# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-rush
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:43:03.777Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-rush"
name: "Ed Rush"
slug: "ed-rush"
description: "Ben Settle, better known by the stage name Ed Rush, is an English musician and DJ who produces drum and bass music. Rush has been releasing records since 1992 primarily with Optical, his musical partner since 1997. Along with Optical, he is also the co-founder of the record label Virus Recordings, which releases his records along with other drum and bass acts. He is most associated with the aggressive styles of drum and bass music known as techstep, darkcore and neurofunk."
tagline: "Britishrecord producer, DJ"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Rush_2015-11-04.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.291830666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Ed_Rush"
    handle:    "Ed_Rush"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/edrushofficial"
    handle:    "edrushofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3183341/"
    handle:    "nm3183341"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/308"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "اد روش (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Rush"
    title: "Ed Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Rush"
    title: "Ed Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Rush"
    title: "Ed Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Rush"
    title: "Ed Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Rush"
    title: "Ed Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/50c35b52-700a-4dc9-8d36-fd656b556886"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326768"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6029494"
    title: "Ed Rush"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump