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Originally posted by Mattsanity. I promised Chimney that I wouldn't bump an old thread in awhile but Sasha deserves it. Sasha = best tracklist archive ever

I approve of this bump because I was not aware of that Hacienda mix nor that '96 mix.

I wondered when TA was going to get round to another one of these semi-regular classic S&D jizz-fests.

I cream my pants every time I hear his essential mix from Alexandra Palace and he drops Paul Van Dyks remix of Humate Love Stimulation

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Originally posted by Rainborn Someone just post up a damn link to that other set with the Echobeach track, or I'll leave this site forever!!!!!!!!!

and he was never heard from again...

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I wondered when TA was going to get round to another one of these semi-regular classic S&D jizz-fests.

You're part of it you cum bucket.

Hey, I've never denied my love of '90s Sasha and Digweed. Sasha wasn't too bad when I saw him on Sunday either.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Hey, I've never denied my love of '90s Sasha and Digweed. Sasha wasn't too bad when I saw him on Sunday either.

What's he playing atm?

I saw Joris Voorn on Friday and shit was he boring, real let down too, been digging his sound cloud recently.

Involver-sounding stuff. Quite a lot of vocals, plenty of atmospherics, some deep basslines and not too much energy.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Involver-sounding stuff. Quite a lot of vocals, plenty of atmospherics, some deep basslines and not too much energy.

Sweet.

Joris Voorn was the complete opposite.

Literally the same sounding track for 2 hours. Really, really fucking annoying.

It was that or Axwell though and when we tried to make it back to Room 1 we heard Call on Me (I shit you not) and Pjanoo so we thought, fuck it and went back to hearing some punchy kickdrum and a bumbling bass for another 30 minutes.

Jeremy Olander was fucking unreal though, massively impressed by him.

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Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7 Jeremy Olander was fucking unreal though, massively impressed by him.

YES. I've been dying to see him live, kinda jealous

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Originally posted by chris1011 YES. I've been dying to see him live, kinda jealous

Best DJ of the night imo perfect and he was up against Nic Fanciulli, James Zabiela, John Digweed, Joris Voorn, Eric Prydz.

He had perfect amounts of groove and melody, had the place rocking, didn't play any cheese or big anthems, but didn't bore with the same loop for 8 hours like the rest did.

James Zabiela couldn't match him after, just fucked about with his iPad during a 7 minute long intro, then ended on some DrumnBass which I thought was a dick move to the poor fuck following.

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Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7 James Zabiela couldn't match him after, just fucked about with his iPad during a 7 minute long intro, then ended on some DrumnBass which I thought was a dick move to the poor fuck following.

Was it this one?



He's been closing on this a lot recently, did it when I saw him back in September and it blew the roof off.

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Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7 Best DJ of the night imo perfect and he was up against Nic Fanciulli, James Zabiela, John Digweed, Joris Voorn, Eric Prydz. He had perfect amounts of groove and melody, had the place rocking, didn't play any cheese or big anthems, but didn't bore with the same loop for 8 hours like the rest did. James Zabiela couldn't match him after, just fucked about with his iPad during a 7 minute long intro, then ended on some DrumnBass which I thought was a dick move to the poor fuck following.

Wow. Huge names. Surprised he held his own and even showed the others what's up.

If and when Eric makes it down to Toronto, I really really really hope he brings Olander with him. It will probably be the deciding factor in whether or not I buy a ticket. I remember hearing his earlier tracks and was like "wow who is this guy!". And then a few months later I learned that he was touring with Eric.

I think he has a promising career ahead of him.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Was it this one? He's been closing on this a lot recently, did it when I saw him back in September and it blew the roof off.

Yeah could have been.

But how do you follow those speeds? Even with his sonic ******y that gets annoying it's tough to go back to 125-8 McHouse and it not sound crap.

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Originally posted by chris1011 Wow. Huge names. Surprised he held his own and even showed the others what's up. If and when Eric makes it down to Toronto, I really really really hope he brings Olander with him. It will probably be the deciding factor in whether or not I buy a ticket. I remember hearing his earlier tracks and was like "wow who is this guy!". And then a few months later I learned that he was touring with Eric. I think he has a promising career ahead of him.

Yeah deffo, he was so cool.

