optical

optical is the alias of matt quinn, brother of jamie quinn who records as matrix; a third brother, fergus, records as plainclothesmen and designed covers for virus and matrix's own imprint metro. quinn began making music at 17, with his first hardcore releases appearing on phat tunes. he subsequently recorded for no u turn, prototype, and metalheadz, worked with goldie on saturnz return, engineered grooverider's mysteries of funk, and co-founded virus recordings with ed rush in 1998.