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artist :: ed rush & optical
release :: wormhole
year :: 1998
genre :: drum & bass
label :: virus recordings
catalogue :: vrs001cd
date :: 26-apr-2003
quality :: 256kbps/44,1khz
source :: compact disc
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cd1
01 mystery machine 7:25
02 splinter 7:10
03 slip thru 6:46
04 millennium 6:12
05 glass eye 8:00
06 compound 8:06
07 fixation 7:55
08 point black 7:05
09 dozer 6:15
10 wormhole 6:48
11 lithosphere 1:42
cd2 - mixed by ed rush & optical
01 point black 4:59
02 millennium 4:35
03 splinter 4:46
04 fixation 5:19
05 void 4:24
06 dozer 4:17
07 slip thru 4:33
08 wormhole 4:11
09 medicine (matrix remix) 3:35
10 compound 3:08
11 lifespan 6:00
12 mystery machine 5:10
13 grow bag 4:26
14 glass eye 4:23
15 crisis 5:36
16 lithosphere 1:24
playtime :: 02h 24m 12s
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Jungle producer Ed Rush's name has become almost synonymous with
the word "dark." With a steady string of 12-inch releases dragging
drum'n'bass to hell and back, forcing taught, kettle-sized snare
snaps through ringing rides and thunderous, superdense basslines,
Rush, together with oft collaborator Nico Sykes, has been almost
singularly responsible for jungle's eventual (re)turn to the
darkside. Recording most often for Nico-related labels No U-Turn
and Nu Black, Rush has also more recently begun to cast his net
farther out, bringing his brooding, dank-heavy brand of nightmare
drum'n'bass to such labels as Prototype and Metalheadz. First
introduced to jungle through late-period hardcore (tracks such as 2
Bad Mice's "Bombscare" and Doc Scott's "Here Come the Drums"), Rush
began producing after hooking Nico (a for-hire producer who lived
on Rush's block) on the sound. The pair released a few forgettable
tracks before buckling down and working on putting together a new
sound. Nico formed No U-Turn in 1993 as a vehicle for that sound,
and the pair's first proper Ed Rush twelve, "Bloodclot Artattack,"
was released that same year.
Although he'd already been making tracks for a couple years, Rush's
reputation began to grow in the wake of the 1996 backlash against
the smooth, rolling atmospherics of ambient and heavily
jazz-oriented jungle (Bukem, Alex Reece, Wax Doctor, PFM, etc.).
With several tracks on the genre-coining compilation Techsteppin'
(released by Emotif), and with darkness once again coming to the
forefront among the DJs, Rush tracks such as "Guncheck,"
"Bloodclot Artattack," "Subway" (recorded with Dom of Dom &
Roland), and "Check Me Out" began showing up in more and more (and
more and more influential) DJ sets. Releases on Speed/Blue Note DJ
Grooverider's Prototype label ("Kilimanjaro"), as well as twelves
for Metalheadz ("Skylab") and Nico's No U-Turn offshoot, Nu Black
("Mad Different Methods," "Amtrak") further cemented Rush's rep at
the forefront of a new style. Although he remains a free agent,
demand for Rush tracks (as well as remixes) means he's been
playing the field, releasing increasing quantities of material on a
number of labels, both large and small. And while the over-the-top
rumble of darkside techstep is bound to wane in popularity, Rush's
most recent work has proven he's not reliant on the novelty of that
sound. -- Sean Cooper
//allmusic.com
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