David Holmes

David Holmes (born February 14, 1969) is a Northern Irish DJ, musician and composer. The youngest of 10 children, Holmes began DJing in the pubs of his native Belfast from the age of 15. His first hit was the song "DeNiro", with Ashley Beedle, in 1992. In the early to mid 1990s he ran two highly acclaimed and successful club nights in the Belfast Art College known as Sugar Sweet and Shake Yer Brain. Famously, the dance group Orbital wrote the tra... more

David Holmes (born February 14, 1969) is a Northern Irish DJ, musician and composer. The youngest of 10 children, Holmes began DJing in the pubs of his native Belfast from the age of 15. His first hit was the song "DeNiro", with Ashley Beedle, in 1992. In the early to mid 1990s he ran two highly acclaimed and successful club nights in the Belfast Art College known as Sugar Sweet and Shake Yer Brain. Famously, the dance group Orbital wrote the track "Belfast", released on their debut album Orbital, after playing at Sugar Sweet. Holmes released This Film's Crap Let's Slash the Seats, in 1995, and it received acclaim for its atmospheric, ambient sound. At the time he described the album as being inspired by movies and movie soundtracks, a recurring theme throughout Holmes' work. The opening track, "No Man's Land", features on the soundtrack to the film Pi, and was reportedly inspired by the Daniel Day-Lewis film In the Name of the Father. In the same year, he also provided the ambient... less