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Sasha Interview
An untypical interview by Sasha 3 years ago, but has only surfaced now. Really enjoyable read.
http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/sasha
Other good Sasha interviews:
http://www.djhistory.com/features/s...rst-dj-pin-1991
http://www.djhistory.com/features/sasha-son-god-1994
What an awesomely entertaining interview. Quite a sense of humor, this man has:
Didn't know about this:
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| You had someone going round Northern Ireland pretending to be you. That was years ago. He pulled it off mate. I got to take my hat off to him. I blew the gig out. I don�t know if the promoter arranged for this guy to turn up. I�d just shaved my head as well. the only time I�ve ever done it. Did this complete skinhead, when I was on tour, some kid shaved his head, played the set, apparently walked off with three grand or something. And noone knew any better until I announced that I wasn�t even in the country. |
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| I went through a little phase of looking through the forums but it�s bizarre. It�s like being sat in a toilet cubicle and you overhear your name and you�re not sure if you want to listen in case someone�s slagging you off. Everybody�s got a fucking opinion and you can�t please these people. It�s quite unhealthy. I know a couple of other DJs used to finish their sets and go straight onto the forums and I�m like, what are you doing this for? It�s soul-destroying. And they used to get really upset by some of the things that were said. These kids are sat there off their nuts after the club and they�ve got nothing better to do than just sit there and type crap. I have a look every now and again. It�s a good reality check to see where the land lies. |
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| Can you go on record saying what the most outrageous thing was? The most outrageous thing was I turned down 50 grand to DJ for two hours. Seriously? I knew that as soon as I did that I�m going to fucking regret this. |
Nice read. Sasha seems like he'd be pretty cool to hang out with.
It�s not just you, but it�s you in particular.
I definitely get the worst of them. Fucking weirdos.
lol shots have been fired at nsamadi^
anyways nice read.
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| It�s not just you, but it�s you in particular. I definitely get the worst of them. Fucking weirdos. |
great read
love the talk about Twilo
Fantastic interview. None of the usual questions and answers, and you really get an insight into the man. Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton are two of the best electronic music journalists out there, and it helps they're also respected DJs.
The whole site looks great, actually.
Nice, an actual good interview.
Turned down 50K for a 2 hour set? 
He best of had a MEGA excuse not to take that on.
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Fantastic interview. None of the usual questions and answers, and you really get an insight into the man. Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton are two of the best electronic music journalists out there, and it helps they're also respected DJs. The whole site looks great, actually. |
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| Originally posted by Guest How to DJ right, the art and science of playing records |
Old, but fantastic. Probably the best interview with him I've ever seen.
I'd love to run into him at an afterhours and get him telling stories. I can only imagine what he's seen.
Just wondering...
I always thought Sasha got somewhere around 50K to do a gig, I thought that was his usually rate. How much does he usually get paid?
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| Originally posted by nsamadi Just wondering... I always thought Sasha got somewhere around 50K to do a gig, I thought that was his usually rate. How much does he usually get paid? |
Cool, nice read.
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| Paul Van Dyk once cited you as a primary influence in what he was doing in Germany. But I guess what he does now is quite different... Musically we were very close around 1994, �95, we used to play together at E-Werk, and even though he played a lot faster, we used to do back-to-back sets. We were musically very close. It was only when Paul started playing at Gatecrasher his sound just went off into that area. And that whole trance thing kicked off. |
http://www.djhistory.com/features/sasha-son-god-1994
http://www.djhistory.com/features/s...rst-dj-pin-1991
Seems there's a nsamadi there.
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"At one major dance party Sasha, barely able to stand, took to the decks in a state that can only be described as �drunk as a skunk�. He then disappeared into the throng to dance, leaving a gaggle of DJs watching the record inch its way to the end, wondering �who�s going to put the next tune on?� |
lol what an absurd cover
I, Steve, Son of Rocky Aoki, am the son of God
Rock'em Sock'em,
-Steve Aoki
I remember the whole "Son of God" thing, definitely funny.
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| Well CD to records is another thing. That�s a whole other argument, looking through a record box and you get shapes in your head and colours, yeah and looking through a browser at names of records you really have to stay on top of what things are called. I mean I know what my records are called now. Three or four years ago I never remembered names of tunes at all. |
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| Originally posted by bas Haha, totally feel the same way. I have no idea how many times I've thought about the way a record looks instead of what the name is, "I don't know...black sleeve with a purple label, white writing". |
I used to be a walking database of music because I had a ton of the vinyl that was being played out about two years ago, now I hear a track and I know I have it...but I'll be fucked if I can actually remember what it's called 
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