Real name: Holmes Ives

Effective period / Period of releases: 2001 - 2005

Holmes Ives has emerged as one of D.C.'s premiere electronic music producers exploring such genres as progressive house, drum'n'bass to experimental downtempo excursions under the monikers ' Memnon, Oko Tek, HDI, OVA and Perceptual Outer Dimensions. Ives has produced over 30 singles, appearing on 7 different lables including Musicnow, Renaissance, Caffeine, Stimuli, Shaken Not Stirred, Fade, Choo Choo, Yoshi Toshi and John Digweed's label 'Bedrock'. Ives has also remixed several artist such as BT, Moby, Jean Phillipe Aviance, Kings of Tomorrow, Array and Lake Trout. Ives' production credits include Seroya's Mystic Maah album which is a lush sensual journey, a must listen.

Ives is currently working on a new record label, Perceptual, which will focus on downtempo and experimental music (IDM). He is also busy with a new record deal with the US label Spundae, fresh remixes, creating a new IDM album, producing Seroya's follow up album and releasing his 2 full-length downtempo albums on Perceptual. Look for a new single coming out on Shinichi and a remix of Seroya on Yoshitoshi and a Gruvhaus remix on Release Records are due this March/April. Ives has also just signed two new tracks one to Bedrock and one to Hope. Look for Ives in a town near you this Fall as his perceptual tour takes flight.