On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Sasha, is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house music in the sasha salmon 1980s.
Sasha has remixed tracks for artists such as D-Ream, Madonna, Moby, The Chemical Brothers and Hot Chip. After achieving success as a producer and DJ, Sasha worked with younger DJs and producers such as BT and James Zabiela. Sasha was born in Bangor, Wales, on 4 September 1969. His early musical taste was primarily Top 40 pop music like The The and The Police. Sasha became aware of electronic dance music in 1988 at The Haçienda, a Manchester dance venue. Sasha soon found himself in debt due to low-paying performances and the many records he bought.
To finance his record collection, he performed at illegal warehouse raves in the Blackburn and Blackpool areas. Later in 1993, Sasha, collaborating with Danny Campbell for Pete Tong’s FFRR, produced “Together”, his first single under the name Sasha. In early 1993, Sasha partnered with fellow Renaissance DJ John Digweed. Sasha and Digweed honed their DJing skills, often performing in tandem and focusing on track selection and technical mixing abilities. In 1997, Ministry of Sound released Northern Exposure 2, Sasha and Digweed’s next double-CD entry in their Northern Exposure series.
To support the album, the duo toured internationally, and in the process helped to define the sound of trance music in the late 1990s. During the late 1990s, the increased popularity and visibility of “superstar DJs” led to the creation of superclubs such as Liverpool’s Cream and Sheffield’s Gatecrasher. By 2003, however, electronic dance music clubs languished. After the closing of Twilo, Sasha and Digweed embarked on their ambitious Delta Heavy Tour of the United States in 2002. Featuring veteran tour producer Kevin Lyman and opening act Jimmy Van M, the tour covered 31 cities and played to 85,000 people. During the latter half of 2002, Sasha collaborated with big beat artist Junkie XL on the single “Breezer”.
After the release of Airdrawndagger, Sasha took the young DJ James Zabiela “under his wing”. He introduced Zabiela to the CDJ1000 turntable, and signed Zabiela to the Excession talent agency. The two toured the United States together, which extended Sasha’s influence to already-popular American DJs such as Kimball Collins. In 2004, Sasha signed with Global Underground to produce another mix album. However, he found the process of creating a standard mix album unrewarding, and decided to apply his production and DJing skills to a mix compilation that resembled a “real” album—that is, one featuring original material.
In 2005, Sasha produced his next mix album, Fundacion NYC, based on his nights DJing in New York at the Crobar club. Fundacion NYC received positive reviews for its originality, though JIVE Magazine found it “too complicated for the ear”. Though frequent performing kept them apart for several years, Sasha and Digweed announced that they would reunite for a few Australian performances. Sasha runs a music studio and lives in New York City, and maintains a house in London. He brings his wife with him on his frequent tours.