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Originally posted by idoru Yesssssssss

but those are all Digweed tracks

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Originally posted by Clovis but those are all Digweed tracks

Ya but he still played them at various places

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Originally posted by jupiterone Tijuana - Groove Is In The Air (Unreleased Moonface Mix)

i love that fuckin track

His essential mix from 2005 is one of my like top 2 sets ever, so Ill always give him a try. He was boring the last 2 times I saw him (both last year) so I guess he hasnt improved at all since.

And I also think its cause he lazy. Or he just has so much shit going on that he cant keep up with what hes really here to do: put on kick-ass live shows.

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue i love that fuckin track

I still play it.

i saw him at love parade this year and yeah i would have to agree, he was boring.

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Originally posted by llavoe digweed hates playing in the states... And has a big chip on his shoulder about Americans... Sasha does to.

Know this for a fact? I wouldn't mind hearing some elaboration.

About Sasha: Sets of his hat I love all have something in common. He plays the style that he is good at playing, what he is famous for playing. When he played melodic, deep, interesting tracks that flowed together in harmony, he started getting recognition for that particular style. Even though it somewhat changed over some years, ranging from more trancey bits to deeper, progressive house, it still was infused with great melody.

Today, and for the past couple of years, I feel like that element is somewhat missing. There are a few sets here and there that I like, but most don't have that old element that gravitated so many people to his style.

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Originally posted by jupiterone All I can say is... I sure as hell miss the days when Sasha played tracks like: Shmuel Flash - Chilling Moments Brancaccio & Aisher - Everybody Adam Dived - Head First Tom Mangan - Chutney Tijuana - Groove Is In The Air (Unreleased Moonface Mix) Uh oh, I said it

Now why did you have to go and do that?

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Originally posted by RJT Journey my arsehole - I just want someone to make me want to uncontrollably dance like the idiot I am, and I could give fuck-all about the "journey" when I'm out at a club. Talk like that is for people who still enjoy eating too many e-pillz in hopes that one day they'll actually reach those lasers.

then honestly i dont know which sasha you're talking about because he always rocks the shit, you must be too serious, take some e-pillz and relax and youll probably have a good time

but then again, i havent seen hin nearly as many times or spent as many hours listening to and analyzing his music like you have

i own some cds, went to a couple parties and have heard a set or two

im not a big fan of recorded sets, i dont know what it is, i think too much is lost contextually

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Originally posted by Allied Nations then honestly i dont know which sasha you're talking about because he always rocks the shit, you must be too serious, take some e-pillz and relax and youll probably have a good time

He always rocks the shit in Montreal.


Get it right bro

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Originally posted by Clovis He always rocks the shit in Montreal. Get it right bro

Because, ya know, it's Montreal, man! There's no place better for partying than Montreal. It's got all of those Montreal DJs rockin' the Montreal crowds, and all of the big DJs who visit Montreal always throw down their best sets they wouldn't play anywhere else. Montreal! Such as.

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Originally posted by Clovis He always rocks the shit in Montreal. Get it right bro

oops i saw him in india and he rocked the shit there too





gotta love smirnoff sponsored edm events in india.. funky house followed by sasha followed by some local psytrance dj

definitely getting some bites this evening that's for sure :P

quit the the bitching and post a set that you fanboys cream over.

E-pillz!

Never done them for Sasha, only meth+Vicodin combo, his set seems to go by so fast though

i saw James & Hernan Cattaneo B2b
James Lavelle
Sasha & Digweed b2b in 2005 in MWC, on e pillz...incredible party escept for the lavelle bit.

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Originally posted by Clovis The problem when discussing Sasha is there are always those damn exceptions which make final opinions on him tough. He destroyed Las Vegas in oct 05 when I saw him there, never seen anything close to that set by him since...

I completely agree with this...

You think he's down and out, boring and whatnot, then you go see 'em and he's
absolutely ridiculous which rekindles the passion you have for his music,
and HOPE he keeps it comin in the future...

