V-i-C Presents… A Lesson in Trance Podcast.

Well on this occasion, the number 13 lives up to its reputation. This episode has been inundated with problems. Completed shortly before Christmas 2011, it has taken until now to get it up online. However this is not the place to vent my frustration as I’m happy it’s finally available, albeit a little late.

Episode 13 contains the best trance from October, November and December with some real corkers coming in from Store N Forward, Klauss Goulart, Wezz Devall and Sean Tyas, however tune of the month goes to Sophie Sugar with the amazingly uplifting Skyline. Incidentally, Sophie Sugar also scoops my tune of the year award through her collaboration with Tom Colontonio, titled “Arlanda”. I look forward to hearing what she comes up with this year.

If you’ve enjoyed this podcast and you’d like to see me play live, I will next be appearing at Ctrl @ The Old Firestation, Bournemouth on Thursday the 16th of February.

I will also be playing at PaSSion’s 17th Birthday at The Emporium in Coalville on the 3rd March alongside Ferry Corsten, Aly & Fila, Lange, Daniel Kandi, Mike Koglin, Genix, Gavyn Mytchel, Dave Seaman, John 00 Flemming and many more. Tickets for this event are a very respectable £20. Feel free to get in touch with me if you require any! More information about this event can be found on their facebook event page.

How to get Episode 13:

You can subscribe to my podcast through iTunes by visiting clicking the following link: iTunes Podcast

You can also download a higher quality version (192k) from multiple download links, available from: VicLight.co.uk Direct Link Coming Soon || Multiupload.com

Tracklisting:

Vic Light Presents… A Lesson in Trance Episode 013 (January 2012)

01. Adam K and BT – Tomahawk
02. Foyle & Zo – Simple Things
03. Store N Forward – Listen to Life (Original Mix)
04. tyDi Feat. Sarah Howells – Acting Crazy (Wezz Devil Remix)
05. Gareth Emery – Tokyo (Original Mix)
06. Above and Beyond Feat. Zo Johnston – You Got To Go (Kayu and Albert Remix)
07. Matt Bukovski Feat. Tiff Lacey – Swept Away (Matt Skyer Remix)
08. Faruk Sabanci – Maidens Tower 2011 (Andrew Rayel 1AM Remix)
09. Bobina Feat. Erin Marsz – Let You In (Megadrive Mix)
10. Sied van Riel Feat. Fenja – The Game (Original Mix)
11. Wezz Devall – The Big Adventure (Original Mix)
12. Protoculture – Liquid Logic (Original Mix)
13. Rafael Frost – Smash (Original Mix)
14. Tristan D – Pacific Beach
15. Klauss Goulart – No Man’s Land (Original Mix)
16. Solarstone Feat. Alex Karweit – Breakaway (Solarstones Phuture Dub)
17. Dan Stone vs. OST & Meyer – Supercell (Original Mix)
18. Full Tilt Feat. Deirdre McLaughin – Surrender (Sneijder vs. John O’Callaghan Remix)
19. Sophie Sugar – Skyline (Original Mix) (Tune of the Month)
20. Simon O’Shine – Calm Sea (Original Mix)
21. Sean Tyas Feat. David Berkeley – Believe (Original Mix)
22. Sean Tyas & Bjorn Akesson – Zahi (Original Mix)
23. Jamie Harrison – Together (Original Mix)
24. JK Walker – Double Life (Activa Remix)
25. Sean Tyas – Lift (Matt Skyer Remix)
26. Sektor V Vs. Depeche M & Eric P – Personal Caveman (Indecent Noise Mashup)
27. Jonathan Carvajal – Switched Off (JOC Edit)

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I’ll admit, things have been a little quiet recently.

I’ve started back in the final year of my CGI degree, so unfortunately music has taken a bit of a back seat for a couple of months. It’s not an ideal situation but unfortunately I’ve not had a choice. For me to pass my degree with flying colors means I’ve got to spend insane amounts of time working, but the resulting qualification will be well worth it.

Due to November being my birthday month, I will be making an extra special effort to put out a birthday podcast. I don’t know how long it will be yet as I’m a bit out of touch with new music, but I’m listening to some as we speak.

I’ll also have a very exciting new booking to announce tomorrow too, so keep a look out with that.

The best things come to those who wait

Our good friends over at the I Love Trance Music Blog have made an interesting post regarding supporting new talent in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll, and I’m honored to be included in their top 5 this year.

