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Markus Schulz and Sasha on GDJB (06-14-2004)
WPYM-93.1 Miami
The Global DJ Broadcast
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simulcast!
For Monday: 06-14-04
This week's lineup: (6am GMT)
1:00 am - 2:00 am - Markus Schulz
2:00 am - 3:00 am - Markus Schulz
3:00 am - 4:00 am - Sasha
4:00 am - 5:00 am - Markus Schulz
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is on your mind. Our host, Markus Schulz is usually hanging out as well as
many of the guest djs!
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Markus Schulz starts us off with the Essentials! Markus Schulz leads of the
broadcast with his signature dark melodic sounds.
Sasha returns to the Broadcast! There are DJs who turn up, play records and
make people dance. And there are producers who make the dance floor-igniting
records those DJs will kill for. There are very few people in dance music
who can do both and Sasha is the leader of the pack. Ever since he rode in
on a tidal wave of adoration from the North of England's explosive early 90s
club scene, that magic touch has made Alexander Coe one of the most famous,
most revered DJ on the planet.
It's because of what he can do with music - the way he can make good records
sound better, great records sound awesome, and everything he plays into his
own. The way his mixes take elements from across the spectrum of electronic
dance, from trance, breaks, progressive and deep house, and create a
languidly hypnotic liquid groove. The way his understanding of both melody
and momentum can tease, taunt, and en-trance a dance floor before unleashing
a record that will have people not just leaping up and down but bursting
with emotion. The best DJs know that DJing is first about being able to read
people and then about being able to tap into that human experience and take
it on a journey. Sasha has always been noted for being a master at this and
it is this universal appeal that he has tapped into that has established his
strong fan base around the globe.
Do not be mistaken, this kind of recognition does not happen overnight. Born
and raised in a small town in Wales, Sasha was exposed to Motown records
when he was just a baby and it was in the home that his talent for playing
the piano was developed. His first exposure to house music was at
Manchester's Hacienda; just as dance music exploded into the summer of love.
"The smoke machine, the strobe lights, everyone trance dancing, wearing
bandanas and smiley T-shirts," he smiles now. This impact encouraged his
move from Wales to Manchester. His first exploration into DJing was when a
DJ in a local pub announced he was looking for people to play club dates.
Sasha volunteered and now says that he 'had about 30 records and basically
just blagged it'.
After honing his deck technique, Sasha's first big break came when he was
offered a residency at Stokes legendary club Shelly's. When all the other
DJ's were playing US House, Sasha's style was much more uplifting, and he
encapsulated clubbers with his mixture of piano led Italian House whilst
playing acapella tracks over the top. This combination alongside a wide
variety of anthems kept dance floors full and elevated Sasha to hero status.
And, lets not forget, in a world where the DJ had too often been
bespectacled nerds, here the headline DJ had the looks and charm to match
his growing following. In classic rock n' roll style, here was a star that
boys wanted to hang out with and girls wanted to get just that little more
bit close to.
Shelly's was the launch pad for the residency at Renaissance, where Sasha
created his niche and helped forge a new style in UK house music. At
Renaissance two major things happened; Sasha mixed the first ever UK DJ mix
album and he met John Digweed which cemented the partnership known as
'Northern Exposure'. Sasha and John have played together on five continents,
have mixed 3 'Northern Exposure' albums which have sold to over 1 million
people worldwide.
There followed a move back into releasing his own music, collaborating with
the former Underworld mainstay, DJ Darren Emerson on 'Scorchio'. For Sasha,
music is his first love, and what gives him a buzz is being able to share
his music with others. Soon after 'Scorchio' came the first concrete proof
of the long-awaited, debut Sasha long player.
'Airdrawndagger' took his nose for the dance floor's g-spot and combined it
with the ears for a heartstring strumming melody, a smile inducing hook and
dirty great b-line to create a 69 minute symphony that sounds as wistfully
enchanting doing the hoovering at home as it does reaching for the lasers on
Saturday night. Like the best Sasha DJ set you ever heard, it has melancholy
mixed with euphoria, down tempo introspection mixed with jump n' shout
excitement.
Across the 11 tracks, there's the time and space to reflect his love for
music that rarely gets the chance to shine in clubs, whether that's
punishingly gnarly break beats or glittering modern classical film scores.
It's a symphony for all ravers that grew up but never grew out of chasing
that buzz. A record of a journey that began, as so many did, in the smoke
and strobes of Manchester's Hacienda nightclub and has now taken him to
Midwestern stadium and around the globe.
The Delta Heavy Tour that consisted of Sasha, John Digweed and Johnny Van M
and took in 35 gigs between March and May in 2002 was awarded Best Dance
Event at the Dancestar Awards 2003. It was a series of gigs that took DJing
into unprecedented waters - two mammoth tour buses, visuals by the company
behind hit movie 7even's intense opening credit sequence, and crowds of up
to 15,000 clubbers crammed into arenas, warehouses and theatres across the
United States.
After a year of dates across the globe, including sets at Homelands,
Creamfields, Dance Valley, and hosting a stage in the forest of the Mount
Fuji Festival, Sasha has been in the studio again, working on new plans and
ideas. Expect a few surprises over the coming months, for the man simply
refuses to stand still.
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Markus Schulz Top 10 (in no particular order)
1. Benz & MD - Still Rain/Dead Calm [Silver Planet]
2. Sarah Mclachlan - World On Fire (Junkie XL Remix) [Arista]
3. Tomonari & Tommy Pi - C Sharp (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Remix) [Skywarp]
4. Kajal - Exquisite [CDR]
5. Probspot - TV Dinner [CDR]
6. Andy White & Andy Moor presents The White Room - White Room [CDR]
7. Tadi & NV - Indian Hashish [Coldharbour Selections/EE]
8. Smith & Pledger - Forever (Aspekt Remix) [Anjuna]
9. Kalafut & Fygle - Lullaby [CDR]
10. Recluse - Isle Dauphine (8 Wonders Distant Horizons Remix)
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