just listening to sasha and digweeds Nothern Exposure Tour from 1997, u can't beat it, just loving every second and minute of it, just close u eyes and the feel the beat...

they don't to it like they used to...

And the clubs are not the same either loafer, it`s just not what it used to be. :roll: Is that just me getting old though or am i talking sense?

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your right there.. u can feel the vibes that i have, to be honest i want sasha and digweed to it one time for us old skoolers...

i hope u guys are listening

they are picking up the pace now, loving it,

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I miss the late 90's Sasha and Digweed sets. The crowd was there cause their were into the music, they knew their music, and most importantly their DJ's. I think right around the time that the Communicate album came out, the clubbing scene started to change (so did Sasha and Digweed's sound)... Where is this all going?

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This always happens though... right? I mean.. it's all about the sounds you heard when you were young and impressionable. The really old skool ravers prolly thought the commercial-ness of S&D even back in the late '90's couldn't compare with '94 Digweed or something lol :BigSmile: .. I guess that's my point.. I think in another 5-6 years (when stuff really starts to go down the crapper) we'll be looking back on this as another golden age in music.

^^^^ Exactly everything is relative.

--djway

i caught digweed on the NE 2 tour. in march 1998 at a massive 'has been' club called Firestone. delicious! :RockOn:

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That's bs...

You're trying to tell me the music is simply going further and further down the crapper? And will continue to do so as time goes on?

What rubbish.

It [b]is as good as it used to be[/b], infact I'd say it's better, so many great producers who can do so much more now.

I think the thing to remember is you will always hold the times gone by in high regard, as you remember the fondness of them.

Let's take the S&D era you're talking about... what else do you have around that time of similar vain? Not much. I can think of quite a few compilations this year alone that I put close to the calibre of NE, which have really blown me away.

Don't be so quick to write off the times we live in, don't take all the amazing music around you for granted.

Oh, and for the record, I too love my 6 NE discs and cherish them like nothing else, and they still get played very regularly.

[quote=";p="59301] Oh, and for the record, I too love my 6 NE discs and cherish them like nothing else, and they still get played very regularly. [/quote]

Ditto! greatest cd's ever made IMO 10/10 IMO :RockOn:

renaissance 2 and N.E. Vol 1 are my top two.

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I still like to listen to old stuff from Sasha circa 91/92, his sets from the Eclipse and Shelleys were what got me into Sasha, proper E music :RockOn: i just love that italo piano sound and a decent vocal, but sadly decent vocal tracks are a bit thin on the ground these days, Do You Want It Right Now by Degrees Of Motion is my favorite track of all time and sums up the whole era for me, If anyones interested check out Sasha @ G-Spot in Leeds from 1992, Sasha at his finest :Bingo:

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Amen to that. They have lost the feel. Its something thats been void for quite awhile now, almost like a dying spirit...

ur talking sense mj....

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Wouldn't loafers suggestion be fantastic, an old skool nite from the 2 of them would be awesome. How many miles would you be prepared to travel for that? I think I'd even go in my pregnant condition to see these 2 do an ol skool nite :RockOn:

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makes perfect sense. however, perhaps i'm just a miserable old cunt too.

listening to sasha - live @ tyrant 1997 right now. :RockOn:

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[quote=djbucko";p="59411]makes perfect sense. however, perhaps i'm just a miserable old cunt too.

listening to sasha - live @ tyrant 1997 right now. :RockOn:[/quote]

You're not old life begins at 30. :wink:

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so a couple of female friends who have, or are just about to turn 30 inform me.

i'm not convinced though.

Believe me it does.

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Ren. 1 was the first mix CD I took on holiday with my future wife, still rocks now - 10 years later (my wife of course :shock: ). The CD's getting a rerelease too.

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IMO, when a dj is building their brand, they have to search out non-popular tracks that are 'sleepers' to build their brand/sound/vibe they bring into the set.

then...after they become a brand name, it seems they don't need to put much effort in finding tracks bc everyone is handing them stuff to get some playtime...so only the 'big' tracks get played over and over by all the top dj's...

I think that may be one of the reasons why that 'back in the day' things seemed to be different.

hey chemical beavis, any chance of posting some sets from the old days by sasha and diggers, would like to get hold of some of there Nothern Esposure Tour live sets, back from 1997...

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while i agree with everyone, i think that in the specific case of s&d , then and now doesn't fit the above mentioned philosphy from chonkey. i'm not saying that i don't agree wth that philosphy, because i do, i'm saying that s&d have obviously moved into different sounds from what they were playing back then. i think it's great they've moved into new and fresh sounds, which is one of the things that has made them so sucessful, especially digweed. however, i can't say that i'm really into the music that they've been playing lately. i'm really into the dark, dirty and intense stuff, which is what initially attracted to me to s&d via the communicate album. but now, the last few times i've seen digweed, it's been great, but just not the sound that i really get into, a little too much fluff for me. and for me, my preferences havn't changed hardly in the last 10 years, generally speaking. so in some ways i'd have to agree with some statements made above, but i know what i like and i'll be damned if i'm gonna break that just to stick with my favorite dj, just because he's my "favorite". so maybe "back then" wasn't just the shit because i was young and impressionable, but simply was the right sound at the right time for me...i've always known what i like (as i'm sure most others do here as well) and back then it was there and i loved it, but now, i still know what i like, and i just ain't hearin' a whole lot of it.

habbersham definitely brings the best of the old school and new school and has really caught my full attention. out of all of the new jocks that have surfaced lately, i'd have to say that habbersham is the only one capable of becoming legend status and really making a mark in edm history (as i feel digweed has done as well, for sure.)

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Come on you lot.

Don?t forget they are both PROGRESSIVE DJ?s. :wink:

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1997 wasn't old skool! :shock:

I've just dug out some Sasha (and Digweed) tapes from 92-94 which is just post-Shelley's but pre-Renaissance 1, which are wicked... mainly Radio 1 mixes I got hold of.

Chem's right though, decent vocal tracks are very thin on the ground these days. Wasn't the Essential Mix from Renaissance this year a little bit old skool though??? 8)