Culture That Made Me: David Holmes on Orbital, Sinéad O'Connor and La Dolce Vita

Musician and composer David Holmes also includes James Baldwin and Andrew Weatherall among his touchstones

David Holmes. Picture: Steve Gullick

David Holmes, 55, grew up in Belfast. As a young DJ, he ran a revered club night, Sugar Sweet, in war-torn Belfast. In 1995, he released This Film’s Crap Let’s Slash the Seats, the first of several studio albums. He has produced the likes of Primal Scream and Manic Street Preachers, and remixed tracks from Orbital to U2. He’s perhaps most regarded for soundtracking films for Steven Soderbergh, Michael Winterbottom and Steve McQueen. He’s a headliner Sunday at Beyond the Pale Festival, Glendalough, Co Wicklow. See: www.itsbeyondthepale.ie.

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