Pre-order Dedications EP by Visions Of Light.

Born in Belfast through collaborations between Freebooter Lounge label chief Simon Sheldon and two of his most trusted artists, eclectic local DJ Muzka and production don Dan Dub Lounge, Visions of Light are rapidly becoming one of NuNorthern Soul’s most cherished and storied acts.

Following the release of their superb debut album, The Mandala Vortex, last year, the trio regrouped in the studio with a new project in mind: a set of dub-flecked Balearic interpretations of stone-cold dancefloor anthems – the kind of acclaimed 1980s and 90s cuts that were once all the rage in Ibiza’s biggest clubs.

Now set for release in the summer of 2026, the Dedications EP not only boasts inspired covers of cuts from NJOI, Liquid, Underworld, De’Lacy and New Order, but also a title that doffs a capo to fellow NuNorthern Soul artist B.J. Smith’s popular, covers-focused Dedications to The Greats EP series.

The Northern irish trio begin in stunning fashion on ‘Anthem’, a simmering, slow-build and low-tempo stroll through NJOI’s 1990 album rich in sustained chords, held piano motifs, languid instrumental solos and heady dub-wise rhythms. Like all great instrumental covers, the nods to the track’s inspiration are clearly audible, with their pitched-down take on NJOI’s famous piano refrain coming to the fore as the cut progresses.

Their take on the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time, ‘Blue Monday’, follows, with Visions of Light wrapping their take on Bernard Sumner’s distinctively lead guitar lines and melodic motifs rising above a suitably spaced-out ambient dub rhythm. Liquid rave classic ‘Sweet Harmony’ – here retitled ‘Harmony’ – is given an Augustus Pablo style spin, with echoing Melodica motifs rubbing shoulders with the group’s replayed piano riff – the very same piano part first featured on Ce Ce Rogers’ house classic ‘Someday’.

To finish off, Visions of Light take us back to the mid 1990s and two colossal worldwide dance anthems, re-imagined in brilliant and blissful ways. De’Lacy’s ‘Hideaway’ becomes a fluid ambient soundscape full of yearning sonic textures and effects-laden, finger-picked guitar, while Underworld’s banging ‘Born Slippy’ is reborn as a dreamy, drifting head-nodder. Wisely, Visions of Light emphasise the dreamier elements of the original, adding hip-hop style breaks, exotic sitar sounds, strummed acoustic guitar and woozy, sunset-ready textures. It’s a simply stunning cover, all told – wide-eyed music for dawn, dusk and the hours in between.