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Sasha (DJ)

January 01, 1970

For the Jamaican former deejay, see Sasha (Jamaican musician).

Alexander Paul Coe (born 4 September 1969), known professionally as Sasha,[a] is a Welsh DJ and record producer. He is best known for his live events and electronic music as a solo artist, as well as his collaborations with British DJ John Digweed as Sasha & John Digweed. He was voted as World No.⁠ ⁠1 DJ in 2000 in a poll conducted by DJ Magazine.[4] He is a four-time International Dance Music Awards winner, four-time DJ Awards winner and Grammy Award nominee.[5]

Sasha
Sasha performing in August 2006
Background information
Birth nameAlexander Paul Coe[a]
Also known as
  • DJ Sasha[b]
  • The Man Like
Born (1969-09-04) 4 September 1969 (age 54)
Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom
OriginSandycroft, Flintshire, North Wales, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
Years active1989–present
Labels
Websitedjsasha.com

Sasha began his career playing acid house music in the late 1980s. He partnered with John Digweed in 1993, touring internationally and producing a series of mix albums (compilations of other artists' work played in a continuous fashion).[6]

Sasha has remixed tracks for artists such as D-Ream, Madonna, Moby, the Chemical Brothers and Hot Chip. Sasha's remixing and production often combine electronic music genres, making it difficult for critics to pinpoint his musical style.[7][8] As well as remixes and compilation albums, Sasha has produced three albums of original works: The Qat Collection in 1994, Airdrawndagger in 2002, and Scene Delete in 2016.

After achieving success as a producer and DJ, Sasha worked with younger DJs and producers such as BT and James Zabiela. His use of live audio engineering equipment helped popularise technological innovations among DJs who formerly relied on records and turntables.[9] In 2007, he formed a record label with Renaissance Records called emFire, which is the exclusive outlet for his new music.

Early years edit

Sasha was born in Bangor, Wales, on 4 September 1969.[10] His early musical taste was primarily Top 40 pop music like The The and The Police.[11] After what he described as an "idyllic childhood", Sasha passed the entrance exam for Hatfield College at age 17.[11] However, he did not like Epsom and left before completing his A-Level examinations.[clarification needed] Instead of continuing his schooling, Sasha moved to Bangor to live with his father and stepmother. Sasha's stepmother forced him to take piano lessons which, although he disliked them at the time, he ultimately found to be beneficial to his music career.[12]

Sasha became aware of electronic dance music in 1988 at The Haçienda, a Manchester dance venue.[13] Drawn to the rough sound of acid house music and the rebellious attitude he associated with it, he visited Manchester weekly and soon moved to nearby Disley.[14] Sasha purchased records and began to teach himself how to mix. A local DJ at a club Sasha frequented announced that he was looking for other DJs to travel with him on a regional tour; Sasha volunteered and made his first live appearance in nearby Stockport. He recalled of his debut, "I'd never even touched a Technics: I thought the pitch control was the volume, I didn't even know where to plug my headphones in! I'm sure I was absolutely horrendous."[12]

Sasha soon found himself in debt due to low-paying performances and the many records he bought.[13] To finance his record collection, he performed at illegal warehouse raves in the Blackburn and Blackpool areas. With the assistance of another local DJ, Jon DaSilva, Sasha secured work at The Haçienda, where he learned key mixing (matching melodic keys) from DaSilva and refined his ability to beatmatch (to synchronize the beats of two simultaneously playing records). Though he enjoyed playing at The Haçienda, in 1990 Sasha left for a club called Shelley's Laserdrome in Stoke-on-Trent.[13] There, he established part of his signature sound by mixing euphoric acid house music with Italian piano house and emotional a cappellas.[12] Because of his increased popularity and visibility at Shelley's, Mixmag featured Sasha on its first cover, under the headline "SASHA MANIA – THE FIRST DJ PINUP?".[14] While continuing to DJ, Sasha began to produce several of his own dance tracks. This, he later noted, was contrary to the career paths of many successful DJs, for whom it was more common to start out as producers.[15] Upon signing a recording contract, he also set up an entire recording studio at the same time, which led to a "painful learning curve" at the outset.[15] He released his first single, "Appolonia", under the name BM:Ex (the name is short for The Barry Manilow Experience, a joke in reference to Sasha's love of the piano), with producer Tom Frederikse on Union City Recordings. After DJing at Shelley's for several years, Sasha left his position because of increasing gang violence in and around the club. As a result of his growing reputation, Sasha was offered work in several London and Australian clubs.[13] He accepted, instead, a spot in the DJ rotation at Renaissance, a club night started by Geoff Oakes at Venue 44 in Mansfield, England.

Later in 1993, Sasha, collaborating with Danny Campbell for Pete Tong's FFRR, produced "Together", his first single under the name Sasha. "Together" peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #57. With this success, Sasha began a series of records for Deconstruction Records with the singles "Higher Ground" and "Magic" (for which Digweed produced a remix) and The Qat Collection with Frederikse and vocalist Sam Mollison.[16]

Career edit

Digweed era edit

Main article: Sasha & John Digweed
 
Sasha & John Digweed performing at Twilo

In early 1993, Sasha partnered with fellow Renaissance DJ John Digweed.[6] Sasha and Digweed honed their DJing skills, often performing in tandem and focusing on track selection and technical mixing abilities. Renaissance was pleased with their performances, and had the duo compile the triple-CD mix album Renaissance: The Mix Collection, releasing it on the club's own Renaissance Records label.[13] The album featured tracks from such artists as Leftfield, Fluke, and 2 Bad Mice, and original productions and remixes from Sasha and Digweed. The Mix Collection was released soon after Sasha's departure from Renaissance in April 1994. Following his success at Renaissance, Sasha was again featured on Mixmag with the tagline "SON OF GOD?", though he resented the accolade.[17] After touring together for two years, the duo became "true superstars"[6] with the release of their double CD Northern Exposure on mega-label Ministry of Sound. Around this time, Sasha began a recurring mentorship and partnership with fellow producer BT with the album Ima.[13] As well as providing guidance for BT, Sasha produced a "euphoric" and "introspective" 42-minute rendition of the album which formed the centrepiece of the UK release and appeared as a "bonus" second disc on the US release.[18] He continued to advance his own production work by pairing with vocalist Maria Nayler to produce the single "Be as One", which reached #17 on the UK singles chart.[19]

