I attended Brooklyn. Keep in mind, born in the early 90s so my exposure to the early parts of Sasha’s career is minimal. It was by far one of the best sets I have seen from the man (Brooklyn - 99 Scott, Brooklyn - Schimanski and Toronto - CODA). Venue was top, track selection elite, smooth ins and outs between techno - melodic - tech-house, few finger twirls from the guy and many smiling faces. I’m hopeful Brooklyn surges back but will trust in Dublin being quite the scorcher at its own.

SM001 I am not going to die in the ditch so to speak defending a 7/10 set from Sasha but there are plenty of nice tracks (the Polymod and Aera EPs, Anja Schneider etc). Its not achingly upfront but flows pretty well for me. Thought the Orchard one was better. His first lockdown was a complete mess.

      Mad_Cyril

      Option 5, MC. Must’ve forgotten in his old age.

        Thanks for my first downvote Seggers. An emotional moment

        Seriously,Sasha can fucking do one as far as i`m concerned.Boring as fuck bar the odd moment.But the" fanboys" will always be there to stroke the ego.

          strummer
          Careful mate. You may get a Fatwa issued against you.

            strummer I’ll back you up on that. Haven’t really liked him for years, personally, but you’re absolutely right about the fanboys. Some of it is grotesque (same goes for die hard Digweedians too - I just made up that term lol)

                Difficult to slam Sasha when his all night Fabric sets are so darn fun. Not interested in a short set

                Dubman 😂 I’m a Digweedian myself, but not a die hard. I don’t wax poetic about his mixes. I enjoy them or don’t.

                  Us Digweedians too have been through dark times, most of the 00s, for instance.

                  Dubman It better be a new album the lazy sod.

                  A ‘new’ album would just be offcuts that he’d found on a rusty old HD in the back of the studio - a la Scene Delete and these Detat releases.

                  Would be little to no chance of any new material.

                    More chance of him coming out with a recipe book

                    • Heno replied to this.

                      Wally “ here’s a lasagne recipe I stole from Nick Warren “

                        Like them both. I can’t think of many DJs least of all uncle John who could put on such a classy concert of their own music like Sasha did at Barbican. Great night as was Brixton academy. Can be really creative. Respect.

                          alistair Prob not that much money in it once you’ve sorted everything out?

                            alistair I’m not saying he’s never been good, because that’s not true at all lol. I’m just saying in the last few years, he’s not really been inspiring - to me. But everyone’s allowed their own tastes anyway! 🙂

                              Was great wasn’t it.

                              Burma and Xpander were proper jaw on the floor moments.

                                He played that and track 10 at Brixton at the Roundhouse

                                  Smallman1 gutted I missed that . Was in NY working . Surprised he never did one over here TBH. People round here think he’s the dogs danglers . Worse than Brendan Blood …..

                                    alistair Shame Track 10 will never be released. Unbelievable track that one is. Also, agree on the initial lockdown set being garbage but he trimmed up the Orchard and threw most of the top tracks into the sail-boat mix. Thought the boat was great, following listening of the boat and going back to Orchard . . . appreciated Orchard a lot more.
                                    For those that don’t have any interest in Sasha’s direction during this Lockdown period . . . find the mood and disdain to be of bad taste. I marvel at his enthusiasm to drift into other genres and release some ‘subpar’ tracks which don’t align with his label.
                                    Maybe I stand alone on this but the man played a role in ensuring 2019 a memorable clubbing year [at least] for me. Six hour - All Nigh Long gig in Brooklyn back in March, excellent couple of shows in North East USA accompanied by John in late July along with an Open to Close at CODA in Canada to cap off the year.
                                    Again, may be late on my discovery but marvel at most of his work.

                                        segwin “I marvel at his enthusiasm to drift into other genres” He’s being playing breaks since the 90’s……

                                            What’s “Orchard” you keep mentioning in your post. Is it a club?

                                            segwin What’s “Orchard” you keep mentioning in your post. Is it a club?

                                                segwin In my experience, a lot of folks that diss Sasha haven’t seen him live for at least five years. Best enjoyed in a packed club for at least four hours.

                                                  segwin No belittling intended on my part. We’re just having a discussion. And his recent mixes are a sound he’s championed for years.

                                                      SM001 Mind sharing examples or specific tracks from earlier times that you would crate into his ‘eclectic/sound-scape’ category?

                                                          segwin I thought this was a very good set. I downloaded about six tracks from it which I have played loads. This is a pretty good example of what distinguishes him from Diggers.