i know it sounds strange that i say that cause he has been around for so long and always been rather good...

but his sets of the last two years have been nothing short of outstanding......and the thing is he just seems to get better and better...

the last couple i have downloaded...warung beach and the amnesia one are epic...

track selection is perfect...mixing is spot on...the added effects he throws in...the extra buildups...

when and how he brings the tracks in is special...

for me he has never played better...what do you think...

lol...i could go on and on...

I think your question will be suitably answered with Involver 2

yeah should be interesting...

i didnt rate involver...but i was thinking recently if the second one will be more chugging...

its close.
but then you listen to his essential mix from 95, the one with 'Blue Monday' and you just shake your head in disbelief... it seems he's like the stock market... peaks and lows...

its a bull market at the moment.

Sasha's mix on Triple J last year was absolutely fucking sublime. A piece of programming that has me rubbing my crotch every time I hear it.

I vote in the affirmative

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Originally Posted by boi85

its close.
but then you listen to his essential mix from 95, the one with 'Blue Monday' and you just shake your head in disbelief... it seems he's like the stock market... peaks and lows...

its a bull market at the moment.

yah well put...

i thought he went missing for a bit too...he is back now...

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Originally Posted by Lambretta

Sasha's mix on Triple J last year was absolutely fucking sublime. A piece of programming that has me rubbing my crotch every time I hear it.

I vote in the affirmative

yeah for sure...how he builds von stroke - the whistler (audiofly remix) is superb...

^Almost a year since I first heard him drop that at Family and it's still unreleased (correct?)...

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Originally Posted by richcur

I think your question will be suitably answered with Involver 2

I was going to say much the same thing but add to that "with a subsequent Australian tour."

I can't help but wonder what went through Sasha's head when his Perth show was cancelled through lack of ticket sales when he rated one of his late 90's gigs here as "one of his top five best ever"?

For me, Sasha's 98-99 NYE mix at Alexandra Palace as recorded by the EM receives constant playtime on my PC and iPod.

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Originally Posted by richcur

^Almost a year since I first heard him drop that at Family and it's still unreleased (correct?)...

yeah cant say i have seen it anywhere...its funny though...the track on its own is rather good but the effects he adds in in the jjj mix are what makes it...the extra build up...

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Originally Posted by Gee Frizz

For me, Sasha's 98-99 NYE mix at Alexandra Palace as recorded by the EM receives constant playtime on my PC and iPod.

yeah that is a good mix...

Quote:

Originally Posted by trashy

yeah for sure...how he builds von stroke - the whistler (audiofly remix) is superb...

Quote:

Originally Posted by richcur

^Almost a year since I first heard him drop that at Family and it's still unreleased (correct?)...

Quote:

Originally Posted by trashy

yeah cant say i have seen it anywhere...

wtf? tunes been out for ages...like since march?

what are you guys smoking?

http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/260933-01.htm

Not digitally it aint

Yeah I haven't seen it on beatport yet.

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Originally Posted by trashy

the last couple i have downloaded...warung beach and the amnesia one are epic...

Link me up so I can judge for myself plz

To be honest, I haven't liked him nearly as much since we passed the airdrawndagger days...

I thought his set in 2005 @ Home was fucking crap.

But Fundacion was awesome. Looking forward to Involver 2

I thought home was ok. had its moments. His b2b with Zabiela at the end was superb.

2006 Melbourne with Digweed was the best I've seen him play in Aus. The set was almost flawless, minus the Diggers trainwreck .

Fundacion was ok, bits were awesome, others not so. His Amnesia set (Essential Mix from Cream) has its own thread, and the Warung Beach set is in the mix thread, even though its a bit old.

