Matt Lightfoot_Venus Classics Live Mix 2020

Matt Lightfoot’s has being Djing for 22 years in and around the Manchester area, his djing stlye is heavily influenced by his love of Soul, Motown and Disco. As well being influenced by house pioneers like Eric Morillo, Roger Sanchez and David Morales. 

Matts journey started like everyone else’s as a clubber who discovered a love of house music! He loved the energy you get from interacting with a crowd of like minded individuals as your favourite record drops. At the time in 1998 you couldn’t search for a track on you tube to be able to listen to your favourite tunes from the weekend, so matt made the easy decision to get a set of decks and buy the tunes he wanted to listen to on vinyl…. The only place you could buy them and listen to them back then
After a few years of honing his skills and building his vinyl collection. He took the decision with some of his best mates from home and university, to start a night at the Old Monk called Hustle, Hustle was held every Thursday and had some incredible monthly guests like, The Slammin Boys, Simon forestiero and Greg Vickers to name a few. 

The night put Matts name on the map and a residency at Venus followed soon afterwards. Matt held a residency there for five years from 2002 before moving on to other house hold names on the Manchester scene and hold residency’s at Sankeys, Atlas Bar, Area 51 and Revolution to name a few as well playing sets for house hold names like Hed Kandi, Garlands, Kaluki and Gods Kitchen. 

Matt brings a uniqueness and energy to each set by creating mash ups and re-edits on the fly as well as being in tune with the crowd and knowing what to play and when to play it. 

Matt brings an energy and presence to each set that is infectious to the crowd around him and he never fails to leave smiles on everyone’s faces at the end of each and every set.