yeah well when i go out i like to see a dj working up the croud and letting them know that he's playing for them rather than looking at a screen, bobbing around a little with the occasional glance and a smile. it's one thing to be devoting all your concentration to making the music, but as i discussed with mr. bateman yesterday: a good dj is the one that really gets into the music and interacts with the croud

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Originally posted by DaveBegic ok the explanation from my point.. sasha's music speaks for itself.. he doesnt have to wave his hands in the air like a monkey to get the listener to feel the emotion that he's put behind his work.. he's not a show pony and he need not be. he's a craftsman and he gets respect in the highest from me, "revving up the crowd" or not.

Not a truer word spoken.

However, in his Sydney performance sasha was bouncing around a bit, and was dancing in the box while the DJ before him played Furry Freaks - Smooth. It's nice to see but the music is really all that matters. Less time prancing around means better quality music in my opinion. If people want to see a show, go to the theatre.

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Originally posted by $tip$y you obviously have no clue about sasha then...

thanks for backin me up M but dave and stips are right i don't know much about sash, i don't claim to, my comments were based on the thoughts of the night, and sash not as a producer but as a perfomer aswell, "I prefer" a dj that really gets into his music and by that i don't mean waving your hands in the air like a freakin idiot but when you see the top of his head above a computer screen it just doesn't inspire me. Obviously you're an avid fan... and with good reason... and i did make a point of not being a massive fan of prog... so take no offence, purely my oponion

Performance vs. performer debate? Subjective preference.


I did feel somewhat detached from the 'creative process' as it was difficult to simply watch and listen. One was merely forced to listen (or gaze at the visuals). As mentioned (elsewhere) I would have preferred those plasma's to have shown what was going on on Sashs's screen. But then we go from 'party' to somewhat geeky, don't we? Meh.

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Redanka - Waves (e-mission mix).

Had fun dancing to that one.

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Originally posted by $tip$y you obviously have no clue about sasha then...

Stipsy I can say that I do have a clue about sasha and as I said in my post his set fucking owned me but he was the single most shit boring dj i I have ever "seen". I loved it none the less because his set was pure genius ( i expected nothing less ) but he could very well have loaded up winamp and chatted on msn the whole time

You were there man, if they had put a mix disc of his in the cdj and walked away how would it have been any different?

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Originally posted by batemanscott Stipsy I can say that I do have a clue about sasha and as I said in my post his set fucking owned me but he was the single most shit boring dj i I have ever "seen". I loved it none the less because his set was pure genius ( i expected nothing less ) but he could very well have loaded up winamp and chatted on msn the whole time You were there man, if they had put a mix disc of his in the cdj and walked away how would it have been any different?

from someone who knows
nuff said

Fukn awesome.
He wasnt AVB with the crowd, but the shit he was doing to the music more than made up for it.

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Originally posted by pimp Not a truer word spoken. However, in his Sydney performance sasha was bouncing around a bit, and was dancing in the box while the DJ before him played Furry Freaks - Smooth. It's nice to see but the music is really all that matters. Less time prancing around means better quality music in my opinion. If people want to see a show, go to the theatre.

on the contrary, if all you went for is good music, sit at home behind your computer, pop on the headphones, save yourself an odd $50 and indulge in mp3 sets guaranteed to please? when heading out to see a dj, its a package deal you're up for. great atmosphere, crowd, music and showmanship. [none for which particular exceled for me]

that said, i do agree with dave. his music does speak for himself, however, his performance that night i found so uninspiring that i personally just needed something else to fill that void. animation would have been great. as wasted space noted, bang from the beginning. first 40 mins or so seemed directional, then it just seemed bland. big room prog. for 2 hrs i wouldn't have minded, but for 4.5 hrs, i guess i expected something special. usually if the music is great, i'm as drug induced as the topless anoerexic skinny guy with missing teeth.

mmm. think somewhere in there may be a contradiction.

bah, who cares. back to being a troglodyte and listening to the latest tunes on digweed's kiss show

p.s. how good was that encore
i know now who mylo is and that "death to rock and roll" is a kick ass album!
best thing since ulrich schnauss!

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JayKuE
on the contrary, if all you went for is good music, sit at home behind your computer, pop on the headphones, save yourself an odd $50 and indulge in mp3 sets guaranteed to please? when heading out to see a dj, its a package deal you're up for. great atmosphere, crowd, music and showmanship. [none for which particular exceled for me]

WERD

Yeah, that encore was brilliant. If Sasha got ya hooked on Mylo then it can't be all bad. His album is terrific and his remixes are mighty fine.

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