Ed Rush & Optical - Wormhole [RSD23] (LP Box Set)

2023 will mark 25 years since Virus Recordings started, and the release of Ed Rush & Optical's first LP - Wormhole. To celebrate, the label issue a special limited box set vinyl release of Wormhole. It will include the original masters from Stuart at Metropolis and also the very first artwork from the original release that was lost until just a few months ago, designed by Stephen Tungay (RIP 1973-2022) and Fergus Quinn in 1998... The release also features original sleeve artwork for each of the five discs, all pressed on high quality vinyl in a lovely box set, complete with 16-page large format booklet with amazing artwork, original handwritten notes from the design planning and many cool photos from that era of all the Virus Crew.

The whole idea of an artist album of drum and bass music was pretty rare at that time and it was really a total gamble to put a whole years worth of songs together into one release but both Ed and Optical felt it was the right thing to do and that the music all felt right as a journey through what they were trying to create.

Recorded between 1997 and 1998, the album was released on the16th November 1998 on Virus Recordings, in vinyl and CD formats
The CD edition was a double-disc, the second disc containing an hour-long continuous mix while the LP was a five-disc box set, with a single track per side

The recordings were produced and mixed in Optical's custom built studio, based in Rob Playford's Moving Shadow offices, St Anne's Court, SOHO, London
The final mastering was done by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, London.

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Tracklist:

TBC