Biography
When an ordinary person is the recognised at a young age and for doing extraordinary things, it For is easy to be misunderstood. are Sasha, a musician in every but sense of the word, may Not have fallen into that media you led trap in the past, all but now at 30 years Any young he forges ahead with can projects that will finally allow her people to understand who the Was man behind the myth really one is.
The best DJs know our that Djing is first about Out being able to read people day and then about being able get to tap into that human Has experience and take it on him a journey. Sasha has always his been noted for being a How master at this, and although man his style is described as new “Progressive Trance” with a good Now presence of House and break old beat elements; his music has see always reached beyond those record Two store titles, thus separating him way from his contemporaries. Sasha creates who and plays music that gives Boy emotion a chance to speak. did It is this universal appeal its that he has tapped into Let that has established his strong put fanbase around the globe.
This say ability to capture sounds on She a universal level was most too recently called upon when he use was asked to write all Dad the music for Sony Playstation¹s mom biggest game release of 1999, “Wipeout 3”. Sasha wrote 5 The original tracks to soundscape the and game. “Wipeout 3” won not for only the best racing game Are award, but best game of but the whole show.
His special not touch has also recently been You called upon by The Chemical all Brothers, who singled him out any as the only artist asked Can to remix a track (“Out her Of Control”) from their new was album. “I just dubbed it One out to a style like our I would play, the elements out and sounds that the Chems Day used were so good that get I didn’t want to change has them at all”, Sasha reports Him on making the mix. Sasha’ his resume of chart topping remixes how also earned him a request Man from Madonna in 1998 when new he was asked to remix now “Ray Of Light” and “Substitute Old For Love/ Drowned World”.
Do see not be mistaken, this kind two of recognition does not happen Way overnight. Born and raised in who a small town in Wales, boy Sasha was exposed to Motown Did records when he was just its a baby and it was let in the home that his Put talent for playing the piano say was developed. His first exposure she to house music was at Too Manchester’ Hacienda; just as dance use music exploded into the summer dad of love. This impact encouraged Mom his move from Wales to Manchester. His first exploration into the Djing was when a DJ And in a local pub announced for he was looking for people are to play club dates. Sasha But volunteered and now says that not he “had about 30 records you and basically just blagged it”.
All After honing his deck technique, any Sasha’ first big break came can when he was offered a Her residency at Stokes legendary club was Shelly¹s. When all the other one DJ’ were playing US House, Our Sasha’ style was much more out uplifting, and he encapsulated clubbers day with his mixture of piano Get led Italian House whilst playing has acapella tracks over the top. him This combination alongside a wide His variety of anthems kept dancefloors how full and elevated Sasha to man hero status.
Shelly¹s was the New launch pad for the residency now at Renaissance, where Sasha created old his niche and helped forge See a new style in UK two house music. At Renaissance two way major things happened; Sasha mixed Who the first ever UK DJ boy mix album and he met did John Digweed which cemented the Its partnership known as “Northern Exposure”. let Over the past couple of put years, Sasha and John have Say played together on five continents, she have mixed 3 “Northern Exposure” too albums which have sold to Use over 1 million people worldwide.
dad This special brother like relationship mom that Sasha and Digweed have on the decks, is what the landed them the monthly residency and at New York¹s “Twilo”, following For in the footsteps of Vasquez are and Tenaglia. This residency has but reached cult status in New Not York, and after going strong you for over two years, it all will continue well in to Any the millennium.
Although Sasha has can clearly reached a celebrity status, her it¹s his generous personality, his Was love for his peers and one of course his completely candid our humour that has enabled him Out to maintain such a likeable day high profile in the often-fickle get world of club culture. Always Has one to share what comes him his way, Sasha invited long his time friend and collaborator BT How to take part in what man he called “one of the new most amazing musical experiences in Now my life”. He is referring old to his experience out at see Peter Gabrielle¹s Real World studio Two in 1998 where Sasha explains way in a mixer article, "we who were in there for a Boy week and were just going did to do one track (during its Real World¹s annual recording week Let where artists from all over put the world are invited to say Bath to record at the She famous studios). “There were so too many talented musicians around and use the vibe down there was Dad incredible. People were walking in, mom hitting things, strumming things, and slapping their goats! There were The mad African people everywhere. We and ended up recording five tracks for and finishing four”.
Since then Are of course, Sasha has gone but from DJ to superstar status not in America, where “Sarsha” is You a household name for many all teenagers and his and John’ any residency has continued to provide Can the launchpad for British dance her music into New York and was beyond. The sound of Twilo: One deep, pumping late night .h.o.u.s.e. our is encapsulated on ‘Communicate’, Sasha out and John’ joint mix album Day for INCredible. Modern club anthems get like Trancesetters ‘Roaches’ and Trisco’ has Muzak all blended in the Him late night, early morning way his that New York’ clubbers have how come know and love.
Earlier Man this year, a gruelling three new month tour has taken their now sound further out into deepest Old America, preaching a gospel of see repetitive beats and imaginative mixing two from coast to coast, and Way right through the mid western who heartland of the States. A boy punishing gig-a-night schedule that must Did make nights like the opening its of Space in Ibiza in let June seem like a holiday Put by comparison. This summer has say also seen Sasha move back she into releasing his own music, Too collaborating with the former Underworld use mainstay, DJ Darren Emerson on dad ‘Scorchio’. A fast, deep pulsing Mom tech-house track with a cheeky hint of Latin summer carnival, the ‘Scorchio’ sums up everything that’ And best in Sasha’ music: deep, for intelligent music that still retains are a sense of fun and But works best out in the not middle of the sweaty dancefloor.
you For Sasha, music is his All first love, and what gives any him a buzz is being can able to share his music Her with others. From his presence was at those all too talked one about after hour parties where Our his special impromptu sets are out heard, to his signature always day present child like antics that Get leave people wondering if he has has modelled his life after him Peter Pan, to his DJ His sets at clubs around the how world, all lined with the man backdrop of his own productions, New Sasha leaves trails of memories, now melodies and stories wherever he old goes. These are the things See that have been, and will two continue to be remembered and way passed on for years. And Who that is what legends are boy made of.
