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"Scorchio" is an instrumental by Welsh DJ Sasha and English musician Darren Emerson, credited mononymously as Emerson. It was released on 18 September 2000 by Sasha's vanity label at that time, Excession, through Deconstruction Records. The song peaked at number 23 on the
The collaboration had started after Sasha and Emerson met at a show in Uruguay that they had both been performing at, shortly following Emerson's departure from electronic music group
UK Singles Chart
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in 2000, and reached number 1 on the UK Dance Chart. The song also charted in the Netherlands, and has been included on numerous compilations.
Background and composition
The collaboration had started after Sasha and Emerson met at a show in Uruguay that they had both been performing at, shortly following Emerson's departure from electronic music group Underworld
The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld.
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. The song was co-written by Sasha, Emerson and Spooky
Spooky or Spookey may refer to:
something that will cause creepiness or uncanniness.
Arts and entertainment Music Musicians
* Spooky (house music duo)
* Spookey (UK band), a 1970s soul band based in Manchester
*DJ Spooky, musician and producer
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member Charlie May, the latter performed song's main riff, on a Roland Jupiter-8 synthesiser.
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comedy sketch show '' The Fast Show''.
The song was written with a tempo of 135 beats per minute in the key of F minor. On the topic of the song's composition, Sasha stated that " tjust came together so effortlessly, ..and it really captured a moment".
Reception
In the liner notes of theKiss
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mix album ''Kiss House Nation 2001'', '' Mixmag'' music editor Matthew Kershaw named "Scorchio" among 2000's "uncategorisable" club tracks, highlighting how it "managed to have the most outrageously sunny, Ibiza-fied main riff but also a dark, progressive edge."
Formats and track listings
Charts
See also
* List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2000References
{{Sasha (DJ) 2000 songs 2000 singles British electronic dance music songs Deconstruction Records singles Electronic instrumentals