 / 1Xtra

Classic track from Ed Rush & Optical - 'Funktion' on V Recordings, 1998.

Ed Rush & Optical - 'Funktion' (V Recordings) 1998

Massive mix by the legendary BTK in promotion of the upcoming Red Dread Audio - Easter Bank Holiday Special event featuring:
AUDIO, REMARC, BTK, SERUM, MOB TACTICS, TUFFIST, JMAN & many more!

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Tracklist:
Optiv & BTK - That Sound [Virus]
Fourward - Talk To Me VIP [Mainframe]
Gridlok - Metalbrane [Unsigned]
BTK & Mindscape - Nemesis [Virus]
Maldini - Icarus [Dutty Audio]
Optiv & BTK - Shredder [Virus]
State of Mind & Nymfo - Put It On [Blackout]
Cern - Fourth State [Dutty Audio]
Optiv & BTK - Let It Loose [Dutty Audio]
Original Sin - Stronger [Playaz]
Optiv, BTK & Mindscape - Intruder [Virus]
>> Moderat - Bad Kingdom (BTK D&B Bootleg)
Optiv & BTK - Midnight Nation (Remix)[Commercial Suicide]
Ed Rush & Optical - Long Stay Mixdown [Virus]
The Upbeats - Rituals [Blackout]

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BTK - RED DREAD AUDIO PROMO MIX [17/04/2014]

Ashbird covering Jimi Hendrix's Foxy Lady

Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix)

Two absolute slammers from BTK and Optical.

Optical & BTK - Infection / Let It Go

OUT NOW! https://pro.beatport.com/release/let-it-go-original-mix/1664770



Optical & BTK - Let It Go

Systm 5 wiht Charles Feel Good & Scott Henry 8/14/98

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Running - Jessie Ware (Disclosure Remix)

Noisia, Ed Rush & Optical - Brain Bucket (VSN009)

JOSH WINK - HYPNOSLAVE (NIC FANCIULLI REMIX)

Halcyon

Hanging On (Edit)

Scott Henry: Live @ Starscape 1999

Audio from Presha - ESP Mix August 2011 (15.08.2011)

Calibre - Price You Pay

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

Josh Wink - Simple Man - Optical Remix - Ovum 1998

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