In 1997, Ministry of Sound released Northern Exposure 2, Sasha and Digweed's next double-CD entry in their Northern Exposure series. To support the album, the duo toured internationally, and in the process helped to define the sound of trance music in the late 1990s.[6] After extensive touring, Digweed and Sasha took up residency at New York City's famous Twilo nightclub, where they would DJ for the entire night.[20] In 1998, the two released separate mix albums on the Boxed label, as part of the Global Underground series: Digweed's Global Underground 006: Sydney, and Sasha's Global Underground 009: San Francisco, which drew from his experience touring on the West Coast of the United States. Both DJs formed their own record labels that year: Sasha created Excession Records and Digweed started Bedrock Records. Excession released fewer than ten records, the last in 1998; the experience, however, led Sasha to found the management agency Excession: The Agency LTD. Excession remains a booking agency for many DJs, including Hybrid, Nick Warren, and Steve Lawler.[21]

Sasha reached a more mainstream audience with his remixes of Madonna's "Ray of Light" and GusGus's "Purple" for those artists' single releases. His success in pop music led him to score the music for the PlayStation video game Wipeout 3.[22] In 1999, Sasha and Digweed reunited in the studio to record their third edition in the Northern Exposure series, Northern Exposure: Expeditions.[6] In addition to mixing and DJing, Sasha joined Charlie May of Spooky to produce the Xpander EP,[23] the title track of which many clubbers still view as "one of the greatest trance tracks of all time".[24] He used the title track as a centerpiece for Global Underground 013: Ibiza, his second Global Underground release. Sasha continued his collaborations with BT on the track "Ride", which was released as a single on Yoshitoshi Records and on BT's Movement in Still Life. Soon after, he worked with Underworld's Darren Emerson on the single "Scorchio", Sasha's first charting single in four years. In between touring and producing original material, Sasha and Digweed released the mix album Communicate in 2000, prompting them to temporarily leave their Twilo residency for a promotional tour of the United States. Communicate had mixed reviews: Spin stated that despite a "few stellar moments, [Communicate] is ultimately a let-down". LAUNCHcast, too, described Communicate as "boring and lackluster...stalled in a monochrome world of dead beats".[25]

During the late 1990s, the increased popularity and visibility of "superstar DJs" led to the creation of superclubs such as Liverpool's Cream and Sheffield's Gatecrasher. By 2003, however, electronic dance music clubs languished. The Guardian's pop critic, Alexis Petridis, attributed the "terminal decline" of dance music to its over-commercialisation by big-name DJs, such as Sasha, and to their demands for increased fees for performances.[26] Though dance music had been declared "dead" by many in the dance industry, Sasha continued to tour—despite the closing of many superclubs, including his resident club Twilo in May 2001.[27]

After the closing of Twilo, Sasha and Digweed embarked on their ambitious Delta Heavy Tour of the United States in 2002. Featuring veteran tour producer Kevin Lyman and opening act Jimmy Van M,[28] the tour covered 31 cities and played to 85,000 people.[29] The appearances, complete with laser shows and video production, were more akin to rock concerts than to typical DJ events.[28] This development was new to the DJing scene, and compelled other DJs to host similar concerts.[30] A DVD of performance highlights, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage was released as Sasha & John Digweed present Delta Heavy by System Recordings.[28] Ben Turner, creator of the DanceStar awards, retrospectively described the Delta Heavy tour as "a landmark moment for electronic music".[28] Though the duo of Sasha and Digweed never explicitly split up, demanding schedules and frequent independent touring prevented any substantial collaboration for a long period after Delta Heavy.[6]

Post-Digweed edit

 
Sasha at a performance with Lee Burridge on 27 April 2006

During the latter half of 2002, Sasha collaborated with big beat artist Junkie XL on the single "Breezer".[31][32] Junkie XL, along with Charlie May, also assisted Sasha on his second album of original material, Airdrawndagger.[33] Airdrawndagger took several years to produce due to Sasha's desire for the album to be "as near to perfection as possible."[34] That March, Sasha suffered a perforated eardrum in a traffic accident, further delaying the album's production. Though the accident temporarily impaired his hearing, he drew inspiration for the album from his ordeal. Airdrawndagger was finally released, in August 2002, to much fanfare. However, the album was "received with a lot of head scratching", according to Sasha, which he attributed to its unexpected mix of genres. The album did not feature the heavier "club sound" of Sasha's previous mix albums, bearing a closer resemblance to ambient music.[35] Airdrawndagger generally received favorable reviews,[36] though critics noted that it was not as consistent and well produced as his DJ mixes. Sasha himself described it as "a selfish, slightly self-indulgent record", though he maintains that he is "happy with it to this day".[37] Some critics, however, called it "sleepy"; E!Online described it as being "more in league with Yanni than Moby".[38] To encourage listeners' interest, Sasha held an amateur remix contest for the album's single, "Wavy Gravy".[39] Due to the contest's success, Sasha released all the tracks from Airdrawndagger on his website, so that fans could download and create their own versions.[40]

After the release of Airdrawndagger, Sasha took the young DJ James Zabiela "under his wing". He introduced Zabiela to the CDJ1000 turntable, and signed Zabiela to the Excession talent agency.[41] The two toured the United States together, which extended Sasha's influence to already-popular American DJs such as Kimball Collins.[17]

 
Sasha (left) on stage with Duncan Forbes (center) and Charlie May (right) of Spooky.

