''Scene Delete'' (known in full as ''Late Night Tales Presents Sasha: Scene Delete'') is the third studio album by Welsh DJ

Sasha Sacha, Sasha, Sascha, or ''variant'' may refer to: People * Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha Musicians * Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe * Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sas ...

. It was released on 1 April 2016 through

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on British independent record label

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. The album has been described as "unabashedly ambient" and Sasha described it as "a split in iscareer". Upon release, the album appeared on the

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, 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

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" music, with Sasha citing

Max Richter Max Richter (; ; born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer and pianist. He works within postminimalist and contemporary classical styles. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the University of Edinbur ...

Nils Frahm Nils Frahm (born 20 September 1982) is a German musician, composer, and record producer based in Berlin. He is known for combining classical and electronic music and for an unconventional approach to the piano in which he mixes a grand piano, upr ...

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and

Steve Reich Stephen Michael Reich ( ; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, ...

as influences for the composition of the album. In a press release with ''

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'' on the topic of the album's composition, prior to its release, Sasha stated: ''Scene Delete'' was originally intended to be a compilation album, like the majority of

releases. Sasha has noted his inspiration from

Jon Hopkins Jonathan Julian Hopkins (born 15 August 1979) is an English musician and producer who writes and performs electronic music. He began his career playing keyboards for Imogen Heap, and has produced but also contributed to albums by Brian Eno, C ...

' Late Night Tales album, ('' Late Night Tales: Jon Hopkins''), which contained some of Hopkins' original works, as well as other peoples' music. After sending Late Night Tales original works for ''Scene Delete'', Sasha had prepared to license other peoples' music for the album, before the record label proposed that the album be entirely original.

Release

The album was officially announced on 2 February 2016, and the second track, "View2", was shared to Late Night Tales'

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account. On 1 April 2016, the album saw a digital download and

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release, as well as a physical release on CD, vinyl and box set. A remix album for ''Scene Delete'' was released on 19 May 2017. A "barbican collectors edition" was released on 20 May 2017. Upon its initial release, ''Scene Delete'' appeared on the UK and UK Dance Albums charts, peaking at number 34 and number 3 respectively. It also charted in the US, reaching number 6 in the ''

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Background

Release

Track listing

Charts

References