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

www.dnbarena.ru/download/Ed_Rush_and_Op ... 990207.mp3

01. MC Ryme Tyme & Optical - ???
02. Bad Company - The Nine [BC]
03. Ram Trilogy - Terminal [RAM]
04. Jonny L - Unknown [XL]
05. Ed Rush & Optical - Fixation [VIRUS]
06. Ram Trilogy - Mind Overload [RAM]
07. DJ Trace - Sonar [PROTOTYPE]
08. DJ Krust - Warhead (Remix) [V]
09. Matrix - ???
10. Bad Company - Pulse [PROTOTYPE]
11. Ed Rush & Optical - Bacteria [VIRUS]
12. Usual Suspects - I Give The Orders [RENEGADE HARDWARE]
13. MC Ryme Tyme - Payback 01 [DSCI4]
14. Roni Size - Watching Windows (DJ Die Remix) [TALKIN LOUD]
15. Matrix - ???
16. Ed Rush & Optical - Funktion [V]
17. Bad Company - China Cup [PROTOTYPE]
18. Ram Trilogy - Iron Lung [RAM]
19. Optical - Newoptic [N/A]
20. Ed Rush & Optical - Dozer [VIRUS]
21. DJ Die - Clear Skies (Full Cycle)
22. Usual Suspects - Sin [RENEGADE HARDWARE]
23. Usual Suspects - Killa Beez [RENEGADE HARDWARE]
24. Ram Trilogy - Chase Scene [RAM]
25. Ed Rush & Optical - Watermelon [VIRUS]
26. System Error 99 - Origin Unknown [RAM]
27. Ed Rush & Optical - Gasmask [VIRUS]
28. Optical & Fierce - Beachball [RENEGADE HARDWARE]
29. Ed Rush & Optical & Fierce - Alien Girl [PROTOTYPE]
30. Ed Rush & Optical - Slip Through [VIRUS]
31. Ed Rush & Optical - Sick Note [VIRUS]


ESSENTIAL MIX WITH ED RUSH & OPTICAL

Broadcast 07/02/99 : 02:00 - 04:00


Drum?n?Bass duo Ed Rush and Optical have just release their new album ?Wormhole? and are providing this weekend?s Essential Mix.

Where were you and what were you doing musically when you got together?

Optical: We met through friends and often met each other at Music House cutting dubplates. I was working on my own musical projects at the time.

Ed Rush: We were both living in West London, I was releasing tunes on various labels and DJing.

What do each of you bring musically to the partnership?

Optical: Ed Rush was making music for a longtime before we met. He has a great sense of what works on a dancefloor.

Ed Rush: Optical brings his diverse musical talent and knowledge to the outfit, his overall understanding of textures and depth is second to none.

How does ?Wormhole? differ from your previous solo projects?

Optical: More exploration, more depth sonically.

Ed Rush: As I?ve got older my taste, attitude and preferences have matured. I think there is more of a funk element, but we still keep the attitude.

If your music was a soundtrack what movie would it be?

Optical: A Hitchcock thriller.

Ed Rush: I would like to think musically we are more suited to a science fiction theme, something like the 5th Element.

What are your first memories of drum & bass, what were the tunes and what were you doing at that period of time?

Optical: I was working at Great Asset Distribution in the studio and DJing at outdoor, free raves. I thought the use of breaks in house and hardcore was much needed. The progression to D&B was even better.

Ed Rush: Oxford, in a field ten years ago at the Spiral Tribe phat parties. The tunes were Naz AKA Naz ?Started Again?, Ajax EP ?28 Gun Bad Boy? and A Guy Called Gerald. I was studying at college and had just bought a pair of 1210?s.

What is your proudest achievement on vinyl?

Optical: ?Lifespan?, ?Crisis? and ?Wormhole?.

Ed Rush: ?Mothership? and ?Lifespan?.

What pisses you off?

Optical: Everything (at one time or other).

Ed Rush: Shit sound systems and MC?s with verbal diarrhea.

