{"id":79,"date":"2007-12-07T13:29:25","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T12:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realvinylz.de\/dj\/in-the-mix-ed-rush-optical\/"},"modified":"2014-09-16T15:20:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T13:20:50","slug":"in-the-mix-ed-rush-optical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realvinylz.net\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Ed Rush &#038; Optical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8222;Beats that are not so much block-rockin&#8216; as knock your block off!&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>\nBen Settle aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/edrushvirus\">Ed Rush<\/a>, Drum n\u2019 Bass-DJ und -Produzent aus London und Matt Quinn aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/Optical\">Optical<\/a> sind das Traumduo des <a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Techstep\">Techstep<\/a> oder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastfm.de\/listen\/globaltags\/neurofunk\">Neurofunk<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\nEd Rush kam urspr\u00fcnglich von <b>HipHop<\/b> und <b>Electro<\/b> und war fasziniert von den Breaks im Hardcore-Sound der fr\u00fchen Neunziger. Mit seinem ersten Release <b>Bludclot Artattack<\/b> 1993 startete er seine Reise zur darken Seite von Drum n&#8216; Bass. 1995 legte er mit <b>Guncheck<\/b> einen Track mit Gangsta-Attit\u00fcde und crunchy basslines nach. Ed Rush hat Mitte der Neunziger Jahre mit seinen Kollegen DJ Trace und Nico und dem Label <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/nouturnrecords\">No U Turn Records<\/a> und der wegweisenden Compilation <b>Torque<\/b> Drum n&#8216; Bass mit brutalem Industrial-Sound zu neuer Energie verholfen.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/B0000083VZ?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=realvinylz-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1638&#038;creative=6742&#038;creativeASIN=B0000083VZ\"><img src='http:\/\/www.realvinylz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/torque1.jpg' alt='Torque Albumcover' img border=\"no\" vspace=10><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/B0000083VZ?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=realvinylz-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1638&#038;creative=6742&#038;creativeASIN=B0000083VZ\">Torque [UK-Import]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Auch auf der szenepr\u00e4gende <b>Techsteppin&#8216;<\/b>-Compilation steuerte er seine massive W\u00e4nde aus verzerrten Basslines mit futuristisch technoiden Soundsamples &#8211; unterlegt mit <a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2_Step\">2 Step-Drumpattern<\/a> &#8211; bei.<\/p>\n<p>\u00dcber <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/domandrolandproductions\">Dom &#038; Roland<\/a> und <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/Matrix\">Matrix<\/a> kam der Kontakt mit Matrix \u00e4lterem Bruder Optical zustande. Matt Quinn aka Optical fing mit 17 Jahren an Musik zu machen. Er releaste auf <b>No U Turn<\/b>, <b>Prototype<\/b> und <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metalheadz.co.uk\/\">Metalheadz<\/a>, und gr\u00fcndet 1998 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/label\/Virus+Recordings\">Virus Recordings<\/a> zusammen mit Ed Rush. Dort jagen sie seitdem f\u00fcnf bis zehn Boxen pro Jahr ins Nirvana, immer auf der Suche nach soundtechnischen Superlativen. Ihr gemeinsames Deb\u00fctalbum 1998 hie\u00df <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/B00004WWX9?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=realvinylz-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1638&#038;creative=6742&#038;creativeASIN=B00004WWX9\">Wormhole<\/a> und 2000 erschien <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/B000059WK4?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=realvinylz-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1638&#038;creative=6742&#038;creativeASIN=B000059WK4\">The Creeps<\/a>. Das aktuellste Album auf <b>Virus<\/b> ist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/B000IHYU92?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=realvinylz-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1638&#038;creative=6742&#038;creativeASIN=B000IHYU92\">Chameleon<\/a> (2006).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8222;Beats that are not so much block-rockin&#8216; as knock your block off!&#8220; Ben Settle aka Ed Rush, Drum n\u2019 Bass-DJ und -Produzent aus London und Matt Quinn aka Optical sind das Traumduo des Techstep oder Neurofunk. Ed Rush kam urspr\u00fcnglich von HipHop und Electro und war fasziniert von den Breaks im Hardcore-Sound der fr\u00fchen Neunziger. 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