John O'Callaghan Podcast

Lunar Divide is the latest in a powerful run of 2025 releases from John O'Callaghan, following Reflections, Lost in Sound, Crystal Caverns, Memphis, and the Pebble Beach (John Askew Remix). With this track, JOC moves fully into orbit. Crafted alongside studio companion Paul Skelton, Lunar Divide is built around a celestial melody and a rare, hypnotic sequence that stays with you. It's elevating, otherworldly, and unmistakably John O'Callaghan, a track that doesn't just rise, it ascends.

preview of the upcoming vocal trance tune with Hailey J. Released May 30th

April 25th

Big thanks to Armin for playing it, check out the video on youtube!

this will be released on march 21st Support so far from Armin van Buuren & Bryan Kearney!

The first of at least ten tracks this year. One a month. All trance. No distractions. No detours. One track at a time. One step forward each month. Let's see where the road leads. An album by the end of 2025?

I played a kind of 'ode to the past' of the Joint Ops stuff. (plus 1 classic tech-er) Thanks to all who went to the Void Stage for the set! When Mauro appeared I got very nervous :) This could be the last Joint Ops set for a while, focusing on trance for 2025!

Hope you enjoy my set from this years electric Luminosity night at ADE Amsterdam! There is a few hot ID's in there :) listen on youtube: https://youtu.be/LwHaI24H6II

John O'Callaghan, Paul Skelton & Ren Faye - May The Road Rise (Henrik Zuberstein Mix) [Subculture]

A pleasure once again to be part of the trance stage on the 'Untold' Festival in Romania. If you have not been, check it out!! A truly beautiful location.

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It's no surprise why people from all around the world gather each year for this event. Everybody looks forward to it! Including the DJs, as the crowd and online feedback is always so warm. It's a memorable party with trance friends and a celebration of trance music, and I'm already looking forward to next year!

We are very thankful for cities like Melbourne in this scene. A city that gives energy and love every time we go there - truly grateful for it to be our home for Subculture in Australia! We always feel so welcome! Thank you Melbourne for being the best!! x

Poland for the last few years has been a stronghold of trance & tech-trance in Europe. Huge events like Dreamstate are a pleasure to be part of as you always know it's going to be massive. Thanks as always to my Polish Trance Family. See you guys next time!

Here is the b2b set from myself and Aly & Fila - from the unforgettable weekend that was Subculture Thailand! Myself and Fadi never plan sets, so this one was truly an 'on the fly experience' :) I think that makes it more authentic & fun. Thanks to all the fans who travelled and made this weekend so amazing. It truly was one for the books!

Another incredible edition of the epic A State of Trance festival came to Rotterdam this weekend. It was a pure pleasure to be part of such a huge spectacle of Trance! Did you enjoy yourself? Here is my set from stage 2 - full of new debuts and very special IDs. Thanks to all who came and supported, I hope you enjoy the set. Big thanks to all @ ASOT for the incredible show!

Liberation London is becoming one of my favourite gigs of the year. It's a place where the DJ and crowd truly are one entity, together for the music. No spotlight and no focus on the stage needed. Just clubbing in it's purest vintage form. That's what I love. Thank you Liberation! P.S - this set is full of ID's! follow: https://www.instagram.com/thisisliberation/

What a way to end 2023, in the amazing city of Montreal. A place where I have played many dark, harder sets over the years - and this time was no different. I love the crowd here, and I love the club. Merci, Montreal! I hope to see you soon x

Finally got to b2b with one of my heros of trance. The wizard who taught me more than anyone could wish. What a moment, what a weekend - thanks once again to Dreamstate and the unreal SoCal crowd! Cheers G!

Here is my set from the legendary Planet Love festival in Northern Ireland. We hosted a stacked Subculture arena which was buzzing from the start. The weather was slightly against us but the tent was full to the end! Thanks Belfast, and thanks Planet Love!

Here is my set from the legendary Creamfields festival in the UK. I have played here every year (I think) since 2009, 14 years.. wow! This festival is a true part of UK, Irish and European clubbing history. It was a pleasure once again to play in the trance area. I hope you enjoy the set!

This is one I have been saving for a rainy day. As I have a weekend off to go to my sisters wedding, I thought I would upload this one. Never been heard before, my 4 hours Total Spectrum set from Academy LA. Have a great weekend everyone!

