27th April
PaSSion @ The Emporium, Coalville. £18.
Paul Oakenfold, Andy Moor, Simon Patterson, Alex M.O.R.P.H., John Askew, Bryan Kearney, Genix, Menno De Jong, Daniel Kandi, Will Holland, Ferry Tayle, Estiva, Temple One, Juventa, Harry Fowler + Many More.

30 June
The Xstatic Summer Festival, Derbyshire. £35.
Riva Starr, Reset Robot, Danny Howard, Judge Jules, Andy Moor, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Agnelli & Nelson, Jon O’Bir, Genix, Marc West & Andy Bagguley, Fergie, Tidy Boys, Lisa Pinup, Karim, JP & Jukesy, Defective Audio, Adam M & Ben Stevens, Jimmy Dean & Amp Attack, Lucy Fur, Ross Homson, Valex, Kirsty Lee James + a whole load more. See http://www.xstaticfestival.co.uk/ for more details

13th July
Ministry of Sound, London. (Price TBC).
Marco V, Kyau & Albert, Marcel Woods, Lisa Lashes + More. More details on this event soon.

14th July
One Night Only presents Lisa Lashes @ The Barn, Portsmouth. (£10). (Lisa Lashes + More)

28th July
Unannounced event, Bournemouth (Major Headliner). Details to be confirmed.

For discounted tickets to all these events, please contact me on: info [at] viclight [dot] co [dot] uk.

Hope to see some of you there (come up and say hi! ).

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:

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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’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

I know I’m not going to place within that top 100 yet, after all I don’t play out several times a week, I don’t travel worldwide and I don’t produce my own music. Hell, with the number of DJ’s that DO play worldwide every week, I didn’t think I had a fighting chance of placing anywhere even slightly decent.  If I came within the top 10,000 I’d have been happy, the fact that I placed 1816th is a testament to all my loyal supporters.

Now 1816th still seems quite high, but when you consider last year there were over 60,000 artists that were entered last year (I don’t know the official figure), my position bec0mes that much more substantial. One of my favorite production artists, Klauss Goulart, known worldwide with massive tune releases on Armada, Flashover, ColdHarbour Records and High Contrast, placed 6 positions below me at 1822nd.

In my opinion he should have placed far higher than that as most of his tunes are absolute gold, but the fact I’m in a similar position makes me incredibly happy and means I’m doing something right for sure.

So again, for anyone who voted for me, thank you for your continued support, your kind words and your encouraging comments and hopefully I will continue to keep you happy and entertained. For those who didn’t vote for me, all I can say is listen to my music, come and see me play live and hopefully I can make a big enough impact that you’ll consider voting for me next year!

Vic.

This month’s podcast features my live set from the Slinky Tour in Southampton,

More info available when I return home from my holiday

How to get Episode 12:

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Tracklisting:

Vic Light, Live @ Slinky, Southampton (28-08-11)

1. Rex Mundi – When The Sun Is Rising
2. Super8 & Tab Feat. Jan Burton – Mercy (Alex Kunnari Remix)
3. Oliver Smith – Butterfly Effect (Club Mix)
4. Reverse – Absolute Reality (Arty Remix – Markus Schulz Big Room Reconstruction)
5. Super8 & Tab – Black Is The New Yellow (Protoculture Remix)
6. Mark Otten – Libertine
7. Claessen and Martens – El Dorado
8. Solarstone & Orkidea – Zeitgeist (Dennis Sheperd Remix)
9. Ralphie B – Bullfrog (Original Mix)
10. Adam Szabo – Arcade (Original Mix) (Tune of the Month)
11. Mark Eteson Feat. Audrey Gallagher – Breathe On My Own (Original Mix)
12. Sly One Vs. Jurrane – Tayrona (Activa Remix)
13. Andrew Rayel – Globalization (Luke Terry Remix) (Track Omitted)
14. Activa Feat. Julie Harrington – Stronger (Original Club Mix)
15. Reverse – Endless Journey (Original Mix)
16. Vascotia – Calibro 2011 (Ferry Tayle’s Neverending Story Remix)
17. The Legend of Zelda – Song of Time (Phunpark’s Triforce Mix)
18. Ummet Ozcan – Reboot (Original Mix)

Luke Terry’s Guest Mix

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This month, I will be including my Live set from the Slinky tour in Southampton, Celebrating 100 episodes of the Slinky Sessions radio show, along with a cracking guest mix from Luke Terry.

Expect all this before Sunday, as I’m off on a much needed holiday for a week!

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.

I’m a little bit late with this, due to my PC imploding on me, but now it’s fixed and I’m rocking 12gb of memory which should keep me going for a bit!