In 2004, Sasha signed with Global Underground to produce another mix album. However, he found the process of creating a standard mix album unrewarding,[42] and decided to apply his production and DJing skills to a mix compilation that resembled a "real" album—that is, one featuring original material.[11] Sasha's next studio album, Involver, was "a fusion of mix album and production record", consisting entirely of Sasha's reworkings of tracks by other artists.[19] "I tried to take all the separate sounds to all the tracks [and recombine them]", he later explained, "and it allowed me to mix the tracks together on a much deeper level."[43] He accomplished this by sequencing the album using Ableton Live[44] and Logic Pro.[42] Ableton Live is a music loop-based software package that Sasha uses to engineer tracks in real-time, whereas he used Logic Pro primarily for premeditated edits to audio tracks.

In 2005, Sasha produced his next mix album, Fundacion NYC, based on his nights DJing in New York at the Crobar club. Fundacion NYC received positive reviews for its originality, though JIVE Magazine found it "too complicated for the ear".[45] Sasha is pleased with the album, and plans to make a series of Fundacion albums.[46] The next year, Sasha released 10,000 copies of a June 2006 DJ set for sale using Instant Live, making him the first DJ to use Instant Live's licensing and publishing services.[47] In August 2007, Sasha announced the formation of his record label, Emfire, which will be the exclusive outlet for his new material in both vinyl and digital formats.[48] Its first release was "COMA", a collaborative track by a group of the same name, which features Sasha, Barry Jamieson, Charlie May, and Duncan Forbes.[48] While continuing to regularly DJ, Sasha began work on another Involver mix and the next Fundacion mix.[49] Sasha's Invol2ver was released in September 2008,[50] and Invol<3r was released in March 2013.

Reuniting with Digweed edit

Though frequent performing kept them apart for several years, Sasha and Digweed announced that they would reunite for a few Australian performances.[51] In November 2006, the duo performed at several venues, including Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne as well as numerous tour dates throughout 2007.[52] In 2008, Sasha and Digweed kicked off an American tour with a performance at the Winter Music Conference.[53] The duo played at mainly larger venues on the weekends and smaller (750–1000 people) shows on weekdays.[53] Sasha described their music as "driving and dark" with "a little throwback of Twilo sounds".[53]

Sasha runs a music studio and lives in New York City, and maintains a house in London.[35] He brings his wife with him on his frequent tours.[29] Sasha finds the constant touring to be physically tiring, though he also feels that he thrives on it.[54] While fans may regard Sasha to be a DJ "hero", he is uneasy with fame; Sasha considers himself "shy at heart" and is typically uncomfortable discussing his personal life.[43] He has mentioned on numerous occasions that he is so busy with DJing and production that he rarely has any free time. However, he enjoys watching football, cooking, and sampling the cuisine of the countries he visits.[55] The movie "New Emissions of Light & Sound" won the Best Original Score at the X-Dance Film Festival. The score was made up of new and previously unreleased tracks.[56]

Sasha and Digweed have re-united again in recent years. The iconic duo Sasha & John Digweed performed a Back to Back set at the Ministry of Sound in London on 24 March 2016. Shortly thereafter, the duo announced a list of tour dates for September 2016 to re-launch themselves in a series of gigs and performing Back to Back.[57]

Musical genres edit

 
Sasha performing 8 July 2006 in Bucharest, Romania, playing electro house.

Influenced by the early sound of The Haçienda, Sasha began his career playing records of the rough, danceable genre of acid house. By the early 1990s, he had moved towards a more dark European house music style, though by the time of his Shelley's residency he had begun to experiment more with American house. His tastes further developed as he moved to Renaissance, and he began to incorporate the pop-based sounds of Moby, Spooky, and Leftfield. Sasha's second Digweed collaboration, 1997's Northern Exposure, was described as "epic house",[13] and subsequent releases featured the spacey and atmospheric trance house sound of artists such as Sven Väth, Matt Darey, Tilt, and Armin Van Buuren. A rhythmic and bassy progressive house influence distinguished his Xpander EP and the mix albums of the late 1990s.[58] At the time, Sasha's music rotation included records by artists such as Space Manoeuvres, BT, and Breeder, and Sander Kleinenberg's single "My Lexicon".

With the 2000 album Communicate, the duo's work moved towards a deeper and darker house music sound. The album featured tracks by Morel, Mainline, and Jimmy Van M. The focus shifted from the melodic themes of previous releases in favour of a stronger emphasis on the bassline.[58] The Delta Heavy Tour and Airdrawndagger marked a dramatic shift in style, and reflected the influences of relaxed ambient and breakbeat music on Sasha's work. These influences inspired the album's strong melodies, occasional breakbeat loops, and limited use of percussion. Involver was primarily a fusion of the musical style of house and ambient breakbeat music characterised by UNKLE and Lostep. With 2005's Fundacion, Sasha's style was mostly progressive house and electro house music, with work by James Holden, Tiefschwarz, and Swayzak.[7] With his success in progressive house, Sasha has commented that he feels people try to "pigeon-hole" him into playing that genre. Rather than calling it progressive house, Sasha considers his most recent material to be between house, trance, and breaks,[59] though he has stated that he prefers not to associate himself with a specific genre of music.

Techniques and technology edit

 
Sasha using Ableton Live at a 15 July 2006 performance at Panama, an Amsterdam nightclub.