Just listen to the crowd on this one, amazing! We love you Melbourne! A total gift to be able to play in such a buzzing atmosphere. Thanks to Evolution and the unreal crowd who made this night possible, truly one to remember. Will we be back? F**k yeah :)

Luminosity is hailed as the best European trance festival and every year it proves again just why it gets that reputation. I played 90% brand new trance and IDs in my set, I hope you enjoyed them. I spent weeks in the studio getting them just right for the festival :) Thanks to everyone for an amazing weekend! tracklist: John O'Callaghan - Riverside Bryan Kearney & Bo Bruce - Shine A Light Yelow & Spy - ID Ben Gold - Rest Of Our Lives (Paul Webster Remix) Charlotte de Witte & Enrico Sangiuliano vs. John Askew - Strange Reflection (JOC Noodle) 0Gravity - Without You John O'Callaghan - ID John O'Callaghan & Tom Colontonio & Sinead McCarthy - Reality Will Rees vs. Asteroid - Exhilarate Metta & Glyde & Yoshi & Razner - Connecting Minds Lostly - Reach You Craig Connelly - ID John O'Callaghan, Paul Skelton & Sue McLaren - Power of Now Chicane ft Moya Brenna - Saltwater (ID remix) Maria Healy - ID Hans Zimmer - Chevaliers De Sangreal (John O'Callaghan Remix) Daxon - Before it's Lost John O'Callaghan - Impulse Barrier Craig Connelly ft. Jessica Lawrence - How Can I (John O'Callaghan Remix)

Here is my first ever open to close set in Belfast. One of the best gigs of my life to be honest. I am eternally grateful for the support Belfast has given me, truly a special place! For the first 2.5 hours I ventured into some progressive, tech-house and techno, including some of my favourite tracks from other genres. Then, from there we went into full on trance and tech-trance. Thanks again to all for creating such a memorable experience!

Beyond Wonderland 2023 was one of the most awesome atmospheres I have seen in California! The crowd was crazy energetic and it was a true pleasure to play for them. After my set I walked around and it was amazing to see all the stages going off, proper! Huge thanks, see you next time.

John O'Callaghan - Impulse Barrier Release date: 7/4/23 Subculture / @blackholerecordings Pre save on Spotify / Beatport: https://subculture.complete.me/impulsebarrier

The famous Passion from Coalville, UK is one of the best trance clubs in the world. I have been lucky enough to play here many times over the years, and this night was one of the finest. Absolutely packed up for it crowd who love their trance, what more could you want. Thanks Passion! Live recording credit: Rob Millard https://www.facebook.com/rob.millard.75

Here is my extended set from the incredible city of Buenos Aires, where I always feel like home. Thanks to the people of Argentina once again for making lifelong memories, I will see you again my friends! *I did not make this mix audio super loud, so you can hear the crowd atmosphere. The audio levels vary due to the recorder - I know certain parts are not perfect but this is for those who want to relive this night. Thank you :)

One of our most popular Subculture events to date took place in the amazing city of Bangkok, Thailand. People travelled from far and wide to be part of this night - thank you to all of those legends for joining us! My set was a combo of new unheard Subculture IDs combined with some Subculture favourites. Hopefully we get to go back soon - thanks again!

The yearly trance pilgrimage to San Bernardino occurred this November. The weather was cold but the energy was high! It's an honour to have played 2 sets at this event; here is my Joint Ops set from the Void stage. Happy holidays all, and see you in '23 :) x John

A huge event for Transmission in the flourishing trance scene of Poland. We were delighted to be part of it and to be back in one of our favourite places - Gdansk! We can't wait to see you again, thank you.

A huge milestone event for Rong Manchester, it's amazing to see how much they have grown since their first events. I felt I should play as much new stuff as I could at Rong in the first half of my set. Most of them are forthcoming on Subculture. Hope you like the ID's!

To be at home, playing to such an electric crowd was brilliant. The place was hopping! It reminded me of the old days. Thanks to each and everyone who came to the Subculture Arena, we hope to see you next year.

Nights like these make me feel lucky to be part of our global trance family. Truly memorable moments! Thanks to all who came for my set, appreciate it massively :) See you next year *At 00:34.28 there is an audio fade due to the stream dropping

This was the first ever Dreamstate Harbor and I think it was fantastic. What a cool venue, right by the water ... in the Summer air enjoying the tunes with a brilliant crowd as always. Thanks to all the Dreamers and Trance Family for coming for my set. Grateful to be surrounded by such positive people! See you soon :)

This was the most emotional show of my life. Our good friend Factor B losing his beautiful Ellie was such a shock and devastating blow. Only a couple of years ago I remember them dancing and being so happy at my wedding. Brendan coming to DJ on the day showed incredible strength , no doubt with the help from Ellie encouraging him on. We are here for you always Brendan. Rest In Peace Ellie Gray

What an amazing atmosphere in the room for the 27th Birthday of Colours! Thanks to the incredible crowd and Colours crew who made this a night to remember :)

Thanks to the incredible crowd in Mexico for the support on this night. Esperamos volver a verte pronto! and a big thanks to #ASOT ! Happy Christmas everyone :)

Here is my set from the epic night of trance at Luminosity ADE 2021!

