United KingdomOptical is a Drum & Bass act from United Kingdom, ranked #2330 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 47,700 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #434 in United Kingdom and #301 in Drum & Bass among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 2% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 46.6K to 47.7K. They have 24,141 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 33/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Pacman - Ram Trilogy Remix”.
Who Optical is
Matt Quinn, known by his stage name Optical, is a British musician, producer and DJ. He is co-founder and owner of Virus Recordings, a widely regarded drum and bass record label. He is best known as one half of drum and bass duo Ed Rush and Optical (with his long-time musical partner Ed Rush), whose debut album Wormhole has been described as pivotal in the development of the neurofunk subgenre. He is also the brother of Jamie Quinn also known as Matrix.
Biography from the Optical article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Optical, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Pacman - Ram Trilogy RemixPacman / Vessel · 2002402
ChubrubTravel the Galaxy · 2009353
FunktionFunktion / Naked Lunch · 1998334
BacteriaGas Mask / Bacteria · 1999305
Point BlankWormhole · 1998296
Sick NoteWatermelon / Sick Note · 1999287
Slip-Thru20YearsOfOptical, Vol. 1 · 2016168
Bacteria - Pendulum RemixThe Remixes, Vol. 2 · 2004269WormholeOptical · 19982510
PacmanThe Creeps · 200024Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
What's the Difference? / Medicine (Matrix Remix) [2017 Remaster]2017 · single
To Shape the Future2017 · single
20YearsOfOptical, Vol. 22016 · album20YearsOfOptical, Vol. 12016 · album
Let It Go (Original Mix)2016 · single
No Cure2015 · album
It's Only Love2014 · single
Crackball / Ride the Beast2010 · singleTravel the Galaxy2009 · album
Kung-Foo2008 · single
Chameleon Sampler2006 · single
Chameleon2006 · albumPost this ranking
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7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 47.7K in the week of Sep 28, 2026.
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Optical vs the field
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Optical in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Optical have?
Optical has 47,700 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Optical's world ranking?
Optical is ranked #2330 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Optical from?
Optical is from United Kingdom, where they rank #434 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Optical make?
Optical is categorised as Drum & Bass in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as drum and bass, jungle.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.