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Airdrawndagger
''Airdrawndagger'' is the second studio album by Welsh DJ Sasha. It was released on 5 August 2002 through Kinetic Records and BMG, with a digital download release issued by Deconstruction Records. The album features co-production from Charlie May, Junkie XL and James Holden. It was released with one single, "Wavy Gravy", on 19 August 2002, which had an amateur remix contest held in 2003. Despite the release of ''The Qat Collection'' in 1994, ''Airdrawndagger'' was advertised as Sasha's "debut artist album". Upon release, the album charted on the UK and US Albums Charts, peaking at number 18 and 157 respectively. Background The album is named after the term "air-drawn dagger", which was used in William Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' to characterise an emotional outburst. The album is entirely instrumental, and has a different sound from Sasha's other work, such as the '' Xpander'' EP. Its tone is more atmospheric and relaxed compared to his mix albums. In a 2013 interview with D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha (DJ)
Alexander Paul Coe (born 4 September 1969), known professionally as Sasha, is a Welsh DJ and record producer. He is best known for his live events and electronic music as a solo artist, as well as his collaborations with British DJ John Digweed as Sasha & John Digweed. He was voted as World No. 1 DJ in 2000 in a poll conducted by ''DJ Magazine''. He is a four-time International Dance Music Awards winner, four-time DJ Awards winner and Grammy Award nominee. Sasha began his career playing acid house music in the late 1980s. He partnered with John Digweed in 1993, touring internationally and producing a series of mix albums (compilations of other artists' work played in a continuous fashion). Sasha has remixed tracks for artists such as D-Ream, Madonna, Moby, The Chemical Brothers and Hot Chip. Sasha's remixing and production often combine electronic music genres, making it difficult for critics to pinpoint his musical style. As well as remixes and compilation albums, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Qat Collection
''The Qat Collection'' is the debut studio album by Welsh DJ Sasha. It was released on 23 August 1994 through Deconstruction Records. The album features co-production from Tom Frederikse and was released with two singles: "Magic" and "Higher Ground", both featuring vocals from Sam Mollison. Upon release, the album charted on the UK Albums Chart, reaching position 56. Later in 1994, an extended revision of the album was released, titled ''The Qat Collection Version 2''. Background The release's classification as an album has been disputed. In a review of Sasha's second studio album, '' Airdrawndagger'', Paul Cooper from ''Pitchfork'' stated "don't call it an album nor an EP" in reference to ''The Qat Collection''. In a 2005 review of Armin van Buuren's second studio album, '' Shivers'', BBC Music reviewer Jack Smith noted that "we'll discount 2003's '' 76'' an Buuren's debutas that would be like saying Sasha's first full-length album was ''The Qat Collection''". Dorian Lynskey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wavy Gravy (instrumental)
"Wavy Gravy" is an instrumental by Welsh DJ Sasha, released as the single from his second studio album, ''Airdrawndagger''. The song features co-production from Charlie May and Simon Wright. It peaked at number 64 on the UK Singles Chart. It is well known for the amateur remix contest which led to the track being remixed by hundreds of producers. Background In 2003, a remix contest was announced for the song. Troy Stoner of Tallahassee won first place for his drum 'n' bass Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ... remix. After the success of the remix contest, the individual parts of every track from ''Airdrawndagger'' were released for remixing by anyone. The single was released with an alternative mix of "Wavy Gravy" (named "4DJS") as well as "Fundamental", an instrume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie May (producer)
Spooky are a British electronic music production and DJ duo consisting of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May. History They debuted with '' Gargantuan'' in 1993 after signing to Guerilla Records. In 1995 and 1996, they released three EPs (''Clank'', ''Stereo'' and ''Shunt'') on their own Generic Records label, followed quickly in mid-1996 by their second album, ''Found Sound''. Two singles from this album were released: "Fingerbobs" and "Bamboo". Charlie May collaborated with Sasha on his 1999 '' Xpander'' EP and 2000's " Scorchio", and in 2002 he co-produced some tracks on Sasha's '' Airdrawndagger'' album. The same year saw the release of "Belong", the first Spooky single on Deviant Records, which Sasha later used on his mix album '' Involver''. A white label single, "Andromeda", was released in 2003 A single entitled "Strange Addiction" was given a limited release in 2005 on Spooky's new self-owned label, spooky.uk.com. "Strange Addiction" featured in a trailer for ''The Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communicate (mix Album)