But then he's prone again to the eventual bla-ness.

Regardless, i still give all his sets a listen, and think his EM and SW4 are MASSIVE
...and the Thank You mix is a really nice "at home" mix

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Originally posted by Allied Nations then honestly i dont know which sasha you're talking about because he always rocks the shit, you must be too serious, take some e-pillz and relax and youll probably have a good time

this thread is both hilarious, and hilariously interesting.

personally, for me there are a lot of DJs who are totally hit or miss when it comes to their live shows, recorded livesets, CDs, productions/remixes, waffle cooking skills, etc...

i absolutely loved Sasha's EM from this year. the first 30 minutes of it make me want to have whorish dirty sex with fuzzy little rabbits under a sky filled with rainbows and twinkling fairy dust. i thought the flow was excellent, and all the tracks he played were very melodic and interesting. i don't think i ever expected him to play the same style when i saw him on Friday, and i don't know if i even would have enjoyed hearing it while out at a club. it's just one of those sets that i always listen to while i'm at work or in my car.

when i saw him at Glass during WMC '06, his set was so fucking epic. easily one of the best nights of music i've heard in my life (although i think that also had something to do with the flawless opening set from Luke Fair), and that's saying a lot because i was actually feeling really shitty that night, and i still enjoyed every single minute of it.

there are actually very few DJs who i know will blow me away and make me reach for the lazers every single time i see them. Sasha just isn't one of them. but like Clovis said, there are always those exceptions and i'd still keep giving him chances in hopes that he'll wow me again.

Seems like Myra has combined her awesomeness and Rob's essay-writing skills to form the perfect reply in this thread.

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Originally posted by iammesol Seems like Myra has combined her awesomeness and Rob's essay-writing skills to form the perfect reply in this thread.

My skills are reserved for Kant this week

I have always loved Sasha, been devoted to him, going to every show he plays in LA and often driving up to San Francisco to hear him spin as well. His music defined by early days of clubbing more than any other Dj, but his sets lately have been mediocre at best. Where has the energy gone in his music? I saw him at Vanguard a few weeks back and nearly fell asleep, I'm not joking, it was painful to listen. To me, John Digweed has maintained his connection with the dancefloor, playing strong music, but not Sasha.

I hate saying this

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Originally posted by RJT I guess it's just sad to have seen someone who has put together some of my favorite sets (live and studio) of all time become the absolute antithesis of what I want to hear in a club.

Agree.

It's hard to fault him for his tunes not being as "fresh" as they once were considering the ease of access we now have with the internet (though dropping Love It as of late is fucking stupid), it's that the tunes he plays now are just crap or average at best. I don't mean to say he needs to be playing like he was in years past - there have definitely been some sets in the last few years that have floored me - but for the most part the tracks he's playing now are so formulaic and watered down. They sound like they've been produced in 10 minutes just to make it to the top of the Beatport charts and it's completely baffling as to why he's playing this shit. To make it worse it seems he's completely lost that sense of flow that used to make his sets great. Now they're just all over the fucking place going from peak time bombs to tracks he should be using to open a night with one after another. I don't think there's a better example than the sets he's been dropping Supermayer - Two of Us in lately. It's a great track but he has no place to go after opening with it at Lovefest. Even better was the mix out of it in the Tribe set a few weeks back, which is one of the worst transitions I've ever heard.

His EM and damn near every other set this year is a perfect example of this, I honestly don't see how people can be impressed with that if they've been listening to him for years but I suppose to each his own. I did like Bonnaroo, but really just because it was bombs.com for 3 hours it didn't have shit for flow. But as everyone's said no matter what he always seems to have that epic night up his sleeve just as you think you're done with him.

Oh, and UCB ftfuckinw (y)

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Originally posted by iammesol Seems like Myra has combined her awesomeness and Rob's essay-writing skills to form the perfect reply in this thread.

I dunno, I've proofread his essays....

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