First time back inside a nightclub since the pandemic began, and what an night it was! 3 hours on the decks with the best trance crowd all loving and enjoying the tunes together, here is my set for you to check out at home or wherever you are. Thanks again, and take care :)

It's been a long time since we had a big show at home but wow, I did not expect this!! Incredible vibe at The Subculture stage at Planet Love 2021, this will stay in our memories for a long time, what a day! Thanks to everyone in Belfast who came along for making this show so special. We hope to do it again soon :)

Walking into the arena at Creamfields 2021 was a very surreal experience. So much emotion and feelings flooded back to me both as a clubber and a DJ. Having not felt trance played loud for 18 months really left a void in me, and returning to such a special event gave my spirit and soul a giant boost. It's great to be back! Huge thanks to everyone who came to support! See you all again very soon :)

thanks once again for tuning in, hope you enjoy the mix! tracklist will be posted here soon.

Thanks for listening, enjoy the music and have a great weekend! 01. Activa – The Lost Language | Activa Music 02. Starpicker – A New Age | Subculture 03. Sunlounger Feat. Susie Ledge – Sail Away (Roger Shah & Yelow remix) | FSOE 04. Chris Schweizer - 24 | A State Of Trance 05. Activa presents Mekk V - Rotation | Activa Music 06. Cold Blue - Sunbird | Subculture 07. Ferry Tayle & Dan Stone – Vona (Sean Tyas remix) | FSOE Fables 08. Richard Durand – White Dolphins | In Trance We Trust 09. Liam Melly & Jessica Doherty - Lost | Nocturnal Knights Music 10. Ronski Speed - Wayflow | Subculture 11. ID - ID | Subculture 12. Ralphie B - Syfy | In Trance We Trust 13. Activa - Polestar | Black Hole Recordings 14. Kinetica – Over & Out | High Voltage Recordings 15. Joint Operations Centre - Gizmo | Subculture 16. Peetu S – The Mission | Outburst Records

John O'Callaghan - Subculture May Mix 2021 Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Tracklist to be posted soon.

John O'Callaghan - Subculture April Mix tracklist to be posted soon!

How is everybody doing? There seems to be some hope ahead with the announcement for shows in October, I hope everyone is doing ok! Here is 1hr 40mins of some of the coolest, newest trance and tech around - Happy Birthday to my daughter, Tess! - Born on 18th March 2021 - happy days :) Enjoy, and see you soon. P.S - 'Blaithin' my collab with @Nikolauss is out on 9th April!

Welcome to the Subculture February 2021 mix! I hope everybody is doing ok wherever they are, we are getting closer to the vaccine which means we are closer to being back in the clubs. Let's hope that happens in 2021. This months show is full of new trance and some ID's which I hope you enjoy, I am working in the studio on singles upcoming - more details on that soon and I will of course preview them in the show. Until then - take care of yourselves! All the best, John.

Welcome to the Subculture January 2021 mix! I have decided to bring back the monthly mixes considering the year that is ahead of us. Let's all hope we get back to a dance floor in 2021, until then - stay home, be well and enjoy these mixes! All the best, John.

In a year where the gigs stopped the quality trance kept flowing. The year mix of Subculture is now available on all portals. 34 tracks in the mix, listening to them again reminded me how lucky we are to have such a talented group of artists. Thanks to them for their music and all the Subculture supporters, 2021 here we go! 01. Cold Blue - Recovery (John O’Callaghan remix) 02. Paul Denton & Deirdre McLaughlin - Let It Go 03. Will Rees - Into The Light 04. Alan Morris & Martin Drake - Catharsis (Club Mix) 05. Mike Sanders - Winden 06. Maria Healy - Clouds 07. David Forbes & Susie Ledge - Silent Waves 08. Daniel Skyver - Symphonic 09. Bogdan Vix & Claudia Adam - Stardust (Nikolauss remix) 10. Cold Blue - Frozen (Club mix) 11. Craig Connelly feat. Karina Ramage - Life Half Lived (Club Mix) 12. Stephen Kirkwood - All About You 13. Billy Gilles - Buenos (Paul Denton Remix) 14. Flynn & Denton Ft. Audrey Gallagher - Say My Name (Paul Denton Extended Mix) 15. Joint Operations Centre - Meraxes 16. Key4050 - Faustino 17. Sean Tyas - Vicious Tickle 18. Factor B - Bravo 19. Philippe El Sisi vs Omar Sherif - Demolition 20. Mercurial Virus - Emotions 21. Nikolauss - Elivagar 22. Josh Ferrin - Mauna Kea 23. Paul Denton & Will Rees - Fluidity 24. John O’Callaghan - Complex Solution 25. Ashley Smith - Rewind 26. Starpicker - Origins (Billy Gilles Remix) 27. Liam Wilson - At That Point In Time 28. Daniel Skyver - Stay Close 29. Factor B - Revelations 30. Alan Morris - Fire In Your Eyes 31. Bryan Kearney - Adrenaline (James Dymond remix) 32. Alan Morris - Tale Of Light 33. Nikolauss - We Are Not Alone 34. Mercurial Virus - Turning Point (Billy Gilles remix)