Virus Recordings is an influential UK

United Kingdom

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-based drum and bass

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

 record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

, specialising in the techstep and neurofunk

Neurofunk

Neurofunk is a subgenre of drum and bass which emerged between 1997 and 1998 in London, England as a progression of techstep. It was further developed by juxtaposed elements of heavier and harder forms of funk with multiple influences ranging from techno, house and jazz, distinguished by...

 sub-genres. Founded by Ed Rush

Ed Rush

Ed Rush is the recording name of Ben Settle; a prominent jungle/techstep/neurofunk DJ, who often produces tracks in collaboration with Optical. Hailing from west London, he came to prominence with the release of the track Bludclot Artattack in 1993...

 and Optical

Optical (artist)

Matt Quinn, better known as Optical, is a drum and bass producer and DJ from England.He is best known for his work with Ed Rush, fellow head of the Virus Recordings label, and as a pioneer of the techstep and neurofunk sound...

 in 1998

1998 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...

, the label is known as the main home of the duo as well as Fierce, Matrix

Matrix (artist)

Jamie Quinn, better known as Matrix, is a London based drum and bass producer and DJ.He started his musical career as one half of drum and bass duo Turbosound, who signed to DJ SS's F Project Records label, an offshoot of Formation Records....

, and MC Ryme Tyme. With a series of releases from all these artists and others like Bad Company and Cause 4 Concern

Cause 4 Concern

Cause 4 Concern is a drum and bass recording and production group, consisting of Ed Holmes , Mark Clements , Stuart Perkins , and Tobie Burrows. Founded in 1999, the group initially signed with Moving Shadow label under the alias nCode...

, including the owners' seminal debut LP, Wormhole, the label was intimately associated with the rise of the dark, sci-fi and techno influenced techstep and neurofunk

Neurofunk

Neurofunk is a subgenre of drum and bass which emerged between 1997 and 1998 in London, England as a progression of techstep. It was further developed by juxtaposed elements of heavier and harder forms of funk with multiple influences ranging from techno, house and jazz, distinguished by...

 sounds in the late 1990s.

See also

• List of record labels
• List of electronic music record labels
• List of jungle and drum n bass record labels

External links

• Virus Recordings listing at Rolldabeats
  Rolldabeats
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