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| quote: | Originally posted by crazydave023
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 |
that 2010-2017 Sasha era was ROUGH. As a massive Sasha & Digweed fan, i think they both shit the bed during those years. Just all over the place with zero identity. Much better these days, but both were really boring for nearly a decade
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I just love it when Sasha plays breaks because he has an awesome taste for it. His mixing is sublime but that's not new at all. Legend.
