Artist profile
Optical is a drum and bass producer and DJ known for work within the genre's darker and more technical strains. His productions emphasize intricate breakbeats and atmospheric soundscaping characteristic of the drum and bass underground.
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Optical is a moderate-energy and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually low energy for Drum & Bass.
Across 5 analysed tracks, Optical averages 47% energy — gentler than 95% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 34% groove, straighter than 70%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
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DJs and producers closest to Optical by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Optical, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Optical's tracks in our catalog range from 85 to 107 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 5 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Optical's tracks are mostly in minor keys (80% minor across 5 tracks). The most common single key is 7A (D Minor) with 1 track.
Optical sits closest to Ed Rush & Optical, Dom & Roland, Cause 4 Concern in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Optical releases spanning 1997 to 2016, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
