Trance Therapy

Trance Therapy - Episode 1

Here is my opening set of Progressive Trance Classics, recorded live from the Garden arena at Trance Sanctuary NYD 2023 on 01-01-2023 @ The Egg, London.

Tracklist:
1.	Probspot - Foreplay (Original Mix)
2.	Holden & Thompson - Nothing (93 Returning Mix)
3.	Way Out West - Mindcircus (Gabriel & Dresden Club Mix)
4.	Sinead O'Connor - Troy (The Phoenix From The Flame) (Push Remix)
5.	Sasha - Xpander (Original Mix)
6.	Reflekt - Need To Feel Loved (Adam K & Soha Vocal Mix)
7.	Andrew Bayer & Matt Lange feat. Kerry Leva - In And Out Of Phase (Norin & Rad Remix)
8.	Cirez D - On Off (Original Mix)
9.	The Airstatic - Worldwide (Anton Firtich Remix)
10.	Sander Van Doorn Pres. Purple Haze - Bliksem (Original Mix)
11.	Purple Haze - Adrenaline
12.	Cara Dillon Vs. 2Devine - Black is the Colour (Coco & Green Remix)
13.	Leon Bolier - Ye (Airbase Remix)
14.	Menno de Jong & Leon Bolier - Last Light Tonight (Original Mix)

Vic Light Live at Trance Sanctuary NYD 2023 @ The Egg, London.

On this exact date, 25 years ago, I received a demo in the post from a completely unknown DJ that Dan Prince, then editor of Mixmag, had told to send it to me... I know it was this date, as it was a Saturday morning before Renaissance that night. I had listened to this demo 5/6 times during the day - and again on the way to the club that night. I knew I’d found something special the moment I heard the mix between the first 2 tracks on the B side of that tape!

After Renaissance that night, as often happened, Sasha came back to my house the next morning... I told him I'd found a DJ who I thought was amazing, and went on to play him the tape. He too was blown away! The only writing on the tape was 'DJ JD’ and a phone number, so I called John after the weekend and told him I loved the tape and wanted him to play at the club, but I told him I wouldn't put 'DJ JD' on the flyers as it sounded like a rave DJ and instead wanted to bill him as John Digweed. I booked his first date on Saturday 5th September 1992 - and spent 4 weeks before his debut gig telling everyone I'd discovered this amazing DJ - and, of course, he didn't disappoint!! The whole club was blown away by the talent on show on his first night, and I then started to regularly pair him with Sasha at Renaissance, ahead of that iconic mix compilation, 2 yrs later, that took the S&D partnership global... so here's the mixtape that started it all, a piece of clubbing history and a significant footnote in Renaissance’s history and in the career of one of the world’s finest DJs!🔊🔊🔊

John Digweed Renaissance Demo - 14.07.1992

Recordings

D2T - Episode 30

D2T - Episode 46

D2T - Episode 50

D2T - 3rd Birthday Part 1

Chris Blade Dance 2 Trance 3rd Birthday Part 2 October 2019

D2T - 3rd Birthday Part 2

Chris Blade Dance 2 Trance 3rd Birthday Part 3 October 2019

D2T - 3rd Birthday Part 3

Hey everyone,

Here is my set from the Music First night, thanks for tuning into the premier! Enjoy listening back,

You can also watch the video set here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvOXyISPb2s

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Maria Healy - Music First Night (Part 2)

Chris's love for dance music all started at the age of 18, having a brother who is a few years older, gave him the opportunity to go out with him and experience some amazing club nights and DJ's that rocked a packed dance floor on a regular basis, it was moments like these that gave him the ambition to become a Dj.

Chris Blade has been a DJ since 1994, in that time he has travelled all over the world to some of the best club nights and dance events imaginable, so he knows first hand what is expected to produce a memorable night on the dance floor!

His career started out in Torquay at the age of 20, playing out on a student night every week at one of the popular bars, Chris soon had a small fan base which helped him secure regular warm up sets at the best night clubs in Torquay, his natural ability behind the decks and the way he worked the crowd with his energetic sets, soon gave him the break he was waiting for. The famous Monastery night club and the legendary Claire's (Full Tilt) both offered him Resident DJ.

It was at this time where he had the privilege to play with some of the best DJ's in the industry on a regular basis, Judge Jules, Lisa Pin-Up, Lisa Lashes, BK, Steve Thomas, John oo Fleming, Graham Gold to name a few and he certainly lived up to the challenge. Another Residency at Pilgrimage in Plymouth and other club nights at Dance Academy (Plymouth), Fish Tank (Portsmouth), Underground (Sheffield) and many more around the UK.

As one of the four founders of Future Sound, which was a very successful promotion and DJ agency, he was a key player in all of the Future Sound nights that were held across the country, but one that really sticks in his mind was at the Mezzanine in Wolverhampton, which was voted the No.1 club in the country at the time, after this very successful night, this also gave him the opportunity to DJ at the Mezzanine sunset cafe in Ibiza, which was located near the famous cafe Mambo.

Over the years his music genre has varied through garage, house, funky house, tech house, electro, tech trance, progressive, uplifting trance, hard trance, hard house, Nu NRG and even the odd bit of drum n bass, what ever the occasion he uses his technical ability with all types of equipment, whether it's spinning vinyl on the legendary Technics, CD's on the ground breaking Pioneers or using the latest digital equipment in Traktor, his DJ sets are always energetic, he reads the crowd, always plays for the crowd and he appreciates how fortunate he is to be a DJ.

D2T - Episode 30

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