Sasha

[feather]

Re: Sasha

Sasha definitely has a ear for melodies, but I haven't heard a good bassline in a Sasha set for ages. There's no groove to most of his sets to be honest, just maintaining a peak.

[Kinetic]

Re: Sasha

did you go to Rock in Rio Kinetic ... or was it recorded ?

I went there... it took place in my town.

Donīt forget that Rock In Rio has become a franchise and theyīve had 2 editions in Lisbon and one in Madrid.

On the night we had Sasha & Digweed, and DJ Vibe.

EDIT : and thereīs a few videos of the night on Youtube of you serach for "Sasha Digweed Rock In Rio"

[simonr]

Re: Sasha

Horses for courses and all that.

That Malta set, 2007īs EM, 2005īs EM, his set with diggers at Rock In Rio last year... Those all made me go "OMFG you bastard!"

Itīs all down to personal opinion in the end, but Sashaīs knack for great melodies and basslines, for example, is really rare. Besides, Iīve discovered a shitload of good music because of his sets and interviews, it was through hearing him play remixes of Ulrich Schnauss, José Gonzalez or Engineers, for example, that I discovered those artists.

Most importantly, like someone else said, he has a signature sound thatīs all his and in this day and age that is a blessing.

And finally, his production work has mostly been stellar and he beats Digweed on that count, IMHO. Sure, you can say that itīs mostly Chralie May and pals who do that, but Nick Muir does the same for Digweed.

did you go to Rock in Rio Kinetic ... or was it recorded ?

[kervokian]

Re: Sasha

Sasha has had his ups and downs but everytime he gets back in shape he is on a special league where I only consider him plus guys like Danny Howells, John Digweed, SOS and Laurent Garnier. I saw him a few weeks ago in London at Ministry of Sound for a 5hours gig and boy he was on fire! Everyone has been talking about the Malta set, and it is indeed an amazing piece of art, but I must say that in MOS he was even fuckin better.

I think in the last 3-4 years he has been working really hard to get back on track to his best. We've had great compilations such as Fundacion or the more recent Invol2ver,the 2005 and 2007īs Essential Mix, or the absolutely GENIUS music score he made last year for the documentary "New Emissions of Light and Sound" and all those great productions he has been editing through his Emfire label.

[Kinetic]

Re: Sasha

Horses for courses and all that.

That Malta set, 2007īs EM, 2005īs EM, his set with diggers at Rock In Rio last year... Those all made me go "OMFG you bastard!"

Itīs all down to personal opinion in the end, but Sashaīs knack for great melodies and basslines, for example, is really rare. Besides, Iīve discovered a shitload of good music because of his sets and interviews, it was through hearing him play remixes of Ulrich Schnauss, José Gonzalez or Engineers, for example, that I discovered those artists.

Most importantly, like someone else said, he has a signature sound thatīs all his and in this day and age that is a blessing.

And finally, his production work has mostly been stellar and he beats Digweed on that count, IMHO. Sure, you can say that itīs mostly Chralie May and pals who do that, but Nick Muir does the same for Digweed.

[GregWhelan]

Re: Sasha

Like many people have said, Sasha doesnīt always get it right, but when he does, heīs in a league of his own.

And Iīll go all out and say it. To me this is what genius is about. You inspire passion, you divide, you sometimes fail to live up to whatīs expected of you, but thatīs only because you have managed to create those expectations, and sure Sasha does throw out a bit of crap sometimes, but every once in while he does something stratospheric and you just have to say "OMFG!".

I have not heard anything from him that made me think OMFG in years. Because it's Sasha people's feelings get out of hand and they start talking nonsense.

[hulkhuss]

Re: Sasha

I have really been impressed with sasha the past 2 years
I saw him live last year and that was the best I have ever seen him play
my only suggestion is that he should lay off that flangered echo effect, he does that on almost every song in that Malta set

[Haziel]

Re: Sasha

we need some more sasha drunk pics pleaseeee

[Shpira]

Re: Sasha

This is such a great threat LOL
Well done for bringing it back...nothing like senseless bashing to ease the soul.

[floridaorange]

Re: Sasha

^that right there deserves it's own thread. maybe even it's own blog, lol...and I would like to hear your thoughts on that frankly.


but more importantly is how he seems to be doing some exciting things lately, and there are plenty of threads about him right now for a reason.

[feather]

Re: Sasha

airdrawdagger was amazing of course. my personal favorite studio mix.

^ agreed was hoping his musical tastes would have head more in that direction.

Yeah totally, how did he go from ADD to most of the crap he plays?

[DIDI]

Re: Sasha

Agree with most of that Seen him three times , 1 bad , 1 ok 1 good, no great!

[AntonyM]

Re: Sasha

^ agreed was hoping his musical tastes would have head more in that direction.

[floridaorange]

Re: Sasha

airdrawdagger was amazing of course. my personal favorite studio mix.

[Mariner1]

Re: Sasha

I would argue that what Sasha does has nothing to do with being a genius. Yes he has ear for music and a style of mixing, but many great DJs have it, that's what gives them their signature style and creates a following. But he's hardly pulling the theory of relativity or theory of everything out of those decks. I just want to hear a set from him that is thought out, programmed, and builds up, as opposed to banging it out and maintaining some crazy frenetic high, which to me is no different than any trance DJ except the tunes are slightly less cheesy. Hearing the part 1 of the Malta set was a shocker to be honest, I never expected to hear him build a set again.

this^^^