Global Underground 13: Sasha In Ibiza

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0664612201325 Label: Global Underground Manufacturer: Global Underground Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Global Underground Release Date: 1999-09-20 Studio: Global Underground
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Editorial Reviews: Sasha and his fellow turntable conspirators John Digweed and Paul Oakenfeld have been on impressive winning streaks since the mid- to late '90s, particularly with their increasingly popular and influential Global Underground series. This addition to the cycle, a live set recorded in the Spanish dance-music haven Ibiza, comes close to setting a new standard. Sasha is working solo here, and in addition to showing off his prodigious live mixing skills and inventive use of source material, he also creates an undeniable identity for himself. Digweed accomplished the same thing last year with the masterful Bedrock, but where that record was elegantly light and airy, this one burns with a sharper, more manic energy. Throwing out resolute rhythms and melting house samples bathed in dreamy backdrops, Sasha cuts through dense structures and clever transitions with superhuman alacrity. It does take him a little while, as his use of trance-inducing repetition strays a bit while he establishes a groove on the first disc. Disc 2, however, simply tears into an incredibly danceable vibe. Mixing together melodic snippets and varying moods, from the dark trance of "Fibonacci Sequence" to the ecstatic release of "Xpander" (from his EP of the same name), Sasha mainlines rhythm and creativity through to a satisfyingly exhausted conclusion. --Matthew Cooke
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The Emperor's New Clothes? Comment: I agree that the mixing is pretty seamless, as it should be if it's done in a studio. I can't help feeling that this is cheating really: there's a world of difference between mixing live (not necessarily in a club)and creating something in a studio on a computer, i.e. spontenaety. Along with all the other Global Underground series, this left me totally unmoved. I really don't get it: the whole series just seems to be a triumph of style over substance. Go for some of the Journeys by DJ stuff instead. Customer Rating: Summary: 10 out of 10 Comment: I never ever ever give anything 10/10 because to me thats impossible, with the exception of this mix compilation from the world's greatest ever trance DJ - Sasha! ..it dropped at the very height of the scene's best musical output (mid 99) and happened in the best location, in it's best ever club (Space, Ibiza - & recorded live for fuks sake!) and was presented by the best ever DJ in it's league, published by the finest and best quality series of mix compilations during the golden age of the mix compilation! (because face it now their dead...) Like all of the 5 star reviews you don't need to be told to buy this, you probably already own it or you've just clicked 'buy'.. Customer Rating:* Summary: Trance art! No charts! Comment: Well i used to do the clubbing scene in the early 90's and loved techno trance back in the day at the Orbit club Morley Leeds. We would get Dave Angel, Joey Beltram, Sven Vath etc who were the techno trance masters at the time, No charty stuff just underground trance and i loved it!... Anyway now i have the family and at 34 years of age i'm rediscovering my passion for the music. Now don't get me wrong that euphoria stuffs okay but its a little too mainstream and charty for me. This led me to buying this album in hope sasha still did the biz! And boy like a fine wine this man just gets better with age, his talent to engulf you into his musical world is second to none. Now if you prefer the charty euphoria trance this probably is'nt the one for you as this is real mental journey music. From the moment you put the first disc in, it grabs you with its mellow beats and as the disc moves on these become more complex and meaner. Don't be put off by the mellowness at first just leave it alone and listen as this is how sasha gets you upon his ride before the fun starts. This really is a superb cd and is bursting with quality throughout. I am just so pleased that in the time i have been away from the scene there are Dj's out there who have not followed suit and gone mainstream and still produce the goods as they did back in the day, true underground trance! "WHAT A DISC WHAT A MAN!" Customer Rating: Summary: Satisfying air of quality Comment: I have to agree with the other reviewers that this is up there among the best GU releases. I prefer this over the San Fransisco GU mix from Sasha. It's amazingly consistant once it gets going, though track 1 on CD1 is a bit of a warm up. There's something reassuring about this mix. It doesn't offer towering highs or huge contrast, it just seems to slide along with tracks merging seamlessly. Customer Rating: Summary: GU FOREVER Comment: I LOVE GU, GU FOREVER !! Easily the best funky house CD's on the market. This one is another one in a long line of the best mixed music around !! More Reviews