Sasha attributes his success to his technical skill and ability to "connect with his dancers".[17] During performances, he balances new and experimental material, while ensuring that "the party is still rockin'".[29] His spontaneity carries over to studio work; he typically has only a vague idea of the track listing when beginning work on a new mix album.[60] Because of this, his albums never turn out quite as he expects.[60] Sasha is known for applying new music technologies to both his studio and live work. Both Sasha and Digweed used Pro Tools on Mac computers when mixing their compilation albums, and used turntables and records during live performances. For their remixes, however, they used an Atari ST—an obsolete personal computer from the early 1990s—with Notator, a music sequencer used for arranging audio tracks.[61] For more recent albums such as Fundacion NYC, Sasha used Ableton Live for sequencing, partially because of Pro Tools' higher price.[55] In live performances up to the late 1990s, Sasha performed exclusively using records. Before he started using the CDJ1000, a "turntable" used for CDs, he had his digital music specially cut to acetate records before each tour.[37] Once he integrated CDs into his live act, Sasha operated CDJ1000s with Allen & Heath mixers and FireworX.[35]

 
Sasha performing using Ableton Live

Sasha began DJing with Ableton Live in his live act as well, using it in tandem with turntables. Having explored its functionality, Sasha found that he could perform entirely through Ableton Live. He then co-developed the Maven controller, which he uses as a physical interface to the Live software.[30][60] (DJing with a mouse alone, he has said, is "not going to look right or feel right".)[15] Fundacion NYC was the first album on which he regularly used the Maven controller.[62] During DJ sets, clubbers often believe Sasha is playing new, unheard remixes; in fact, he is often playing modifications of tracks created in Ableton.[44] Sasha most often uses the built-in Ableton plugins, preferring their superior stability and performance over third party plugins.[60] For the first public performance of Involver material, he used a PowerBook running Ableton,[63] but has since shifted to a setup that includes an iMac G5 and Ableton Live.[44]

The Internet has affected how Sasha obtains and uses tracks for performance. While he once hunted through record shops for new records on a regular basis, Sasha now regularly receives new tracks from producers and labels via the Internet.[30] These tracks, which number in the hundreds each week, are edited by Sasha and others for use in his live DJ sets.[30] He still buys hundreds of records on vinyl, which are then recorded and converted into music files prior to being edited in Ableton by his team of engineers.

In February 2013, Sasha spoke to Resident Advisor about his decision to change from using Live and the Maven controller to a combination of Native Instruments' Traktor and CDs in his DJ sets. He felt that whilst Ableton Live had developed significantly as production software, it had become less successful as a DJing tool.[64]

Awards and nominations edit

 
"Watching Cars Go By (Sasha Remix)" (2004)
Sasha was nominated for a Grammy Award for his remix of Felix da Housecat's "Watching Cars Go By".
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Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Sasha

In 2005, the Grammy committee debated whether his mix compilation album, Involver, was eligible for nomination as Best Electronic/Dance Album. The Recording Academy decided that the album was eligible, but Involver did not receive a nomination.[65] Sasha did receive a Grammy nomination for his remix of Felix da Housecat's "Watching Cars Go By", which was featured on Involver.

Discography edit

Main article: Sasha (DJ) discography
See also: Sasha & John Digweed § Discography

Studio albums

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b The nickname Sasha is a common diminutive version of the name Alexander.
  2. ^ Due to a legal dispute with the German singer also named Sasha, he is known as DJ Sasha in Germany[1][2]

