While many people who consider themselves EDM fans have to rely on what they hear on BPM, Soundcloud sets, and terrestrial radio stations, I take a deep breathe and reflect back (and sometimes take for granted) the countless DJs and sets of pure auditory delight I have had the luxury of enjoying while living in the Las Vegas market. Long before bottle prices were comparable to a BMW lease payment and general admission to walk in a club was comparable to a fine steak on your birthday, at the turn of the millennium, Vice was starting to materialize as one of the most prolific and sought after DJs in North America and the world.

Although he got his first set of mixing gear and started to dabble with his talents in middle school, the true beginning of his career was really a combo of radio station gigs in LA, most likely some house parties, and then joining the Tao Group family for the opening of Tao Restaurant and Nightclub in Las Vegas (and Tao Beach shortly thereafter) back in 2005 as a headlining resident. Nearly a decade later, Tao is still one of his many homes but now the world is his playground.

While floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, us “Captain” Rabbits got a rare chance to catch up with this exceptionally talented, globe trotter Vice on board the 2014 Groove Cruise LA and really got to get the skinny on his career, love and addiction of fashionable tennis shoes, and a solid appraisal of his humble appreciation of his fans.

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