The post was even mentioned by DJ Mag themselves so if there’s anyone reading this post who was redirected from either of these two sources, thanks for checking me out .

In all seriousness, breaking into the trance scene is hard, especially with the number of nights in the UK dwindling rapidly. To get any sort of exposure and recognition as a DJ is a massive struggle.

I remember a conversation I had with a promoter of an extremely big Trance night in UK who absolutely loved my music and regularly plays it in his car whilst traveling to work and between gigs, but he won’t book me on the grounds that I live about 200 miles away from the venue, so although I’ve made a name for myself in the South and Midlands and have played for him before, he couldn’t guarantee my name was going to boost ticket sales.

I’ve worked hard to get where I am now and it’s taken the best part of 11 years, on and off, to do so, but do I have to crank out mega hits on a weekly basis to get recognised?

At the end of the day, I do what I do because I love the music and I know the fans I do have are dedicated and they genuinely look forward to my next mix or seeing me play. I may or may not ever make the Top 100, but the fact that people have even considered me in their top 5, is enough to keep me pushing forwards and putting all my passion into everything I do.

So for all those who regularly support me, a huge, huge thank you and for those who are only just discovering me, I hope I bring as much happiness to you, as I do to my longstanding listeners.

Bit of a delay on this one going out this month due to my PC dying horrendously last weekend but with any luck it should be up and available tonight!

Keep an eye on this website because as soon as links are available, they will be here first!

Apologies for not updating this sooner, things have been a bit crazy recently and there’s a lot of news to tell!

First of all, thank you to anyone who came to see my set at Slinky. Even though it was an early set, I had a great turnout and it was a great night all round.
I’ve also been booked to play at Slinky’s 14th Birthday on April the 30th at the o2 Academy in Bournemouth. It’s a classics night and the Line up consists of DJ Lange, Signum, Tall Paul, Lee Haslam and Dav Gomrass with the Slinky NuBreed DJ’s taking up the 2nd room again. You can purchase tickets from just £12 at slinkytickets.com/room2/

Secondly I’m proud to announce that I’ve been added to the Powdergrooves DJ Roster. Powdergrooves is a brand that will be hosting Trance and Progressive nights at various Ski Resorts across Austria in 2012 so check out their website and keep a look out for more news regarding that!

I’ll also be playing for the Bring the Noise Tour at The Tidy Carnival with Xstatic, Deprivation & The HardHouse Allstars at Subway City in Birmingham on the 29th of May. This one has a massive line up, including the DJ’s such as The Tidy Boys, Lisa Pin Up, BK, Karim, JP & Jukesy, Steve Thomas b2b Ian M, Andy Farley and many more. Check the website for more details and where you can also grab tickets.

Some of you may have also noticed that my Lesson in Trance Podcast has dropped off the face of the planet. Due to reasons beyond my control, I’ve not been able to do this for a while but rest assured It’ll be back again very soon with some exciting guest mixes.

In the mean time, you can download and listen to my Slinky NuBreed Promo Mix

Check out my Soundcloud Artist page for the tracklistings.

Finally, I was also asked to do the guest mix on this months Digital Remedy Podcast which is available on their artist page.

There will be more news and updates soon. There are a few things in the pipeline which I can’t announce yet but it’s all exciting news

Here is my mix, made for DJ Neil Hunter’s This is Trance Podcast Episode 50.

You can also download it from the following link.
Vic Light – This Is Trance Episode 50 Guest Mix (20-02-11) Download Link

Tracklist:
01) Marcus Schulz – Future Cities (Intro Mix)
02) Hemstock & Jennings – Mirage Of Hope (Sied van Riel Vocal Remix)
03) Robert Nickson & Thomas Datt – Godless (Protoculture Remix)
04) Fast Distance – Pasadena (Original Mix)
05) First State Feat Sarah Howells – Reverie (Dash Berlin Remix)
06) Sam Bowels & Stuart Donaghy – Cirrus (Original Mix)
07) Simon O’Shine – Miss You (Original Mix)
08) Phun Park – Starcoaster (Original Mix)
09) Illitheas – Perfect Day (Ronny K Remix)
10) Marc Simz Vs. Sied van Riel & Radion 6 – Forbidden Radiator (Infinite Light Mashup)
11) Bryan Kearney Presents Karney – Ridiculous (Mark Young & Damo Kay Remix)

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