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Originally Posted by angy

Link me up so I can judge for myself plz

To be honest, I haven't liked him nearly as much since we passed the airdrawndagger days...

in these two threads...

http://www.inthemix.com.au/forum/sho...=187969&page=5

http://www.inthemix.com.au/forum/sho...d.php?t=203558

Yeh Trashy, u may be on to something. Actually I think he has been on song since late 2005 when he played the Home set. That was a real return to form. A couple of things behind the big improve i reckon: he has mastered Ableton, he has virtually eradicated the breaks, he has gone back to focusing on track selection and constructing meaningful progressive sets AND he is not afraid of dropping some peak time melodic prog.

Two things I don't get:

1. Trashy - u really didn't like Involver???? Yeh there's no chug but otherwise i think it was a flawless piece of programming and re-editing/remixing.

2. Wowky - I didn't think u saw any of Sasha at the 2005 Home set. If i recall correctly u were upstairs frothing over Zabeeeeeela who i thought was ave

Wowky Quote : “I was too much in Zabiela & Faciulli land at that time to want to stay and watch him”

One thing is for sure though - the pressure really is on him to produce something special for Involver 2...

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Originally Posted by Arclite

2. Wowky - I didn't think u saw any of Sasha at the 2005 Home set. If i recall correctly u were upstairs frothing over Zabeeeeeela who i thought was ave

Wowky Quote : “I was too much in Zabiela & Faciulli land at that time to want to stay and watch him”

I watched about 45 min of Sasha and decided I was bored shitless so went up to Nic & Zabs with the intetion of staying there for about an hour then coming back for more Sasha. I decided that 45 min I saw had bored me so much and Nic & James were killing it so much that I didn't want to come back

I still haven't forgiven him for being so awful at the ANU in 2002. One of the worst, most self-indulgent, most incapable sets I have ever heard.

I thought AirDrawnDagger was a wank too. Not a fan of the Involver series.

So I find it very hard to listen to his sets without having an extreme bias against him.

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Originally Posted by vintage yahtzee

I still haven't forgiven him for being so awful at the ANU in 2002. One of the worst, most self-indulgent, most incapable sets I have ever heard.

I thought AirDrawnDagger was a wank too. Not a fan of the Involver series.

So I find it very hard to listen to his sets without having an extreme bias against him.

his dec 02 set in melb was woeful and the very reason i signed up to ITM to make that point...

wasnt he massively fucked up on coke at that point and during the time he made airdrawndagger...

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Originally Posted by Arclite

1. Trashy - u really didn't like Involver???? Yeh there's no chug but otherwise i think it was a flawless piece of programming and re-editing/remixing.

i might have to revisit it...but i dont like sets or cds that dont go anywhere...

looks like everyone has different views....i thought involver was amazing...its so well crafted its not funny...fundacion on the other hand was absolute shite...seen him a couple of times...he was good on both occassions without being bullshit..which is what i expected...much anticipation for involver II

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Originally Posted by vintage yahtzee

I thought AirDrawnDagger was a wank too. Not a fan of the Involver series.

So I find it very hard to listen to his sets without having an extreme bias against him.

I'm with you ... diggers > sasha every day of the week

Here are some highlights

Live @ The Essential Mix, London, UK 1-15-94 2 hours
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LF2WD803
01. Yothu Yindi - Timeless Land
02. General Bass - Poison
03. Havanna - Disorder
04. Anna Nas - Anna Nas
05. Diddy - Gimme Love
06. Eddie Fingers Music - Till Death Do Us Disco
07. Hedingarna - Kruspolska
08. NY Connection - Infront Want It
09. Sasha - Higher Ground
10. Hanson & Nelson - Move In Direction
11. Marine Boy - Fluid (108 grand mad & messy mix)
12. Ultimate Life - Escape From Noise
13. Jam & Spoon - Ride In The Night
14. Tournesol - Untitled
15. Lost Tribe - Gimme A Smile
16. Anna Crusis - XS
17. Blood Brothers - Inca Chant
18. Wax - Sun Dreams