My gf got a few vids one of which has a tune I need to get hold of, so I'll try upload that.

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Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7 Yeah could have been. But how do you follow those speeds? Even with his sonic ******y that gets annoying it's tough to go back to 125-8 McHouse and it not sound crap.

Start again with a really long intro, reset the energy. I do think it works better when it's the last track of the night, but it's not impossible to follow.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Start again with a really long intro, reset the energy. I do think it works better when it's the last track of the night, but it's not impossible to follow.

Yes all well and good, but who was following? Axwell (or Prydz - I don't recall, I left for Joris Voorn and Digweed.), that's who.

Well I think Axwell is shit, so I'd have no qualms about shafting him as a DJ.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Well I think Axwell is shit, so I'd have no qualms about shafting him as a DJ.

Haha, good point. It could have been deliberate.

is there a 'The The' remix out there from sasha?

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Well I think Axwell is shit, so I'd have no qualms about shafting him as a DJ.

He's quite a nice guy atleast what i have seen him in swedish tv interviews. Too bad he's listening and making shit music though.

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Originally posted by dj christian He's quite a nice guy atleast what i have seen him in swedish tv interviews. Too bad he's listening and making shit music though.

Its shit to you me and anyone else with taste but for the majority of the public thats the crap they want to hear, and hence why every dumb track he makes, just makes him richer.

Sasha lately has this pretty cool remix/rework of Nero's Innocence he plays live, works really well live and the crowd usually loves it.

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Originally posted by paulversuspaul Its shit to you me and anyone else with taste but for the majority of the public thats the crap they want to hear, and hence why every dumb track he makes, just makes him richer.

Don't remind me of AVICII. That guy just make me puke. I am ashamed being Swede just for that guy alone.

By the way i just listened to a Sasha set from 93. What a kick ass mix that was.

To contribute to this thread from 16 years ago, I have realized that I enjoy Sasha from all the different eras, except the late 2000's early 2010's, he played minima/tech/I don't know what you call it. He started getting better in the mid 2010's again but I've seen him solo a half dozen times since 2012, a decade ago, and he was hit or miss on two of those occasions. One night in 2013, at Output in Brooklyn, he was so drunk that he fell down and couldn't DJ, and DJ Three had to fill in for him for a half hour until he regained his composure. I got the sense that he was unhappy at that point in his life, although I've heard he has been a notorious partier for a long time. Prior to that, I saw him another half dozen times dating back to 2004. When he reunited with Digweed about 5 years ago, I think he really got his mojo and inspiration back. I'm not sure what caused their falling out, but them getting back together was probably good for both of them. When you have someone who can magic together with, you probably should do it, because magic isn't easy to come by. I have also seen Digweed play almost a dozen times dating back to 2006, and during that time, I thought his sets delivered more consistently, even though, when Sasha gets it right, he nails it.Since they've been back together I've seen them five times and only one time was less than stellar but it wasn't bad. The other four times have been phenomenal.
About 4 or 5 years ago, I saw a Sasha playlist on Soundcloud with 165 sets, and I decided to start at the top and go one by one until I finish the entire playlist. I have 38 left. The sets aren't in any order so you might listen to one from 1991 and then one from 2013, which really works out because you come to appreciate Sasha as a DJ and an artist by listening randomly from different eras and you get to hear him evolve as a DJ and what his music choices were. You have the 1989-1991, 1992-1994,1995-1997,1998-2002,2003-2006,2007-2009,2009-2013,2014-2017, and 2017-2022, and all of these eras offer you something different. I'm glad I am still plugging away at these Sasha playlists, because it's good running or dancing or relaxing, or raging music depending on which Sasha you are getting. I personally, wish I was old enough, and in the U.K. to see him in 1991, then during the mid to late 90's when he was spinning proper trance, then in NYC in the late 90's when he had his residency there. I have heard stories about the nights he spun at Twilo during the late 90's, they were supposedly legendary. It's cool to see an artist that you like progress and I hope he plays as long as he wants to. More power to him.

These are the soundcloud links to the Sasha playlists.


https://soundcloud.com/wayne-little-1/sets/sasha
https://soundcloud.com/kate-2b/sets/sasha

https://soundcloud.com/rave_on/sets/sasha-classic

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