''Communicate'' is the fifth mix album by British DJ duo Sasha & John Digweed. It is the first since 1994 to not be part of the '' Northern Exposure'' concept album series. Critical reception ''Communicate'' was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 53 based on 7 reviews. In a review for AllMusic, Jason Birchmeier wrote: "''Communicate'' can be seen as the duo's best mix CD to date with its striking consistency at all levels, ranging from track selection to mixing to mood to tempo. Rather than moving through a broad palette of sounds, moods, tempos, and styles, the two British DJs choose to remain consistent. At '' Exclaim!'', Venk Chanran wrote: "''Communicate'' may not be as challenging and as boundary pushing as the earlier albums, but it still pleases the ear. The second disc is a lot harder, pushing rhythms and layer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scene Delete
''Scene Delete'' (known in full as ''Late Night Tales Presents Sasha: Scene Delete'') is the third studio album by Welsh DJ Sasha. It was released on 1 April 2016 through Late Night Tales on British independent record label Night Time Stories. The album has been described as "unabashedly ambient" and Sasha described it as "a split in iscareer". Upon release, the album appeared on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 34. Four singles were released from the album, "View2", "Warewolf", "Pontiac", and "Bring on the Night-Time". In 2017, three remix singles were released in 2017 comprising remixes of songs from the album, before a remix album, ''Scene Delete: The Remixes'', was released on 19 May 2017. Background The album was intended as an appreciation of "post-minimalist modern classical" music, with Sasha citing Max Richter, Nils Frahm, Brian Eno and Steve Reich as influences for the composition of the album. In a press release with ''Billboard'' on the topic of the album's com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinetic Records
Kinetic Records was a New York City-based record label founded by Steve Lau (founding member of Sire Records act the Ocean Blue), and co-owned with Alyson Shapero. The label launched the careers of artists and DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, BT, Ray Munns, Deepsky, Kosheen, Tilt, Timo Maas, Grace, Sandra Collins, Billy Thermal, Binary Finary, and Shpongle. Other successful artists on the label included Ash, Sasha and John Digweed, South, Faithless, DJ DAN, LTJ Bukem, Dario G, Luomo, Infected Mushroom, Max Graham, Dave Ralph Music Instructor, and Hybrid. It was also well known for its Tranceport series, of which Paul Oakenfold's first installment is considered to be the breakthrough record for the trance genre with the highest sales of any mix compilation. The release of Sasha's '' Airdrawndagger'' and Sasha and Digweed's mix compilation ''Communicate'' were also big releases for the label. Kinetic was the exclusive distributor of the Perfecto label in the US as well as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Involver
''Involver'' is a mix album by Welsh DJ Sasha. It was released on 14 June 2004 through British record label Global Underground. Tracks by other artists which Sasha admired were chosen for the album and have each been remixed to give his own interpretation of them. It received generally favorable reviews for its track selection and creative mixing techniques. The compilation features additional co-production from British producers Charlie May and Simon Wright. It is Sasha's only mix album to chart on the UK and US Albums Chart, peaking at numbers 61 and 200 respectively on release. Background In 2005, the Grammy committee debated whether ''Involver'' was eligible for nomination as Best Electronic/Dance Album. The Recording Academy decided that the album was eligible, but ''Involver'' did not receive a nomination. Sasha did receive a Grammy nomination for his remix of Felix da Housecat's "Watching Cars Go By", which was featured on ''Involver''. On 11 September 2013 Sasha mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instrumental
An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instrumentals. The music is primarily or exclusively produced using musical instruments. An instrumental can exist in music notation, after it is written by a composer; in the mind of the composer (especially in cases where the composer themselves will perform the piece, as in the case of a blues solo guitarist or a folk music fiddle player); as a piece that is performed live by a single instrumentalist or a musical ensemble, which could range in components from a duo or trio to a large big band, concert band or orchestra. In a song that is otherwise sung, a section that is not sung but which is played by instruments can be called an instrumental interlude, or, if it occurs at the beginning of the song, before the singer starts to sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xpander (EP)
''Xpander'' is an extended play (EP) by Welsh DJ Sasha. It was released on 5 July 1999 through Deconstruction Records, and features co-production from Charlie May, Andy Page and Gaëtan Schurrer. The EP charted on release, peaking at number 18 on the UK Albums Chart. In 1999, the EP won an award at the International Dance Music Awards for "Best Techno/Trance 12"". Background The title track, "Xpander", was featured on compilations such as '' Global Underground: Ibiza'', Pete Tong's ''Essential Selection'', Hooj Choons' ''Nu Progressive Era'', and many other DJ mix compilations. It is considered a seminal release within the trance music community. It was voted the 9th best dance track of all time, by readers of ''Mixmag''. In 2021, the song was ranked #233 in A State of Trance's Top 1000. The song "Belfunk" was originally created as a remix of Orbital's song "Belfast", but Orbital "hated it" due to it having little-to-no resemblance to the original. A remix of "Belfast" by S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