Live @ The Essential Mix Radio 1 Studios, London, UK 5-21-95 2 hours
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JH48NLEM
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CE1KOFMC
01. bt - Trippin' The Light Fantastic
02. New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)
03. Spicelab - We Got Spice
04. Peter Lazonby - Sacred Cycles (Gary D Mix)
05. Dum Dum - One Earth Beat (To The Rhythm Of Love)(Rhythm Of Life Mix)
06. Up Yer Ronson - Lost In Love (Sasha Mix)
07. Hal 9000 - Stoopid (Stuff & Nonsense)
08. bt - Divinity
09. Blue Amazon - Star Of David
10. Mozaic - Sing It (The Hallelujah Song)
11. bt & Sasha - Heart Of Imagination
12. Billy Ray Martin - Put Your Lovin' Arms
13. Shiva - Freedom
14. bt - Loving You More

Live @ Que Club, Birmingham, UK 5-28-95 80 minutes
http://www.mercuryupload.com/media/...ccfe3ba7c4f87cc
01. bt - Trippin' The Night Fantastic
02. Microman - Microhouse (More Than 14 Min Mix)
03. Hal 9000 - Stoopid (Stuff & Nonsense)
04. Count Indigo - Unknown Love
05. Speedy J - G Spot
06. Blue Amazon - The Blessings
07. bt - Loving You More
08. bt - Loving You More (Vocal Mix)
09. Parks & Wilson vs Quivver - I Dream
10. Bump - I'm Rushing I THIS A REMIX!?
11. Mozaic - Sing It (The Hallelujah Song)
12. Gerideau - Reachin'

Live @ Que Club, Birmingham, UK 11-5-95 75 minutes
http://www.mercuryupload.com/media/...ee954091196e852
01. Phoenix - Rise Up
02. Tom Wilson - Techno Cat (Perplexer Mix)
03. Angel Moraes - Heaven Knows (I Can't Understand)(ID Mix)
04. Zoe - Dreamtime (Quivver's Vox Mix)
05. Evolution - Look Up The Light (Quivver's To The Vocal Mix)
06. Fluke - Tosh (Cosh)
07. Fade - Seperation (I Need Your Love Mix)
08. Mozaic - Rays Of The Sun (Dekkard & Dane Mach Dub)
09. EN - The Horn Ride (Dubfire's Faraway Dub)
10. Minds Of Men - Brand New Day (Dekkard & Dane's Meltdown Dub)

Live @ The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland 11-26-95 66 minutes
http://sendmix.com/download.php?id=79BB54501
01. Phoenix - Rise Up
02. Alcatraz - Give Me Your Love
03. Angel Moraes - Heaven Knows (I Can't Understand)(ID Mix)
04. Simply Red - Remember The First Time
05. Sasha & bt - Oat
06. Castle Trancelot - Resonance
07. Jayn - Lovelight (Ride On A Love Train) (Blue Wave Dub)

Live @ Amnesia, Ibiza 7-28-96 1 hour 30 minutes
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DCYDSE6L
01. Stef, Pako & Frederik - Seaside Atmosphere
02. Paul Van Dyk - Words (Album Mix)
03. Visions featuring Diane Lyne - Coming Home (Sunday Club Mix)
04. Hong Kong Trash - Cactus Funk
05. Slacker - Scared
06. S'n'S - You Do Me Wrong (Violator Mix)
07. Goldie - Inner City Life
-split-
07. Goldie - Inner City Life
08. AGH - Yummy (Heliotropic Mix)
09. The Light - Panfried
10. LSG - Hidden Sun Of Venus (Oliver Lieb Mix)
11. Taylor - Anomally (Granny Epicure Mix)
12. Clanger - Clanger
13. Paul van Dyk - I Can't Feel It

Live @ Creamfields, Ibiza 6-2-98 74 minutes
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WAV8RQU5
01. Energy 52 - Cafe del Mar '98 (Nalin & Kane Mix)
02. Morgan King - I'm Free (William Orbit Mix)
03. Origin - Aschula
04. Pablo Gargano - Chemistry Of Soul
05. Elevate - Next Life (Man With No Name Mix)
06. Dollshead - It's Over, It's Under (Brothers In Rhythm Mix)
07. Madonna - Ray Of Light (Sasha's Twilo Mix)
08. Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (Slacker Mix)
09. Locust - No One In The World (Slacker Mix)