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For the Jamaican former deejay see Sasha Jamaican musician Alexander Paul Coe born 4 September 1969 known professionally as Sasha a is a Welsh DJ and record producer He is best known for his live events and electronic music as a solo artist as well as his collaborations with British DJ John Digweed as Sasha amp John Digweed He was voted as World No 1 DJ in 2000 in a poll conducted by DJ Magazine 4 He is a four time International Dance Music Awards winner four time DJ Awards winner and Grammy Award nominee 5 SashaSasha performing in August 2006Background informationBirth nameAlexander Paul Coe a Also known asDJ Sasha b The Man LikeBorn 1969 09 04 4 September 1969 age 54 Bangor Wales United KingdomOriginSandycroft Flintshire North Wales United KingdomGenresElectronichouse 3 progressive housetranceOccupation s DJrecord producerYears active1989 presentLabelsGlobal UndergroundDeconstructionBoxedMinistry of SoundemFireLast Night on EarthNight Time StoriesWebsitedjsasha wbr com Sasha began his career playing acid house music in the late 1980s He partnered with John Digweed in 1993 touring internationally and producing a series of mix albums compilations of other artists work played in a continuous fashion 6 Sasha has remixed tracks for artists such as D Ream Madonna Moby the Chemical Brothers and Hot Chip Sasha s remixing and production often combine electronic music genres making it difficult for critics to pinpoint his musical style 7 8 As well as remixes and compilation albums Sasha has produced three albums of original works The Qat Collection in 1994 Airdrawndagger in 2002 and Scene Delete in 2016 After achieving success as a producer and DJ Sasha worked with younger DJs and producers such as BT and James Zabiela His use of live audio engineering equipment helped popularise technological innovations among DJs who formerly relied on records and turntables 9 In 2007 he formed a record label with Renaissance Records called emFire which is the exclusive outlet for his new music Contents 1 Early years 2 Career 2 1 Digweed era 2 2 Post Digweed 2 3 Reuniting with Digweed 3 Musical genres 4 Techniques and technology 5 Awards and nominations 6 Discography 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksEarly years editSasha was born in Bangor Wales on 4 September 1969 10 His early musical taste was primarily Top 40 pop music like The The and The Police 11 After what he described as an idyllic childhood Sasha passed the entrance exam for Hatfield College at age 17 11 However he did not like Epsom and left before completing his A Level examinations clarification needed Instead of continuing his schooling Sasha moved to Bangor to live with his father and stepmother Sasha s stepmother forced him to take piano lessons which although he disliked them at the time he ultimately found to be beneficial to his music career 12 Sasha became aware of electronic dance music in 1988 at The Hacienda a Manchester dance venue 13 Drawn to the rough sound of acid house music and the rebellious attitude he associated with it he visited Manchester weekly and soon moved to nearby Disley 14 Sasha purchased records and began to teach himself how to mix A local DJ at a club Sasha frequented announced that he was looking for other DJs to travel with him on a regional tour Sasha volunteered and made his first live appearance in nearby Stockport He recalled of his debut I d never even touched a Technics I thought the pitch control was the volume I didn t even know where to plug my headphones in I m sure I was absolutely horrendous 12 Sasha soon found himself in debt due to low paying performances and the many records he bought 13 To finance his record collection he performed at illegal warehouse raves in the Blackburn and Blackpool areas With the assistance of another local DJ Jon DaSilva Sasha secured work at The Hacienda where he learned key mixing matching melodic keys from DaSilva and refined his ability to beatmatch to synchronize the beats of two simultaneously playing records Though he enjoyed playing at The Hacienda in 1990 Sasha left for a club called Shelley s Laserdrome in Stoke on Trent 13 There he established part of his signature sound by mixing euphoric acid house music with Italian piano house and emotional a cappellas 12 Because of his increased popularity and visibility at Shelley s Mixmag featured Sasha on its first cover under the headline SASHA MANIA THE FIRST DJ PINUP 14 While continuing to DJ Sasha began to produce several of his own dance tracks This he later noted was contrary to the career paths of many successful DJs for whom it was more common to start out as producers 15 Upon signing a recording contract he also set up an entire recording studio at the same time which led to a painful learning curve at the outset 15 He released his first single Appolonia under the name BM Ex the name is short for The Barry Manilow Experience a joke in reference to Sasha s love of the piano with producer Tom Frederikse on Union City Recordings After DJing at Shelley s for several years Sasha left his position because of increasing gang violence in and around the club As a result of his growing reputation Sasha was offered work in several London and Australian clubs 13 He accepted instead a spot in the DJ rotation at Renaissance a club night started by Geoff Oakes at Venue 44 in Mansfield England Later in 1993 Sasha collaborating with Danny Campbell for Pete Tong s FFRR produced Together his first single under the name Sasha Together peaked on the UK Singles Chart at 57 With this success Sasha began a series of records for Deconstruction Records with the singles Higher Ground and Magic for which Digweed produced a remix and The Qat Collection with Frederikse and vocalist Sam Mollison 16 Career editDigweed era edit Main article Sasha amp John Digweed nbsp Sasha amp John Digweed performing at Twilo In early 1993 Sasha partnered with fellow Renaissance DJ John Digweed 6 Sasha and Digweed honed their DJing skills often performing in tandem and focusing on track selection and technical mixing abilities Renaissance was pleased with their performances and had the duo compile the triple CD mix album Renaissance The Mix Collection releasing it on the club s own Renaissance Records label 13 The album featured tracks from such artists as Leftfield Fluke and 2 Bad Mice and original productions and remixes from Sasha and Digweed The Mix Collection was released soon after Sasha s departure from Renaissance in April 1994 Following his success at Renaissance Sasha was again featured on Mixmag with the tagline SON OF GOD though he resented the accolade 17 After touring together for two years the duo became true superstars 6 with the release of their double CD Northern Exposure on mega label Ministry of Sound Around this time Sasha began a recurring mentorship and partnership with fellow producer BT with the album Ima 13 As well as providing guidance for BT Sasha produced a euphoric and introspective 42 minute rendition of the album which formed the centrepiece of the UK release and appeared as a bonus second disc on the US release 18 He continued to advance his own production work by pairing with vocalist Maria Nayler to produce the single Be as One which reached 17 on the UK singles chart 19 In 1997 Ministry of Sound released Northern Exposure 2 Sasha and Digweed s next double CD entry in their Northern Exposure series To support the album the duo toured internationally and in the process helped to define the sound of trance music in the late 1990s 6 After extensive touring Digweed and Sasha took up residency at New York City s famous Twilo nightclub where they would DJ for the entire night 20 In 1998 the two released separate mix albums on the Boxed label as part of the Global Underground series Digweed s Global Underground 006 Sydney and Sasha s Global Underground 009 San Francisco which drew