Optiv - North American Tour - Jan 06

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Shadow-Law Recordings proudly presents:

OPTIV [C4C / REDLIGHT / QUARANTINE / 1210 - LONDON, UK / BERN, CH]

Edd Holmes, better known in the drum & bass scene as ‘Optiv’, first started his music career in the early 90’s working at ‘Dance 2’, his local record shop in Guildford. At about the same time he was learning his production skills at ‘SAE’ in London and also found time to hold a weekend job of assistant engineer at the ‘Ministry Of Sound’ nightclub. Having completed his studies, he became a main player for the drum & bass outfit ‘Pressure Rise’.

At the start of 1999 ‘Aspect Records’ Optiv and Tobie decided to join up with Mark and Stuart from Vinyl distribution to start producing music. The idea came about because they had all been DJing for many years and going in the studio seemed the next step to take. After a few months in the studio they signed their first track to Moving Shadow going under the name nCode. By July they had decided to change their name to Cause4Concern and start up their own label known as 'Cause4Concern Recordings'. December arrived and saw their first release ‘Phat Cap / Euthanasia.’ This release was instantly spotted and supported by the likes of Doc Scott, Fierce and Grooverider to name a few and sold around 4000 copies, which is, undoubtedly, good for an unknown label. It wasn't long before releases on respected labels True Playaz, Renergade Hardware, Moving Shadow and Timeless meant the demand for dj sets and grew not only in England but internationally aswell.

2001 saw the launch of the 'C4C Limited' label as a result of the huge success of the main C4C imprint label. The idea behind the new label was to release slighty experimental tracks and feature remixes of earlier C4C tunes by other established artists. 'C4C Limited' is still going strong today and has also seen releases from producers such as Stakka & Skynet, Teebee, Matrix, Fierce and Rymetyme. By the end of 2001, C4C were nominated as best newcomers at the Knowledge Drum & Bass Awards. As the C4C labels grew, more demand for material by other established labels increased. Over the next couple of years releases on Virus, Metro, Industry, 1210 and a couple of collaborations with Fierce on Quarantine pushed C4C even further up the ranks of the Drum & Bass scene.

Although being an integral part of C4C, Optiv wanted to broaden his horizons. Whilst touring in New Zealand in 2002 he hooked up with producers ‘Bulletproof’ and ‘Concord Dawn’ to write 'Scorched Earth' which was released on Cyanide Records and then 'Camouflage' on 1210 records. Having built up a large selection of solo material, Optiv started his own imprint label ‘Redlight Records’ in 2003. The label was very well received from the start and has included collaborations and remixes from the likes of ‘Black Sun Empire’ and ‘Concord Dawn’. Redlight continues to grow strong as a label and Optiv’s ‘Boudicca’ and a remix of ‘Eggplant’ by BSE have just recently been released. The next release on the label is ‘Unsung’ by Mayhem & Psidream and a collaboration with Axiom called ‘Nightfalls’.

Now in 2005, Optiv still continues to deliver a strong output of tunes and there are not many places left around the world where he hasn’t been seen dj-ing. This year has already seen releases such as ‘Panaché’ on Gridlok’s ‘Project 51’ label, ‘Dubfunk’ on C4C recordings and ‘Fever’ remix on Rymetyme’s ‘1210’ label. Optiv is a producer and dj to keep an eye on and is currently working on his own debut LP and new material for Redlight with collaborations with artists like Rymetyme, Fierce and Chris SU

¬ Optiv debut North American tour is coming January 2006.

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