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Thunder - Dom & Roland (1998) AShadow16

Time - Dom & Optical (1998) AShadow16

303 time, another experiment from Optical, dubplate from Virus!! Made an appearance on the Unique Artists compilation....

Optical - 'CatDog' (2004 Virus dubplate)

Optical - Listen

One of my favourite tracks in my career, made in Soho, London in 1997 with DJ Fierce...it had only 4 parts to it and most of the way it builds was done by hand by driving an eq slowly more and more and changing the settings on the reverse reverb...an experiment that worked out nicely.

Optical & Fierce - Side Effect (1997 Virus dubplate)

I will be posting my remix work over the next few weeks...this is from 1997 on Talkin' Loud records...Love Imogen's vocals...

Urban Species 'Blanket' (Optical Remix) - Imogen Heap

A highly psychedelic remix, sorry for the excess distortion but that is plates for you...Mute Recordings, 1997. (Update: New clean version here now...by the magic of 2014 restoration software ;o])

Toenut - Test Anxiety (Optical Remix 1997)

Early and very rare Optical remix of Noise Of Human Art's track 'Start'.

Noise Of Human Art - 'Start' (Optical Remix)1997

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

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

Breakbeat firepower from Ed Rush & Optical - 'Bleep Bleep' (Virus Dubplate) 1999. Only made an appearance in mixes we have released so here is full track...

Ed Rush & Optical - 'Bleep Bleep' (Virus Dubplate) 1999

Made in 1998 as part of the Wormhole project and had an appearance on the Virus Vaults CD in 2005.

Ed Rush & Optical - 'Gro - Bag' (Virus Dubplate)

The first and unreleased remix of Ram Trilogy's 'Beastman' by Ed Rush & Optical. 2004.

Ram Trilogy - 'Beastman' (Ed Rush & Optical Unreleased Mix) 2004

A very early attempt to distort everything in a track and still get something back that isn't just white noise, this one track gave me a chance to go against all my 10 years of training in mainstream sound engineering and try something totally new, it sounds pretty bad in this recording and in truth was pretty bad on a good day but was a very useful week of free experimenting...I hope to dig out a plate of the whole thing one day...

Optical - 'Blast' (dubplate clip) 1997

Featuring Norman Robinson, released on the Metalheadz Limited Metal Box Set in 1998...some breakbeat vibes from Optical.

Label: F.F.R.R.
Catalogue: 556025-2
Format: 2 X CD,
Released: 1998

Optical ☣ - 'Reckless Mission' (Dub Mix)(Metalheadz) 1998

Taken from the radio in 1997...truly lost in a move of studios in 1998...an early experiment in atmosphere and texture.

Optical -  Sci - Fi Step Tech  (Unreleased Dubplate 1997)

Remix from Optical produced in late 1999 for F-111 Records/Sony of Static-X's track 'Love dump'

Static - X - Love Dump (Optical Remix 2000)

Stomping remix from Fierce and Optical of 'Bye Bye Lover' by The Chemical Pilot...released in Dec 1998 on Eruption Records.

The Chemical Pilot - 'Bye Bye Lover' (Optical & Fierce Remix)1998

An unreleased track from 1997 made in Virus Studios in SOHO, London by Optical and Trace. A first experiment with formant filters on a bass sound to make it talk. The full version will be on the 20YearsOfOpticalLP out on Virus in May 2016.

Optical And Trace - 'Switchblade' (20YearsOfOpticalLP) 2 Min Promo

Optical - The Shining (Ed Rush & Optical Remix)
Level_01 LP Sampler
Metro Recordings
MTRR006
1999
http://www.discogs.com/Optical-Outfit-Level_01-LP-Sampler/master/18708
Buy: http://www.beatport.com/label/metro-recordings/1248


Optical - The Shining (Ed Rush & Optical Remix)

Dubplate special VIP mix of Dom & Optical - 'Quadrant 6'. Made in Virus Studios in SOHO, London in 1997 by Optical and Fierce. 

#20YearsOfOpticalLP Vol.1 is out on Friday: http://smarturl.it/VRS014LP1

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