from his experience touring on the West Coast of the United States Both DJs formed their own record labels that year Sasha created Excession Records and Digweed started Bedrock Records Excession released fewer than ten records the last in 1998 the experience however led Sasha to found the management agency Excession The Agency LTD Excession remains a booking agency for many DJs including Hybrid Nick Warren and Steve Lawler 21 Sasha reached a more mainstream audience with his remixes of Madonna s Ray of Light and GusGus s Purple for those artists single releases His success in pop music led him to score the music for the PlayStation video game Wipeout 3 22 In 1999 Sasha and Digweed reunited in the studio to record their third edition in the Northern Exposure series Northern Exposure Expeditions 6 In addition to mixing and DJing Sasha joined Charlie May of Spooky to produce the Xpander EP 23 the title track of which many clubbers still view as one of the greatest trance tracks of all time 24 He used the title track as a centerpiece for Global Underground 013 Ibiza his second Global Underground release Sasha continued his collaborations with BT on the track Ride which was released as a single on Yoshitoshi Records and on BT s Movement in Still Life Soon after he worked with Underworld s Darren Emerson on the single Scorchio Sasha s first charting single in four years In between touring and producing original material Sasha and Digweed released the mix album Communicate in 2000 prompting them to temporarily leave their Twilo residency for a promotional tour of the United States Communicate had mixed reviews Spin stated that despite a few stellar moments Communicate is ultimately a let down LAUNCHcast too described Communicate as boring and lackluster stalled in a monochrome world of dead beats 25 During the late 1990s the increased popularity and visibility of superstar DJs led to the creation of superclubs such as Liverpool s Cream and Sheffield s Gatecrasher By 2003 however electronic dance music clubs languished The Guardian s pop critic Alexis Petridis attributed the terminal decline of dance music to its over commercialisation by big name DJs such as Sasha and to their demands for increased fees for performances 26 Though dance music had been declared dead by many in the dance industry Sasha continued to tour despite the closing of many superclubs including his resident club Twilo in May 2001 27 After the closing of Twilo Sasha and Digweed embarked on their ambitious Delta Heavy Tour of the United States in 2002 Featuring veteran tour producer Kevin Lyman and opening act Jimmy Van M 28 the tour covered 31 cities and played to 85 000 people 29 The appearances complete with laser shows and video production were more akin to rock concerts than to typical DJ events 28 This development was new to the DJing scene and compelled other DJs to host similar concerts 30 A DVD of performance highlights interviews and behind the scenes footage was released as Sasha amp John Digweed present Delta Heavy by System Recordings 28 Ben Turner creator of the DanceStar awards retrospectively described the Delta Heavy tour as a landmark moment for electronic music 28 Though the duo of Sasha and Digweed never explicitly split up demanding schedules and frequent independent touring prevented any substantial collaboration for a long period after Delta Heavy 6 Post Digweed edit nbsp Sasha at a performance with Lee Burridge on 27 April 2006 During the latter half of 2002 Sasha collaborated with big beat artist Junkie XL on the single Breezer 31 32 Junkie XL along with Charlie May also assisted Sasha on his second album of original material Airdrawndagger 33 Airdrawndagger took several years to produce due to Sasha s desire for the album to be as near to perfection as possible 34 That March Sasha suffered a perforated eardrum in a traffic accident further delaying the album s production Though the accident temporarily impaired his hearing he drew inspiration for the album from his ordeal Airdrawndagger was finally released in August 2002 to much fanfare However the album was received with a lot of head scratching according to Sasha which he attributed to its unexpected mix of genres The album did not feature the heavier club sound of Sasha s previous mix albums bearing a closer resemblance to ambient music 35 Airdrawndagger generally received favorable reviews 36 though critics noted that it was not as consistent and well produced as his DJ mixes Sasha himself described it as a selfish slightly self indulgent record though he maintains that he is happy with it to this day 37 Some critics however called it sleepy E Online described it as being more in league with Yanni than Moby 38 To encourage listeners interest Sasha held an amateur remix contest for the album s single Wavy Gravy 39 Due to the contest s success Sasha released all the tracks from Airdrawndagger on his website so that fans could download and create their own versions 40 After the release of Airdrawndagger Sasha took the young DJ James Zabiela under his wing He introduced Zabiela to the CDJ1000 turntable and signed Zabiela to the Excession talent agency 41 The two toured the United States together which extended Sasha s influence to already popular American DJs such as Kimball Collins 17 nbsp Sasha left on stage with Duncan Forbes center and Charlie May right of Spooky In 2004 Sasha signed with Global Underground to produce another mix album However he found the process of creating a standard mix album unrewarding 42 and decided to apply his production and DJing skills to a mix compilation that resembled a real album that is one featuring original material 11 Sasha s next studio album Involver was a fusion of mix album and production record consisting entirely of Sasha s reworkings of tracks by other artists 19 I tried to take all the separate sounds to all the tracks and recombine them he later explained and it allowed me to mix the tracks together on a much deeper level 43 He accomplished this by sequencing the album using Ableton Live 44 and Logic Pro 42 Ableton Live is a music loop based software package that Sasha uses to engineer tracks in real time whereas he used Logic Pro primarily for premeditated edits to audio tracks In 2005 Sasha produced his next mix album Fundacion NYC based on his nights DJing in New York at the Crobar club Fundacion NYC received positive reviews for its originality though JIVE Magazine found it too complicated for the ear 45 Sasha is pleased with the album and plans to make a series of Fundacion albums 46 The next year Sasha released 10 000 copies of a June 2006 DJ set for sale using Instant Live making him the first DJ to use Instant Live s licensing and publishing services 47 In August 2007 Sasha announced the formation of his record label Emfire which will be the exclusive outlet for his new material in both vinyl and digital formats 48 Its first release was COMA a collaborative track by a group of the same name which features Sasha Barry Jamieson Charlie May and Duncan Forbes 48 While continuing to regularly DJ Sasha began work on another Involver mix and the next Fundacion mix 49 Sasha s Invol2ver was released in September 2008 50 and Invol lt 3r was released in March 2013 Reuniting with Digweed edit Though frequent performing kept them apart for several years Sasha and Digweed announced that they would reunite for a few Australian performances 51 In November 2006 the duo performed at several venues including Sydney Brisbane and Melbourne as well as numerous tour dates throughout 2007 52 In 2008 Sasha and Digweed kicked off an American tour with a performance at the Winter Music Conference 53 The duo played at mainly larger venues on the weekends and smaller 750 1000 people shows on weekdays 53 Sasha described their music as driving and dark with a little throwback of Twilo sounds 53 Sasha runs a music studio and lives in New York