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Sasha (born Alexander Paul Coe〔The nickname ''Sasha'' is a common diminutive version of the name ''Alexander''.〕 on 4 September 1969 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales) is a Welsh DJ, record producer and Grammy Award nominee. He was voted World No1 DJ in 2000 by DJ Magazine he is a four-time International Dance Music Awards winner and four-time DJ Awards winner. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s. He partnered with fellow DJ John Digweed in 1993, touring internationally and producing a series of mixes (compilations of other artists' work played in a continuous fashion). Sasha has remixed tracks for artists such as Madonna, The Chemical Brothers and Hot Chip. Sasha's remixing and production often combine electronic music genres, making it difficult for critics to pinpoint his musical style, including on his debut album of original work, ''Airdrawndagger''. After achieving success as a producer and DJ, Sasha worked with younger DJs and producers such as BT and James Zabiela, influencing their musical styles and techniques. His use of live audio engineering equipment helped popularise technological innovations among DJs who formerly relied on records and turntables. Despite the changing trends in electronic dance music, Sasha continues to perform in large dance venues.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Sasha tour dates (navigate to "Tour Dates") )〕 In 2007, he formed a record label with Renaissance Records called emFire, which is the exclusive outlet for his new music. Sasha is managed by Three Six Zero Group. == Early years == Sasha was born in Bangor, Wales on September 4, 1969, but spent most of his youth with his mother in the Welsh town of Sandycroft, Flintshire, North Wales. Sasha's mother taught French at Hawarden High School. Sasha's early musical taste was primarily Top 40 pop music like The The and The Police.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = BBC Wales )〕 After an "idyllic childhood", he passed the entrance exam for Epsom College at age 17.〔 However, he did not like Epsom and left before completing his Advanced Level (an academic qualification in England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Instead of continuing his schooling, Sasha moved to Bangor to live with his father and stepmother. Sasha's stepmother forced him to take piano lessons which, although he disliked them at the time, Sasha ultimately found to be beneficial to his music career. Sasha became aware of electronic dance music in 1988 at The Haçienda, a Manchester dance venue. Drawn to the rough sound of acid house music and the rebellious attitude he associated with it, he visited Manchester weekly and soon moved to nearby Disley. Sasha purchased many acid house records and began to teach himself how to mix. A local DJ at a club Sasha frequented announced that he was looking for other DJs to travel with him on a regional tour. Sasha volunteered and made his first live appearance in nearby Stockport. Sasha recalled of his debut, "I'd never even touched a Technics: I thought the pitch control was the volume, I didn't even know where to plug my headphones in! I'm sure I was absolutely horrendous."〔 Sasha soon found himself in debt due to low-paying performances and the many records he bought.〔 To finance his record collection, he performed at illegal warehouse raves in the Blackburn and Blackpool areas. With the assistance of another local DJ, Jon DaSilva, Sasha secured work at The Haçienda, where he learned key mixing (matching melodic keys) from DaSilva and refined his ability to beatmatch (to synchronize the beats of two simultaneously playing records). Though he enjoyed playing at The Haçienda, in 1990 Sasha left for a club called Shelley's Laserdrome in Stoke-on-Trent.〔 There, he established part of his signature sound by mixing euphoric Acid House music with Italian piano house and emotional a cappellas.〔 Because of his increased popularity and visibility at Shelley's and the fact the promoter worked for the magazine, ''Mixmag'' featured Sasha on its first cover, under the headline "SASHA MANIA - THE FIRST DJ PINUP?".〔 While continuing to DJ, Sasha began to produce several of his own dance tracks. This, he later noted, was contrary to the career paths of many successful DJs, for whom it was more common to start out as producers. Upon signing a recording contract, he also set up an entire recording studio at the same time, which led to a "painful learning curve" at the outset.〔 Sasha's first production / remix credits were two singles for Evolution: 1990's 'Came Outa Nowhere (Take Me Higher Mix)' and 1991's 'Metropolis' for which he produced and remixed both sides of the classic house track; the record is most notable for the 'Can't Stand The Feeling Mix' where Sasha replicated his signature mixing style of putting an a cappella vocal over the top of the main track, namely the vocal from The Jason Load Experience's single 'Mainline '90', which was released in 1989. He released his first single, "Appolonia", under the name ''BM:Ex'' (the name is short for 'The Barry Manilow Experience', a joke in reference to Sasha's love of the piano), with producer Tom Frederikse on Union City Recordings. After DJing at Shelley's for several years, Sasha left his position because of increasing gang violence in and around the club. As a result of his growing reputation, Sasha was offered work in several London and Australian clubs.〔 He accepted, instead, a spot in the DJ rotation at Renaissance a club night started by Geoff Oakes at Venue 44 in Mansfield, England. Later in 1993, Sasha produced "Together", his first single under the name ''Sasha''. "Together", which he produced with Danny Campbell for Pete Tong's FFRR, peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #57. With this success, Sasha began a series of records for Deconstruction Records with the singles "Higher Ground" and "Magic" (for which Digweed produced a remix) and ''The Qat Collection'' with Frederikse and vocalist Sam Mollison. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sasha (DJ, born 1969)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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