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Edd Holmes a.k.a Optiv is a Drum & Bass producer from Cause4Concern. Holmes first started his music career in the early 90s 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 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...

''Optivion'' is a musician, artist, and performer currently living in Tokyo, Japan. His instruments include the harmonica, synths and mandolin. Born S.A. Robertson in Atlanta, US, but better known by his stage name OPTIVION. As a kid discovered his love of drawing, reading, painting and making music. Ravaging the works of Jules Verne, Yoshitaka Amano, The Cure, C.S. Lewis, Salvador Dali, Edward Gorey, J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe, Tim Burton and Sonny Boy Williamson. Optivion es un artista y músico diversificado con un estilo único como de tales ilustradores y musicos fantásticos de la antigüedad. Con un interés en historia...

Taken from a "Knowledge Magazine" interview(1st June,2012) with Optiv,BTK and Optical: "Optical: [...]I think what has made this work for me is that BTK brings from his music the breakbeat production and rhythms that make you want to dance and Optiv is a master at sounds and bass, particularly his own take on the psychedelic filtered stab sounds once found in techno, they just talk to you and he has mastered the art. Together they form a really great combination of all the things that make a good track work." http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/optiv-and-btk-interview.html ________________________________________________________________________________ https://soundcloud.com/optiv http://www.facebook.com/djoptiv https://soundcloud.com/btk http://www.facebook.com/djbtk .

Side-project of Cause 4 Concern with releases on labels such as Hospital Records and Shogun Audio Limited. .