What is your favorite??

Hip hop track?

Optical: Schooly D?s first album. I loved the beats and rhymes.

Ed Rush: EPMD ?So What Cha Sayin?? and Redman ?Pick It Up?. Both produced by Eric Serman ? phat!!!

Techno track?

Optical: Lenny Dee ?Incinerator? and ?DX 13?. Extreme hard New York techno with amazing distorted sounds and bass.

Ed Rush: Joey Beltram ?Close Grind?. Clever arrangements, amazing loops and tight percussion.

Drum & bass track?

Optical: Impossible, it changes every few hours.

Ed Rush: Too many to mention.

House track?

Optical: ?20Hz? by Capricorn I think. Simple, with bad percussion and chimes at the beginning.

Ed Rush: Kevin Saunderson ?Uptempo?. Very rollin?.

Name three living legends in music.

Optical: RZA, Herbie Hancock and my brother Matrix.

Ed Rush: James Brown, Eric Sermon and Dillinger.

Is 1999 going to be a big year for drum & bass?

Optical: The progression of the sound continues, it will be another good year.

Ed Rush: I think the whole foundation of the scene is so strong now, although with the amount of worldwide interest it can only get stronger.

Why did you turn down all the major label deals that were offered you last year?

Optical: I get up when I like, work when I like on what ever I like. We have total control of our lives.

Ed Rush: No one could offer us a deal we were totally happy with, it is important for us to have control of everything.

What are your plans for your record company, Virus?

Optical: Keeping the right vibe to the label with more quality releases this year.

Ed Rush: We have several 12?s line up and plans for another new album.

Hier einer meiner absoluten Favoriten in sachen Oldschool!
Das war auch der erste mix den ich mir damals bei baesse gezogen hab...

Grooverider + Cleveland Watkiss @ clubnight 1997

http://dnbshare.com/download/Grooveride ... 7.mp3.html

bis auf einen track ist die TL jetzt auch komplett:

000:00 Adam F - Dirty Harry (Dubplate of Grooveriders mix but with Dirty Harry samples?) - F Jams
007:00 Mulu - Pussycat (PFM Remix) - Dedicated
011:00 Jonny L - Obedience - XL
016:00 Adam F - Metropolis (Doc Scott remix) - F Jams
022:00 Noise Of Human Art - Start (Optical Remix) - Noise Of Human Art
026:30 Jonny L - 2 of Us - XL
030:20 Primary Motive - S - Creative Source
036:00 Peshay - Miles From Home -
040:00 Adam F - Circles (Andy C Mix) - F Jams
043:30 Ed Rush & Optical - Funktion - V
048:30 Lemon D - Going Gets Tough - Prototype
052:00 Jonny L - Piper (Grooverider rmx) - XL
057:00 >>decoder, tech itch?
059:00 Roni Size & Reprezent - Share the Fall - Talkin Loud
060:10 Dilemma - Spring Box (Matrix Vocal Mix) - Genetic Stress
061:30 Optical - Untitled - Dubplate?
064:00 Optical - Moving 808s - Prototype
070:00 Grooverider - C-funk - Sony
079:00 Doc Scott - Swarm - Metalheadz
083:30 Rob & Goldie - The Shadow (Grooverider remix?) - Moving Shadow
089:00 Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Alien Girl - Prototype
094:00 Matrix - Double Vision - Metro
097:00 Roni Size & Reprazent - Heroes (Origin Unknown Remix) - Talkin Loud
101:00 Optical - Data Life - Ad Hock
103:30 Adam F - Jaxx - F Jams
107:40 Optical - The Shining - Metro
113:00 Moby & Grooverider - James Bond (Jeep remix) - Mute
117:00 Matrix - Mute - Prototype
121:00 Adam F - 73 - F Jams
123:00 Optical - Zoner -
129:00 Natural Mystic - Tension (Spirit remix)
133:00 Cybotron (feat. Dillinja) - Light Years - Prototype