Live @ Alexander Palace, London, UK 12-31-98/1-1-99 2 hours
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZIVJSLXR
01. Nuclear Hyde - Contact
02. Orkidea - Unity
03. Libra Presents Taylor - Anomaly (Calling Your Name) (Albion Mix)
04. Tilt - What's This? (Tilt's Tunnel Mix)
05. Caspar Pound - Pioneers Of The Warped Groove (Starecase Mix)
06. Jan Driver - Drive By (Timo Maas Mix)
07. Robert Junior & Danny Polanco - See The Light
08. Silhouette - Silhouette Of Our Love (Dark Matter Mix)
09. Space Manoeuvres - Stage One (Space Manoeuvres' Separation Mix)
10. Lucid - Crazy (Nalin & Kane's Down On A Sit Mix)
11. Ecano - Run (Z2 Mix)
12. Mono Culture - Free
13. Danny Tenaglia - Turn Me On (Bedrock Mix)
14. Red Devil - Gamelan
15. Humate - Love Stimulation (Oliver Lieb's Soft Mix)
16. Armin - Virgo
17. Breeder - Twilo Thunder (Stoked Up Mix)
18. Laguna Seca - The Flow (Nalin & Kane Mix)
19. Arrakis - Aira Force
20. Nuclear Hyde - Contact
21. JX - Close To Your Heart (Immortals Mix)

Live @ Lush, Kelly's, Port Rush, N. Ireland 2-14-99 1 hour
https://www.gigasize.com/get.php/-1...Mix_Ireland.mp3
01. Paganini Traxx - Zoe (Timo Maas Mix)
02. The Altruistics - For Her
03. Technique - Sun Is Shining (Brothers In Rhythm Magoo Dub)
04. Jark Prongo - Movin' Thru Your System (Slacker's Software Mix)
05. Lucid - Crazy (Nalin & Kane’s Down On A Sit Mix)
06. HH - Ice 897 (Ohral Club Mix)
07. Armin - Virgo
08. Sasha - Xpander
09. Airwave - Venus Of My Dreams

Live @ Hell's Kitchen, London, UK 2-27-00 2 hours
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FDFYBAAF
01. John Johnston - Impact (Van Bellen Mix)
02. Northface - Entity
03. Apparition - Chipinque (Peyote Dub or Main Mix)
04. The Idjut Boys & Quakerman - Radio Rage (16B Club Mix, Original Mix or 16B Club Mix - Idjut Boys Edit)
05. Harry Mariani - E-Tales
06. Dulux Connection - Let's Beuk
07. Halo Varga - Future! (ID Mix)
08. Moonface - You Get So Give
09. Aquatherium - All Night Long
10. Expansion - Feel
11. bt - Dreaming (Evolution Mix)
12. Timo Maas - Ubik (The Dance)
13. Killahurtz - West On 27th
14. Alchemy – Bruiser (Evolution Mix)
15. DJ Remy - Pumped Up
16. La Forge - Second Contact
17. Twister - Muana Kea (Volcanic Mix)
18. 12 Moons - Beyond Infinity (Long Version)

Live @ Home NYE Party, Bondi Beach , Australia 1-7-01 1 hour+
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0qw9uc
01. Minimalistik - Struggle For Pleasure (Filterheadz Progressive Mix)
02. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathurstra (Theme From 2001: Space Odyssey)
03. Banco de Gaia - Obsidian (The Light vs PFN Mix)
04. Novaa Project - Go Low (Go Deep Mix)
05. Quivver - One Last Time (Johnny G Amityville Dub)
06. Rouge - Jingalay (Praha Dub)
07. Minimalistik - Struggle For Pleasure (Filterheadz Progressive Mix)
08. Halo, Hipp-E & Tony - Dub Me Some'tin Fresh
09. Osiris - East To West (Vocal Mix)
10. 3 Phase feat Dr Motte - Der Klang Der Familie (James Holden Wet & Fucked Mix)
11. Stylus Trouble - Sputnik

