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Ed Rush & Optical

Ed Rush & Optical is a group from the UK, active since 1997.

Group GB since 1997 drum and bass electronic techstep
TOTAL PLAYS
221
SONGS PLAYED
55
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-08-23 18:52 · 1Xtra — "Reece"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 1 — "Alien Girl"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
70 53 35 18 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

1Xtra 119 54%
Radio 1 95 43%
6 Music 7 3%
Radio 2 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Chubrub 19 2021-04-14
2 Watermelon 18 2024-03-24
3 Fixation 18 2017-11-14
4 Bacteria 16 2023-02-18
5 Funktion 13 2019-07-20
6 Bacteria (Pendulum Remix) 11 2023-12-06
7 Long Stay 10 2015-12-22
8 Medicine (Matrix remix) 9 2025-10-22
9 Alien Girl 7 2026-08-02
10 Angry Birds 6 2015-12-22
11 Eternity 6 2015-12-22
12 Point Blank 4 2017-11-14
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-02 01:16 Alien Girl Radio 1
2025-10-22 00:16 Medicine (Matrix remix) Radio 1
2025-09-27 23:16 Medicine (Matrix remix) Radio 1
2025-09-19 22:44 Goodfoot 6 Music
2025-03-19 01:16 Medicine (Matrix remix) Radio 1
2025-02-23 00:16 Medicine (Matrix remix) Radio 1
2024-11-01 23:33 Lifespan 6 Music
2024-04-21 00:24 Pacman (Upbeats Remix) Radio 1
2024-03-24 01:42 Watermelon Radio 1
2024-03-24 01:11 Medicine (Matrix remix) Radio 1
2024-03-03 00:27 Watermelon 6 Music
2023-12-06 00:53 Hacksaw Radio 1
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

55 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Alien Girl — 7 ▶
Alien Girl (Feat. Fierce) — 1 ▶
Angry Birds — 6 ▶
Angry Birdz — 4 ▶
Automation — 3 ▶
Bacteria — 16 ▶
Bacteria (Pendulum Remix) — 11 ▶
Chub Rub — 2 ▶
Chub Rub (Buunshin Booty) — 3 ▶
Chubrub — 19 ▶
Compound — 4 ▶
Eternity — 6 ▶
Falling Down Stairs — 3 ▶
Fixation — 18 ▶
function — 1 ▶
Funktion — 13 ▶
Gas Mark — 1 ▶
Gas Mask — 2 ▶
Good Foot — 2 ▶
Goodfoot — 1 ▶
Hacksaw — 2 ▶
Half Truth — 3 ▶
Half Truths — 3 ▶
Hammerhead — 1 ▶
Insurgent — 3 ▶
Kerbcrawler — 3 ▶
Lead Us (Audio Remix) — 1 ▶
Lifespan — 1 ▶
Long Stay — 10 ▶
Long Stay (feat. Rhymetyme) — 1 ▶
Make It Roll — 1 ▶
Medicine (Matrix remix) — 9 ▶
Medicine (Matrix Rmx) — 1 ▶
Mystery Machine — 3 ▶
Naked Lunch — 1 ▶
No Cure — 3 ▶
No Cure (feat. Rhymetyme) — 1 ▶
Pacman — 1 ▶
Pacman (Ram Trilogy Remix) — 3 ▶
Pacman (Upbeats Remix) — 2 ▶
Perfect Drug — 2 ▶
Point Blank — 4 ▶
Reece — 1 ▶
Resurrection — 1 ▶
Rock Tha House — 2 ▶
Scarabs — 3 ▶
Shrinkwrap — 1 ▶
Sick Note — 3 ▶
Sick Note (Ill Skillz Remix) — 1 ▶
Sicknote — 1 ▶
Slip Thru — 1 ▶
Socom — 1 ▶
The Host — 3 ▶
The Nemesis — 3 ▶
Watermelon — 18 ▶