For many of you James will need no introduction, being the Chemical Brothers tour DJ for many years, as well as the longstanding resident at Bugged Out during its early Manchester days and Back To Basics in Leeds, he opitimizes everything wonderful about a resident DJ, paid to make the main guy look good, but often infinitely superior at the job ! As you’d expect James’ musical knowledge is vast, and a firm grounding in the vibrant Manchester music scene means he wields it at will, each and every weekend It’s a rare thing indeed to get this man into the studio, so we were delighted to hear he was dabbling with a few musical ideas. Even we couldn’t have imagined he’d come up with such a sublime beauty ! Optical Holiday is a Balearic beauty in every sense of the word, already championed by the legendary Moonboots & Balearic Mike and hotly tipped by the handful of players who’ve received upfront copies. It’s the musical equivalent of feeling the sun on your face, the crashing of waves on the warm breeze and sand between your toes . Proper !