Live @ The Love Weekender, Telewest Arena, Newcastle, UK 7-21-01 71 minutes
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MDEYUMQL
Darren Emerson & Sasha
01. Sasha & Emerson - Scorchio
Sasha
02. Iio - Rapture (Deep Dish Spacey Club Mix)
03. Tocharian - Lacuna
04. Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Satoshi Tomiie Main-Path)
05. Airwave - Save Me (Flatliner 131 A Mix)
06. Watkins - Black AM (King Unique Dub)
07. DJ Remy - Radiate (Mike Monday Mix)
08. Who Da Funk - Music In Me
09. Moby - Southside (Pete Heller 'Park Lane' Vocal Mix)

Live @ WMC Ultra Festival DHT, Miami Arena, FL 3-22-02 2 hours [Radio1 on 3-7-02 & EM Year 12-29-02] (w/ Digweed)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KIEJH8HR
Digweed
01. Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Head Of House Remix)
02. ID
03. Origin - Killing Me (Evolution Remix) [Renaissance]
04. Paranoid Jack - Dirty Fingernails
05. Chris Fortier - Losing Wait (Dub Mix) [SAW]
06. Hybrid - Visible Noise
07. Main Element - Take Me Down [Silver Planet]
08. Luzon - Manila Sunrise [Yoshitoshi]
09.
Sasha
09. Adam Dived - Headfirst
10. Solid Sessions - Janeiro (James Holden Mix)
11. Main Element - Take Me Down (Gwill Morris Main Mix)
12. Decepticons - Eastern Promise
13. Chimera - Just Wanna Do My Thing
14. Moby - We Are All Made of Stars (Timo Maas Dub)
15. Grayarea - One For The Road
16. Flash - Hazy March

Live @ Essential Mix Party, Manumisson, Priviledge, Ibiza 8-3-02 91 minutes
http://www.megaupload.com/fi/?d=LQEO2VCP\
01. Junkie XL - Reshurc
02. Dark Suite feat Aura - Dark Sweet Piano (Dr Kucho! Weekend Mix)
03. Iio - At The End (Scumfrog Mix)
04. Classified Project - Eyecatcher (Snafu Mix)
05. Junkie XL & Sasha - Breezer
06. Underworld - Two Months Off (King Unique Mix)
07. Dot Allison - We're Only Science (Slam Mix)
08. Barry van Gardigen - Resolution
09. Yunus - Euprates
10. Head Honcho - Walls of Jericho (Slacker Mix)
11. Vector 13 - Rise
12. Junkie XL feat Saffron - Beauty Never Fades
13. The Chemical Brothers - Electronic Battle Weapon 6
14. Sasha vs Underworld - Cowpander (Junkie XL Remix)

Live @ Maide Vale Radio 1 Studios, London, UK 5-22-05 2 hours [EM of the Year 1-1-06]
http://rapidshare.com/files/1650639...www.ump3.de.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/1650487...www.ump3.de.mp3
01. Badger - Rise of the Machines (Radio 1 Intro Edit)
02. Detroit Escalator Company - Abstract Forward Motion (as a Mission) (Sasha Edit)
03. Ian Brown - Kiss Ya Lips
04. No Doubt - Hella Good (Sharam Jay Mix)
05. Timo Maas - Passive Massive (Sasha Edit)
06. Glitch - Tip Toe (Jonathan Hart Bootleg)
07. Morgan Page - Landline
08. Michael Mayer - Lovefood
09. Ricardo Villalobos - Easy Lee (Smith n' Hack Mix)
10. Jori Hulkonnen - Science (Original Mix)
11. Jori Hulkkonen - Science (Aril Brikha Remix) vs Sasha - Wavy Gravy
12. Juliet - Ride the Pain (Thin White Duke Mix)
13. Extrawelt - Zu Fuss
14. Spooky - New Light
15. Sia - Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnauss Mix) (Sasha Edit)
16. Egg - Wall (Original Mix) (Sasha Edit)
17. Jori Hulkkonnen - Lo-Fiction (Dub Mix) (Sasha Edit)
18. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc vs Sasha - Wavy Gravy
19. M83 - Teen Angst (Sasha Edit)
20. Moby - Raining again (Ewan Pearson Dub) vs Thomas Newman - Drive Away
21. Radio 1 Outro

