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LT42 …inclined to agree, Sasha had already had a few different incarnations before the Digweed ‘Renaissance’.

Its testament to how long he’s been at it that we all have different experiences of him in different musical phases though…

    FYI, If you didn’t know about Sasha in 92, you’re vermin according to Dermo.

    This thread was tailor made for him. If hes out there, and we all know he is, he’ll be having some serious itchy fingers right now.

    LT42 Sasha coming into his own as an individual from 98?

    I didn’t know, which is why I also put it as a question. 😉

    But as for the rest of my post, do correct me if he wasn’t at the peak of his popularity 98-01; there’s plenty to indicate that was the case.

      …said it before, but the most memorable Sasha era for me was prob 93-94/5 when he stopped doing the anthemic piano stuff and started mixing up the styles a bit- US dubs with the more tribal, UK (as opposed to ‘Tribal UK’) stuff. It really felt like UK club music was finding its own identity IMO.

      Never really liked the Progressive House tag, but the Mixmag article that originally coined the term nailed-it when they identified this ‘new’ strain of music that was being played around that time- a mixture of house dubs, tribal rhythms, big crescendos and drops, at a time when many clubs were polarised around either US garage, techno or Euro-trance it really was something fresh.

      This album is a decent summary of the period I mean: https://www.discogs.com/release/135497-Various-Progressive-House-Classics

      All that said, I’m sure he reached his peak in terms of worldwide recognition (and ability to make cash) later, from 98>

        Unbroken1 Never really liked the Progressive House tag, but the Mixmag article that originally coined the term nailed-it when they identified this ‘new’ strain of music that was being played around that time- a mixture of house dubs, tribal rhythms, big crescendos and drops, at a time when many clubs were polarised around either US garage, techno or Euro-trance it really was something fresh.

            zackster I wish I could unsee that video. Some cunt “friend” sneaked it upon me when Rotten.com was a thing.

                Homegrove yeah it’s proper grim. The way his head contents starts pouring out his nose and front of his face. Bleurgh.

                Anyway, time for tea!

                    zackster I’m not sure what your beef is? It was a brilliant time and it was all new, every iteration was - 98-01 was the peak of clubbing? Was that when you really starting hitting it hard?