如果你酷爱《Northern Exposure》和《Renainssance》系列混音集,DJ Sasha这个名字绝对教人忘不了,英国舞曲界首席拍档DJ Sasha & John Digweed,九十年代即以“Northern Exposure”派对精采的表演风靡全球,去年,DJ Sasha甚至受封英国权威舞曲杂志Muzik“全球首席DJ”荣衔,而另一本极受欢迎的舞曲杂志DJ Magazine年度读者票选John Digweed和Sasha则分别名列“最受欢迎DJ”冠亚军,提到英国舞曲,Sasha & John Digweed这个重量级组合,怎能轻易错过!!
掘起于八十年代末期DJ Sasha最早在Strokes的Shelly's 担任驻场DJ,显然表现杰出,很快就被网罗到Mansfield的派对“Renainssance”效力,他不愠不火但品味独特的选歌风格,使得Renainssance 大受欢迎,把他推上国际舞台,DJ Sasha也于此时认识了John Digweed,两人开始合作,在伦敦南方的港市Brighton推出“Northern Exposure”派对并发行系列混音集,藉由混音集的成功传布,两人声名远播受邀赴全球巡回表演,足迹所到之处从南美、挪威、西班牙、苏联、东南亚、以色列等,1996年两人甚至跨海到纽约的俱乐部TWILO,担任每月一次的驻场DJ,DJ Sasha在巡回之余,也有不少精彩混音作品问市,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.