So here it is, Episode 011. Lots of great tracks this month such as Orjan Nilsen – Between The Rays, Protoculture Feat. Shannon Hurley – Sun Gone Down (Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Chris Ortega Remix), Sebastian Brandt – Ashes, Marcus Schossow – Acid, Festival, Champagne & Bitches, Tom Colontonio – Never Give Up, Sean Tyas – By The Way and a few cheeky bootlegs from First State, but this months Tune of the Month once again goes to the power house that is Ummet Ozcan with his new tune, Reboot. I hope you’ll agree that this is an absolutely killer track and I expect I’ll be playing it for a while yet!

Also it’s that time of the year where the DJ Mag Top 100 has rolled around again, so if you’ve enjoyed any of my podcasts or live sets over the last 12 months, please consider including a vote for “Vic Light” and support your up and coming DJ’s. Without fresh talent, the majority of Trance nights across the globe wouldn’t be able to run because promoters can’t afford to throw tens of thousands of (insert local currency here) for an all star line up every month. Your vote gives us more exposure and more chance of playing in a venue near you! Head over to http://www.djmag.com/top100 and cast your votes, if you haven’t done so already

How to get Episode 11:

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Tracklisting:
V-i-C Presents… A Lesson in Trance – Episode 011 (12th August 2011)

1. Jochen Miller – One Day (Erick Strong Remix)
2. M.I.K.E. Vs. Ben Nickey – Drizzle (Original Mix)
3. Cramp – RU116 (Tritonal Remix)
4. Sander van Doorn Vs. Afrojack & R3hab – Koko Prutata (First State Bashup)
5. Marcus Schossow – Acid, Festival, Champagne & Bitches (Original Mix)
6. Mr. Pit – Fugu (Original Mix)
7. Ronski Speed & Cressida – Glueck (Club Mix)
8. M.I.K.E. Vs Ben Nickey – Spring Break (Original Mix)
9. Orjan Nilsen – Between The Rays
10. Dennis Sheperd & Cold Blue Feat. Ana Criado – Fallen Angel (Dennis Sheperd Club Mix)
11. Protoculture Feat. Shannon Hurley – Sun Gone Down (Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Chris Ortega Remix)
12. Avicii Vs. Jordy Lishious – Lump Pinguin (First State Bashup)
13. Ummet Ozcan – Reboot (Original Mix) [Tune of the Month]
14. Beat Service – Outsider (Original Mix)
15. Tritonal & Sibicky – Suzu (Ben Gold Remix)
16. Triple A – Winter Stayed (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Mix)
17. Ultimate – Wonderland (Original Mix)
18. Armin van Buuren Pres. Gaia – Status Excessu D (Sebastian Brandt Remix)
19. Mike Shiver Vs. Mathias Lethola – Slacker (Bjorn Akesson Remix)
20. Sebastian Brandt – Ashes
21. Aly & Fila Feat. Jwaydan – We Control The Sunlight (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix)
22. Akira Kayosa & Will Watson Pres. Osaru – Osaru (Original Mix)
23. Temple One – Walk The Line (Original Mix)
24. Paul Webster – Circus (Original Mix)
25. Tom Colontonio – Never Give Up (Original Mix)
26. Chris Metcalfe – Cala Bassa (A.R.D.I. Remix)
27. Jason Kinetic & DJ CLK – Miles (Phunpark’s Mayhem Mix)
28. Sean Tyas – By The Way (Original Mix)
29. Bryan Kearney – Stealth Bomber (Original Mix)

Next months show features a our very first guest mix from Unearthed Records A&R Man, Luke Terry so expect it around the 5th September. Feel free to get in contact with me if you have any questions and be sure to leave a comment if you enjoyed the mix. Also if you’re an iTunes subscriber, please leave a review as it means there’s more chance you’ll lead other people to some great music!

Thanks for your support

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I’ll be playing alongside Lost Witness, Lee Haslam, Stuart Donaghy, Ross Taylor and Dan Apicella. This event will also be a celebration of Slinky’s 100th radio show so a very special LIVE broadcast of the event will be aired on massive dance music radio station, Digitally Imported on the 3rd September.

Tickets for this are available from the Bliss Clubrooms Southampton website for a very modest £5+bf and will run between 10pm – 5am. There are 2 for 1 drinks until 11pm so make sure you get down there early!

If you can’t wait till then, you’ll also be able to see me this weekend on the 6th August at Xstatic’s 6th Birthday, at Subway City in Birmingham, playing in the “Bring the Noise” Trance Room.