Sasha

如果你酷愛《Northern Exposure》和《Renainssance》系列混音集，DJ Sasha這個名字絕對教人忘不了，英國舞曲界首席拍檔DJ Sasha & John Digweed，九十年代即以“Northern Exposure”派對精采的表演風靡全球，去年，DJ Sasha甚至受封英國權威舞曲雜志Muzik“全球首席DJ”榮銜，而另一本極受歡迎的舞曲雜志DJ Magazine年度讀者票選John Digweed和Sasha則分別名列“最受歡迎DJ”冠亞軍，提到英國舞曲，Sasha & John Digweed這個重量級組合，怎能輕易錯過！！ 　　掘起于八十年代末期DJ Sasha最早在Strokes的Shelly's 擔任駐場DJ，顯然表現杰出，很快就被網羅到Mansfield的派對“Renainssance”效力，他不慍不火但品味獨特的選歌風格，使得Renainssance 大受歡迎，把他推上國際舞臺，DJ Sasha也于此時認識了John Digweed，兩人開始合作，在倫敦南方的港市Brighton推出“Northern Exposure”派對并發行系列混音集，藉由混音集的成功傳布，兩人聲名遠播受邀赴全球巡回表演，足跡所到之處從南美、挪威、西班牙、蘇聯、東南亞、以色列等，1996年兩人甚至跨海到紐約的俱樂部TWILO，擔任每月一次的駐場DJ，DJ Sasha在巡回之余，也有不少精彩混音作品問市，The Chemical Brothers的《Out Of Control》、Madonna的《Ray Of Light》、《Drowned World》、BT的《Embracing The Sunshine》、《Remember》等。 Multi-talented North Wales native Sasha became one of the world's most renowned and popular DJs. Starting out in the late '80s as a club DJ, the former Alexander Coe got his first big break when he was hired by the dance club Shelly's to spin and rework popular sounds of the day. It was there that the young DJ found fame with the dance and house crowd, but it wasn't until he started laying down his grooves at the Haçienda and Renaissance that he become known nationally and, eventually, globally. His sound and technique become so popular that a Renaissance compilation was released, one of the very first DJ mix albums to ever hit the record stores. It was while still at Renaissance that Sasha met another DJ, John Digweed. The two became a remixing team and soon released the first volume of their Northern Exposure series (a mix album that also functioned as a collection of the duo's remixes for others). The duo toured behind the release, visiting the U.S., Australia, South Africa, and Southeast Asia. Sasha refused to limit himself to DJ work, however; he collaborated with singer Maria Naylor on the Top 20 hit "Be as One," and remixed tracks from such popular artists as the Pet Shop Boys, Simply Red, and M People. He also formed his own record company, Excession Recordings, and wrote originals for Deconstruction. In late 1997, another Sasha + John Digweed compilation appeared, Northern Exposure, Vol. 2, available in both East Coast and West Coast versions (each contained completely different songs). He's released several mix albums on his own as well, including multiple volumes in the Global Underground series (San Francisco and Ibiza). A rare production release, the Xpander EP, became a dancefloor hit in 1999. The mix album Communicate followed a year later, and in 2002, he scored an American record deal with Kinetic and released his first production full-length, Airdrawndagger. His next major record project, Involver, was a fusion of mix album and production record, consisting of his own exclusive remixes of tracks from UNKLE, Felix da Housecat, and Ulrich Schnauss, among others.