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Growing up on the Ormeau Road, Belfast, in the heart of Northern Ireland's troubles of the 1970s and 1980s, David Holmes was forced to spend his days indoors watching movies and listening to records to avoid the violence. He began DJ-ing as a 15-year-old and was at the centre of the acid house explosion, running the city's legendary Sugar Sweet club night and soaking up a diverse and vibrant range of musical genres. Inspired by the movie scores that he grew up with, debut album This Film's Crap Let's Slash the Seats (1995) featured vocals from Saint Etienne's Sarah Cracknell, before he produced the film soundtrack to the Steven Soderbergh film Out of Sight and remixed tracks for U2, Doves and Manic Street Preachers. Working with backing band The Free Association and featuring contributions from Bobby Gillespie, Jon Spencer and Martina Topley-Bird, third studio album Bow Down To The Exit Sign (2000) became his most successful by reaching Number 7 in the UK; but it was as a soundtrack producer that his reputation really grew. He scored the films Ocean's Eleven, Analyze That and Cherry Bomb, before returning with solo record The Holy Pictures (2008); a trademark mix of electro floor fillers, punk attitude and psychedelic ambience.
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