Along with his drum and bass musician and DJ career he has worked on many remixes[17] and collaborated as a composer, producer, programmer and sound engineer for other notable artists including Rob Playford's label Moving Shadow for which he was credited on Goldie's "Saturnz Return"[18] and Grooverider on whose 1998 MOBO Award-winning[19] album[20] "Mysteries of Funk" he was credited as writer and producer.
The album is recognized as the recording that introduced the sub-genre of drum and bass known today as neurofunk and Optical, as the more technical musician in the duo, is considered by the wider music production community to be one of the genre's original sonic architects.
[24] In 2000, DJ Craze used their track "Watermelon" in his beat-juggling routine which helped him win his 3rd DMC World Championship.
which broadened their palette by introducing vocals to the mix[26] and won best album and best producers at the Knowledge DnB awards.
[26] In 2005 they took part in the 40 Artists, 40 Days project organised by the Tate Gallery in the run up to London's successful bid to win the right to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
[36] As well as numerous club appearances they have performed at many well known festivals including Boomtown (2018/2022)[37] EDC (2011/13/14/15/17), Dour Festival (2006/2015),[38] Nocturnal Wonderland (2001,2011/2019),[39] Glastonbury (1999 and 2014)[27] Bestival in 2013,[40] Although the Virus imprint was initially intended for self-publishing the duo's own Ed Rush & Optical material (a practice that is common in indie and dance music), Virus' subsequent releases have featured many notable drum and bass artists like Fierce, Matrix, Cause 4 Concern,[41] Noisia,[42] Bad Company, Pendulum, Ram Trilogy (Andy C, Shimon, Ant Miles), Audio, Mefjus, The Upbeats, Optiv & BTK, Insideinfo and many others.