Vicky Devine

Vicky Devine is a UK trance DJ and producer known for uplifting and driving trance sets, while also playing house. She becomes a weekly main room resident at Judgement Sundays in Ibiza, one of the island’s best-known club nights, and plays warm-up and closing sets there alongside DJs including Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, Sander Van Doorn, Marco V, Ferry Corsten, Marcel Woods and Matt Hardwick.

Career

She has worked in music in various roles for most of her life. Before DJing full-time, she reaches Grade 6 on piano, plays classical guitar, sings in a school group, and later works as a club reviewer and interviewer for Dream and Eternity magazines. She also dances on stage and works in promotional roles for UK events before learning to mix after college and moving behind the decks.

Her career takes her across the UK and overseas, including appearances at Gatecrasher, The Gallery at Turnmills, Pams House in Norwich, Slinky at Westfest Festival, Escape in Swansea, Passion in Coalville and Tranzaction. Outside the UK, she plays in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur on the Slinky Asia tour, on the Smirnoff Experience tour in India, and at clubs in Canada, South America, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, Dubai, Australia and New Zealand.

Ibiza and residencies

In Ibiza, she becomes a regular guest at several major nights and holds a weekly main room residency at Judgement Sundays at Eden from 2005 to 2007. She also holds a summer residency at Majorca’s BCM for her own night, Angels of Funk, which runs for four years and makes her the first female DJ to hold a long-running residency at the club. She is also the main resident DJ and promoter of Charlys Angelz, described as a successful all-female DJ event that runs for seven years in Ibiza, with her playing every edition. Angels of Funk later joins forces with Dirty Little Funkers for touring nights.

Production and releases

Devine’s early production work includes collaborations released on Infectious Distribution, Solar and F Active Music: “Sweet Asylum”, “Angelz” and “Fearing Nothing”. She then develops solo material, beginning with “Entravanse”, signed to Drizzly and released on its Illuminate sublabel with a remix by DJ Andy Bagguley. The track is licensed to four compilation albums and receives support from radio and print, including plays on Dave Pearce’s Dance Anthems and coverage in IDJ, Mixmag and M8.

Her follow-up single, “Echoed Kisses”, is also released on Illuminate Records with a Paul Kershaw remix and receives similar support from Dave Pearce’s Dance Anthems, MOS Radio and Galaxy. It is also chosen as recommended tune of the month in IDJ. She then remixes Solstice’s “Edge of the Ocean”, with the package signed to Solarstone’s Insatiable label. Later solo tracks include “Eternal Dream” on Drizzly and “Silver Whispers” on Insatiable, and “Shape Up” is signed to Recoverworld Group for release on Flux Delux.

Broadcast work

Radio and television form a significant part of her career. She provides Ibiza reports and interviews for Chris Bailey’s Ministry of Sound Show, Paul Kershaw’s Saturday night Galaxy FM show, Steve Smart’s Kiss 100 Floorfillers show, and Bournemouth’s Fire 107.6FM. She also hosts her own show on Ibiza’s Holiday FM.

On television, she appears on Balearic Babes for Rapture TV, takes part in an Australian production that includes an interview with Tiësto at Ibiza’s Cream Closing Party at Amnesia, and works with Ministry of Sound TV. She also contributes guest mixes and interviews to Eddie Halliwell’s BBC Radio 1 show and Judge Jules’s Global Warm Up.

Recognition

Her work receives support from Judge Jules, Marco V and Sander Van Doorn. Judge Jules describes her as a Judgement Sundays resident who consistently works the crowd, while Sander Van Doorn praises her warm-up and closing sets.