City and maintains a house in London 35 He brings his wife with him on his frequent tours 29 Sasha finds the constant touring to be physically tiring though he also feels that he thrives on it 54 While fans may regard Sasha to be a DJ hero he is uneasy with fame Sasha considers himself shy at heart and is typically uncomfortable discussing his personal life 43 He has mentioned on numerous occasions that he is so busy with DJing and production that he rarely has any free time However he enjoys watching football cooking and sampling the cuisine of the countries he visits 55 The movie New Emissions of Light amp Sound won the Best Original Score at the X Dance Film Festival The score was made up of new and previously unreleased tracks 56 Sasha and Digweed have re united again in recent years The iconic duo Sasha amp John Digweed performed a Back to Back set at the Ministry of Sound in London on 24 March 2016 Shortly thereafter the duo announced a list of tour dates for September 2016 to re launch themselves in a series of gigs and performing Back to Back 57 Musical genres edit nbsp Sasha performing 8 July 2006 in Bucharest Romania playing electro house Influenced by the early sound of The Hacienda Sasha began his career playing records of the rough danceable genre of acid house By the early 1990s he had moved towards a more dark European house music style though by the time of his Shelley s residency he had begun to experiment more with American house His tastes further developed as he moved to Renaissance and he began to incorporate the pop based sounds of Moby Spooky and Leftfield Sasha s second Digweed collaboration 1997 s Northern Exposure was described as epic house 13 and subsequent releases featured the spacey and atmospheric trance house sound of artists such as Sven Vath Matt Darey Tilt and Armin Van Buuren A rhythmic and bassy progressive house influence distinguished his Xpander EP and the mix albums of the late 1990s 58 At the time Sasha s music rotation included records by artists such as Space Manoeuvres BT and Breeder and Sander Kleinenberg s single My Lexicon With the 2000 album Communicate the duo s work moved towards a deeper and darker house music sound The album featured tracks by Morel Mainline and Jimmy Van M The focus shifted from the melodic themes of previous releases in favour of a stronger emphasis on the bassline 58 The Delta Heavy Tour and Airdrawndagger marked a dramatic shift in style and reflected the influences of relaxed ambient and breakbeat music on Sasha s work These influences inspired the album s strong melodies occasional breakbeat loops and limited use of percussion Involver was primarily a fusion of the musical style of house and ambient breakbeat music characterised by UNKLE and Lostep With 2005 s Fundacion Sasha s style was mostly progressive house and electro house music with work by James Holden Tiefschwarz and Swayzak 7 With his success in progressive house Sasha has commented that he feels people try to pigeon hole him into playing that genre Rather than calling it progressive house Sasha considers his most recent material to be between house trance and breaks 59 though he has stated that he prefers not to associate himself with a specific genre of music Techniques and technology edit nbsp Sasha using Ableton Live at a 15 July 2006 performance at Panama an Amsterdam nightclub Sasha attributes his success to his technical skill and ability to connect with his dancers 17 During performances he balances new and experimental material while ensuring that the party is still rockin 29 His spontaneity carries over to studio work he typically has only a vague idea of the track listing when beginning work on a new mix album 60 Because of this his albums never turn out quite as he expects 60 Sasha is known for applying new music technologies to both his studio and live work Both Sasha and Digweed used Pro Tools on Mac computers when mixing their compilation albums and used turntables and records during live performances For their remixes however they used an Atari ST an obsolete personal computer from the early 1990s with Notator a music sequencer used for arranging audio tracks 61 For more recent albums such as Fundacion NYC Sasha used Ableton Live for sequencing partially because of Pro Tools higher price 55 In live performances up to the late 1990s Sasha performed exclusively using records Before he started using the CDJ1000 a turntable used for CDs he had his digital music specially cut to acetate records before each tour 37 Once he integrated CDs into his live act Sasha operated CDJ1000s with Allen amp Heath mixers and FireworX 35 nbsp Sasha performing using Ableton Live Sasha began DJing with Ableton Live in his live act as well using it in tandem with turntables Having explored its functionality Sasha found that he could perform entirely through Ableton Live He then co developed the Maven controller which he uses as a physical interface to the Live software 30 60 DJing with a mouse alone he has said is not going to look right or feel right 15 Fundacion NYC was the first album on which he regularly used the Maven controller 62 During DJ sets clubbers often believe Sasha is playing new unheard remixes in fact he is often playing modifications of tracks created in Ableton 44 Sasha most often uses the built in Ableton plugins preferring their superior stability and performance over third party plugins 60 For the first public performance of Involver material he used a PowerBook running Ableton 63 but has since shifted to a setup that includes an iMac G5 and Ableton Live 44 The Internet has affected how Sasha obtains and uses tracks for performance While he once hunted through record shops for new records on a regular basis Sasha now regularly receives new tracks from producers and labels via the Internet 30 These tracks which number in the hundreds each week are edited by Sasha and others for use in his live DJ sets 30 He still buys hundreds of records on vinyl which are then recorded and converted into music files prior to being edited in Ableton by his team of engineers In February 2013 Sasha spoke to Resident Advisor about his decision to change from using Live and the Maven controller to a combination of Native Instruments Traktor and CDs in his DJ sets He felt that whilst Ableton Live had developed significantly as production software it had become less successful as a DJing tool 64 Awards and nominations edit nbsp Watching Cars Go By Sasha Remix 2004 source source Sasha was nominated for a Grammy Award for his remix of Felix da Housecat s Watching Cars Go By Problems playing this file See media help Main article List of awards and nominations received by Sasha In 2005 the Grammy committee debated whether his mix compilation album Involver was eligible for nomination as Best Electronic Dance Album The Recording Academy decided that the album was eligible but Involver did not receive a nomination 65 Sasha did receive a Grammy nomination for his remix of Felix da Housecat s Watching Cars Go By which was featured on Involver Discography editMain article Sasha DJ discography See also Sasha amp John Digweed Discography Studio albums The Qat Collection 1994 Airdrawndagger 2002 Scene Delete 2016 Notes edit a b The nickname Sasha is a common diminutive version of the name Alexander Due to a legal dispute with the German singer also named Sasha he is known as DJ Sasha in Germany 1 2 References edit Sasha Vs Sasha Trance DJ Keeps Right To Name MTV News Retrieved 15 August 2018 Sasha Plays the Name Game NME 7 November 2000 Retrieved 15 August 2018 Sounds DJ Interview Sasha In Ibiza Pioneer DJ Sounds Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 Retrieved 8 March 2012 Sasha tops DJ poll BBC News 20 November 2000 Retrieved 12 June 2015 Grammy Award nominees in top categories USA Today 12 July 2004 Retrieved 26 March 2015 a b c d e f Birchmeier Jason Sasha John Digweed