Live @ Cream, Amnesia, Ibiza 8-12-07 2 hours
http://www.tracklistings.net/index1.php?setID=0008
01. Kraftwerk - La Forme (Hotchip's King Of The Mountain Mix)
02. Beck - Cellphone's Dead (Ellen Allien Remix)
03. C.O.M.A – Monday
04. Robytek - Sun
05. Adam Freeland - Silverlake Pills (Gui Boratto Remix)
06. Kevlar - The Mongoose
07. Davis & May – Neotron (Ryan Davis Edit)
08. Superlounge – Ghost
09. Rouzbeh Delavari - Unsafe
10. Özgür Can - Spara Mig
11. Jerome Isma-Ae & Melih Ask - Nell (Joe T Vannelli Remix)
12. Steve T – Elefont
13. Gamma Rox & Roy Brizman - Al Tiga Li Babeten (Beta Blokka Remix)
14. Pryda - Ironman
15. Federico Epis - Brasilia
16. Francessco Pico – All By Yourself
17. Nerina Pallot - Peg (Edison Dub)
18. Underworld - Crocodile

skew...sif i didnt love you enough already......

Nice Skewage. Couple in there that i don't have so big thanks!!!

re: sets ...lovely

p.s. Involver, although a bit dated, is a very solid effort. ADD has a certain timelessness about it and really grew on me throughout the years.

Live @ The Essential Mix Radio 1 Studios, London, UK 5-21-95 2 hours
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JH48NLEM
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CE1KOFMC
01. bt - Trippin' The Light Fantastic
02. New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)
03. Spicelab - We Got Spice
04. Peter Lazonby - Sacred Cycles (Gary D Mix)
05. Dum Dum - One Earth Beat (To The Rhythm Of Love)(Rhythm Of Life Mix)
06. Up Yer Ronson - Lost In Love (Sasha Mix)
07. Hal 9000 - Stoopid (Stuff & Nonsense)
08. bt - Divinity
09. Blue Amazon - Star Of David
10. Mozaic - Sing It (The Hallelujah Song)
11. bt & Sasha - Heart Of Imagination
12. Billy Ray Martin - Put Your Lovin' Arms
13. Shiva - Freedom
14. bt - Loving You More

this one is my fave

That warung beach is as close to the perfect set as I have ever heard, simply amazing and I haven't even listened to the 4th section yet. I missed the Sasha era really, but damn would I like to see him when he is on that kind of form.

The Diggers vs Sasha debate cannot be won, these days they do play quite different sets. However together they are the worlds which collide, and the whole universe falls to their knees to hear them.

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The Diggers vs Sasha debate cannot be won, these days they do play quite different sets. However together they are the worlds which collide, and the whole universe falls to their knees to hear them.

Oh god, excuse me while I throw up.

Honestly, we wonder why prog is such a scorned genre.

I remember picking up Involver during my first ever visit to Melbourne, and listening to it nonstop for about a week afterwards.

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Originally Posted by vintage yahtzee

Oh god, excuse me while I throw up.

Honestly, we wonder why prog is such a scorned genre.

a good friend of mine how loves techno told me that she used to listen to prog cause it was epic...tracks like underworld - dark & long...

it then went missing and crawled up its own asshole...

now the tunes have changed for the better and we are getting back to the epic era...only in a fresh and new light...so i reckon...

Quote:

Originally Posted by richcur

Not digitally it aint

pfft promo cd has been out since like feb

Downloading the Essential Mix set now.

