Re: The Sasha & Digweed Legacy - article
Just came back from Sasha and Digweed gig for the first time,
its their second time in Athens after 15 years from 2004.
Sasha started playing at 3 for an hour, a couple of bangers here and there but mostly warm up stuff, the real gig started when Digweed arrived at the booth at 4:30 and destroyed the place from the very first tune.
After an hour or so they started playing back to back, It was quite a great party, people where feeling the groove and dancing, i still find mobile phones on the dancefloor bothering tho :-P
Mixing was top notch but to be honest i was expecting a lot more musically, very few tracks stood out for me, i guess it wasn't the right place for them to drop a totally immersive set. Its an outdoor club on the beach with plenty of space nice atmosphere overall and a fine soundsystem, but not quite ideal for a vortex set i guess.
John Digweed uploaded a clip on his instagram
[video]https://www.instagram.com/p/BzkpC92FdOR/[/video]
Sasha posted on Facebook that Xpander was released exactly 20 years ago today, and a guy brought him the vinyl to sign it and Sasha was kinda impressed and lifted the vinyl to the crowd and people went peanuts!! then i thought it was the right time for me to snick in and give him my Northern Exposure CD that i brought so to get it signed from both, but he had to use this guys marker cause i didn't have one, so i only got it signed from da man cause Digweed arrived later.
When the sun started to arise they played a few classic piano house for a bit, but i think i remember that Sasha said on a interview a few years back that piano house haven't aged well (which i totally agree), so i was kinda "why they even bother playing them" give us some proper classics or drop some groovy twisted bass rocking melodic naked gems please" :D
One of their closing tunes was the Mathame - Starburst (Locked Groove Remix)
Alicia Keys - Unthinkable (Sasha Remix)
And the last one was Maceo Plex - When The Lights Are Out
Because the club promoter told them to wrap up, or else i believe they would continue play until 10 in the morning. Overall it was a very pleasant experience.
Have you guys ever been to a S&D set lately or in the past ?
I would love to know your experience!
Otherwise thank you for reading :)
ps
Sometime between 6-7 i found myself lying on a deck chair watching the sea and falling asleep to the heavy beats of S&D, shame on me :lol:
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