Chameleon (Ed Rush & Optical Album)

"Chameleon" is the Fourth Studio Album released in 2006 by the drum n bass collaboration Ed Rush and Optical. The MCs Rymetime, Darrison, Matrix and singer Louis Smith also feature on the album. 1

Style

In keeping with their harder, more techno inspired style of drum n bass, the album contains a lot of heavy basslines, fast beats and heavy use of synthesisers. Unlike on previous releases, Chameleon has a rock influenced sound to many of the tracks.

The work of Ed Rush and Optical is often compared to that of Pendulum, SubFocus and The Qemists.

Tracklisting

  1. Perfect [...] (Optical, Ed Rush & Matrix) 6:08
  2. Flight To Nashville (Optical, Ed Rush & Matrix) 5:56
  3. Life Under Water (Optical & Ed Rush) 6:18
  4. Concrete (Optical, Louis Smith & Darrison) 5:25
  5. Test Tube (Optical) 6:41
  6. Lust (Optical, Louis Smith & Ryme Time) 5:54
  7. Alien (Optical, Louis Smith & Ryme Time) 6:04
  8. Cyberskin (Optical & Ed Rush) 5:56
  9. DNA (Optical, Matrix & Louis Smith) 5:40
  10. Animal (Optical & Louis Smith) 4:58
  11. Bloodmoney (Optical, Ed Rush, Matrix & Ryme Tyme) 5:14
  12. Twofold-Vibrations

Other information

Somewhat surprisingly, Chameleon has a parental advisory sticker despite relatively infrequent profanities. The album also has a reference to hijacking a flight to Nashville at gunpoint.