biography AllMusic Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b Jones Simon 19 May 2006 Sasha Fundacion NYC Progressive Sounds Archived from the original on 19 May 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Jones Simon 3 July 2002 Sasha Airdrawndagger Progressive Sounds Archived from the original on 4 June 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 James Colin Sasha No rest for the world s last rock star deejay Prefix Magazine Archived from the original on 20 December 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Larkin Colin 2000 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music London Virgin p 340 ISBN 9780753504277 a b c Sasha speaks BBC Wales 29 July 2004 Archived from the original on 11 August 2004 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c Sasha profile SoundRevolt Archived from the original on 14 December 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c d e f g Dresden Dave 7 July 1997 Interview with Sasha DJ Times Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 31 December 2006 via About com a b Sasha Standing the Test of Time Resident Advisor 18 October 2004 Archived from the original on 4 February 2005 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c Preve Francis September 2004 Spotlight Remix summit The avant art of Sasha and Josh Gabriel Keyboard vol 30 no 9 pp 38 41 ISSN 0730 0158 Sasha Discogs Archived from the original on 27 April 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c Brewster Bill 2000 Last Night a DJ Saved My Life Grove Press p 389 ISBN 0 8021 3688 5 Bidder Sean 1999 The Rough Guide to House Music Rough Guides p 43 ISBN 1 85828 432 5 a b Prato Greg Sasha biography AllMusic Retrieved 31 December 2006 Drever Andrew 5 December 2002 Come in spinner The Age Archived from the original on 1 November 2004 Retrieved 31 December 2006 via Djsasha com Record Labels Excession Resident Advisor Archived from the original on 9 February 2005 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Scoring with Sasha Interview with Rockstar Games and Psygnosis DJMixed com Archived from the original on 28 April 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Cooper Sean Spooky biography AllMusic Retrieved 31 December 2006 Snoman Rick 2004 Dance Music Manual Toys Tools and Techniques Focus Press p 142 ISBN 0 240 51915 9 Micallef Ken 7 December 2000 Communicate LAUNCHcast Yahoo Archived from the original on 29 November 2005 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Petridis Alexis 21 August 2003 Cynical exploitative and banking on ecstasy to mask the rip off The Guardian Retrieved 31 December 2006 Gillan Audrey 21 August 2003 Super DJs forced off the dancefloor The Guardian Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c d Jones Simon 7 February 2006 Sasha amp John Digweed Delta Heavy A DVD Documentary Progressive Sounds Archived from the original on 27 April 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c Juarez Vanessa 3 February 2006 DJ Sasha on Dance Music s Glowstick Culture Newsweek Archived from the original on 27 April 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c d Sasha Progressive Sounds February 2006 Archived from the original on 18 May 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Jones Simon 4 January 2003 Junkie XL Beauty Never Fades Breezer Progressive Sounds Archived from the original on 16 May 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Beauty Never Fades Breezer Discogs Archived from the original on 10 January 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Swan Glenn Airdrawndagger review AllMusic Retrieved 31 December 2006 Jones Simon December 2001 BT interview Progressive Sounds Archived from the original on 14 May 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c McGeachin Nick 24 September 2004 Sasha His Life The Music amp Neil Young Virgin Megamagazine Archived from the original on 27 January 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Airdrawndagger by Sasha Metacritic Archived from the original on 5 December 2005 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b Harrington Richard 31 March 2006 Master Manipulator Keeps It Spinning The Washington Post Retrieved 31 December 2006 Review of Airdrawndagger E Online Archived from the original on 16 December 2004 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Wavy Gravy Remix contest winner announced Djsasha com Archived from the original on 10 October 2003 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Sasha s Freedom of Airdrawndagger Resident Advisor 24 February 2003 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Davis DJ Zak James Zabiela Alive Review About com Archived from the original on 6 May 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b Romero Dennis 24 June 2004 Building a Better DJ Los Angeles CityBeat Archived from the original on 31 December 2005 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b Reeves Mosi 7 October 2004 Don t Speak A man of few words dance music hero Sasha talks with his hands Houston Press Archived from the original on 15 September 2005 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c Schaal Tilmann DJ Sasha Crossfade into the Digital Domain Apple com Archived from the original on 27 November 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Jewels 22 June 2006 Sasha Fundacion JIVE Magazine Retrieved 31 December 2006 McCarthy Zel 31 May 2005 One More Time Interview with Sasha Groovetickets com Archived from the original on 19 November 2005 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Paoletta Michael 24 May 2006 Sasha Plans Live DJ Mixes Billboard Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b Sasha launches new Empire label 365mag 22 August 2007 Archived from the original on 27 August 2007 Retrieved 13 September 2007 Woodcock Clare Interviews Sasha 4clubbers net Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Jones Simon 29 July 2008 Sasha Invol2ver Progressive Sounds Retrieved 6 August 2008 Jones Simon 10 August 2006 John Digweed Interview Progressive Sounds Retrieved 31 December 2006 Sasha tour dates navigate to Tour Dates Djsasha com Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c Bilen Andrew 24 July 2008 An interview with Sasha and John Digweed Progressive Sounds Retrieved 7 August 2008 Skrufff Jonty 2 July 2005 Sasha s Secret Of Superstar DJ Success Trackitdown net Archived from the original on 30 August 2005 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b Schoenbohm Kevin Jules Mari 31 August 2006 SASHA Djfix com Archived from the original on 17 February 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Slomowicz Ron 23 May 2008 Sasha 2008 Interview Sasha and Digweed 2008 Spring Tour dancemusic com Archived from the original on 10 July 2014 Retrieved 23 May 2008 Medved Matt 4 April 2016 Sasha amp John Digweed Confirm Fall 2016 Reunion Billboard a b Nathan Brackett ed 2004 Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th ed Fireside p 718 ISBN 0 7432 0169 8 DJ Producer Sasha Interview Kidzworld Archived from the original on 28 December 2005 Retrieved 31 December 2006 a b c d Blue Ben Sasha Fundacion NYC Interview Dance Music About com Archived from the original on 1 May 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 Gerrish Bruce 2001 Remix The Electronic Music Explosion ArtistPro pp 65 127 133 Sasha Fundacionnyc Mix DJMixed com Retrieved 31 December 2006 dead link DJ Sasha talks Macs and Ableton Macworld 26 June 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 RA EX136 Sasha Podcast Resident Advisor Retrieved 28 February 2013 Romero Dennis 17 February 2005 In a Grammy Groove Los Angeles CityBeat Archived from the original on 25 May 2006 Retrieved 31 December 2006 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sasha DJ Official website Sasha discography at MusicBrainz Sasha at AllMusic Sasha 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