Can someone link me up to the warung beach set? Can't find it

Quote:

Originally Posted by trashy

.tracks like underworld - dark & long...

.

Love this!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by angy

Downloading the Essential Mix set now.

Can someone link me up to the warung beach set? Can't find it

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arclite

Fixt! – Linx to Sasha Warung Beach set

http://www.intellexual.net/edm/sets/...stings.net.mp3

http://www.intellexual.net/edm/sets/...stings.net.mp3

http://www.intellexual.net/edm/sets/...stings.net.mp3

http://www.intellexual.net/edm/sets/...stings.net.mp3

Posted by Arclite on the 4th page of the Live Sets thread

fuck me Skew. Thanks for those.

I don't have any of them.

Downloading like a muthafuckka right now

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Originally Posted by SamJam

looks like everyone has different views....i thought involver was amazing...its so well crafted its not funny...much anticipation for involver II

I can't agree with you more Sam.

Involver is one of the cleverest pieces of dance music that I have heard.

From start to finish, it is total quality.

It's not a "prog" album. Rather it's a piece of music that encapsulates what is possible with a bit of foresight and a real understanding of music.

Rather than just have a slow build, few anthems and then a trail off, Sasha actually spent time creating a piece of work that rewards you more and more, the more you listen to it. Virtually every track on the album contains lyrics, in fact there's only 1 that doesn't. Yet the lyrics actually add to the album rather than detracting from it, which is so often the case with dance music.

What was clever was that Sasha was able to pick a whole range of different tracks and re-edit or re-work them in such as way that they actually fit together.

I doubt many other artists have the ear or the ability to put together such a wonderful piece of work.

my love/hate affair with sasha is definitely not in a love faze. his recent 2nd life set, the 07 EM, that avalon live cd and the last time i saw him play all suck bar a song here and there.

in the heyday he was untouchable. every song gold. every mix gold. now? whatevers

I just scored a copy of JunkieXL - Future in Computer Hell pt2, which he used on the GU comp however many decades ago... it still gets the hairs on my arms everytime - the man always knows his epicness, and for that very reason I hang out for every set that he mixes (except for that 2nd life garbage)

music is really good right now.

The Ibiza mix is one of the better mixes I've heard of his in a while. A bit harder and techier than what I'm used to from him but still retaining great melodies.

I like that he still has that epic feel going whereas Digweed seems a bit uninspiring the last few sets of his I've heard.

i wonder if involver 2 will be released before the end of '07?

man lol this part 1 - Live At Warung Beach, Santa Catarina, Brazil (28.02.2006) set from Sasha i fuckin a w e s o m e

downloading 2nd.3rd&the rest

owned.

yer, the whole of the Warung beach is awesome (well the second part is a little crap, but hey you have to have some down time in the 5 hours or whatever it is)

thought the EM at ibiza was pretty good, but not huge. second hour is a lot better, good to see the new underworld track getting a show in, in the end

hmm...that reminds me, i wonder if any of the stuff sasha and underworld reportedly worked on for the ist involver will ever see the light of day

sw4 cardiff mix is immense til he hits a couple of dire electro tunes.

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sw4 cardiff mix is immense til he hits a couple of dire electro tunes.

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Live @ SW4 Festival, Cooper's Field, Bute Park, Cardiff, UK 8-28-07
01. Lostep - Burma (Sasha Edit Reprise)
02. Gamma Rox & Roy Brizman - Al Tiga Li Babeten (Beta Bokka Remix)
03. Jurgens - Love It (Final Mix)
04. Shlomi Aber feat Lemon - Moods (Valentino Kanzyani Remix)
05. Swoop - Black Market (Butch Remix)
06. ID
07. ID
08. Bushwacka! - Remember (ID Mix)
09. Red Jackson - Coming Clean (Audiojack Dub)
10. Groove Armada feat Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)
(Boris Dlugosch Remix)
11. Pryda - Murani (Pryda Re-Edit)