I’d say he also took a minor hit on the refracted gigs.

LT42 but he is rich. So I’m just wondering how it all fits into the portfolio of a superstar DJ. If only there was some business expert on this board who could elighten me,

      It’s not done to make serious money… No one in their right mind does a mix CD to make serious money nowadays unless your Ministry of Sound and churning them out by the dozen. It’s mainly a platform to increase brand awareness and promoting new talent. He’s not done this off his own back, it’s been done with !K7 Records who have been around for 30+ years and do the DJ Kick’s compilations so have all the contacts/knowledge on publishing, licensing and manufacturing etc. They know how to make decent money to have survived that long…

      600 units on a niche platform like BC is a strong day one performance. When you add in the BP/iTunes/Amazon sales which will be 5 or 6 times that on each store… All the Ltd Edition (500) hard case vinyl has sold out. The other vinyl editions are probably going to sell out. It all adds up. As I said in my iniitial post it’s sold more units on BC on day one than Quattro II has since it’s release 2.5 months ago.

      No one’s going to be buying Jay-Z’s Yeezy trabbs on the back of having a track on it, They probably got a flat fee per track. I dare say that most of them would have bitten his hand off to have a track on one of his compilations.

      The old GU Mixes (the Sasha and Digweed ones anyway) sold around the 50k mark iirc. If this does half of that in the digital age it’s done well.

        benson So I’m just wondering how it all fits into the portfolio of a superstar DJ.

        In his case, at least in the last 10 years, it seems to be about artistic expression solely compared to some others you can tell are just in it for the sheets.

          Kumquat cheers for the explanation . Interesting fact about sales now lucky to be half of those GU releases .

            Kumquat The old GU Mixes (the Sasha and Digweed ones anyway) sold around the 50k mark iirc.

            The first Renaissance Mix Collection sold 60k in the UK. Not sure it would have sold that many globally at the time, but bound to have been decent global sales over the c. 25 years since…

              10K for an album? I’m shocked it’s so little tbh. No wonder they’re all desperate to start gigging again.

              So how much do they make from gigs then? Maybe a lot less than I imagine. Maybe a lot more. 5k a pop? How is a gig money split. Say bedrock at MoS. average door £20pp with say 1000 going through. plus bar sales. Minus overheads. But that is hardly every week for every DJ is it

              Sasha & John Digweed are millionaires, surely? All that money being thrown about in the late 90’s early 00’s.

                benson I’d say so. I can’t imagine they’re getting paid as much now. Unless someone can enlighten us.

                  Just had this on in the car… overall it’s really good…had to skip a few tracks. Loved the mixing on it.

                  Where is the source of the mixed version? Bandcamp? I have a CD on the way and listened live during its streaming debut. Would like to relive the continuous mix.

                  Sasha playing some lovely stuff on the final OpenLab show this evening.

                  I listened to the mix yesterday and thought it was a bit shit. Will give it another couple of goes given the views on here.

                    Along_the_Wire You’re probably one of the few that can be objective where Sasha is concerned. Trust those ears 😀

                        alistair one of the few that can be objective where Sasha is concerned

                        This made me giggle. Cheers, ali. Keep them coming. 🤣

                          Along_the_Wire it was a grower for me. Was prob expecting too much, his recent radio lab shows I thought were just as good as this mix. Reckon I will come back to this mix more over time