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, bef...