Sasha is one of the most successful DJs in the world, and after many years of playing house, trance and club music he announced he would be creating his own album. What was received was not expected, which left some fans abandoned, but others (myself included) admiring such a beautifully crafted piece of work that builds and grows throughout the album’s journey.
The moment I first heard this album, it has a hauntingly striking resemblance to Musicdisk created by Mellow-D back in 1998. For those completely unfamiliar with the "Tracking" scene, it was a way to create music inexpensively on the computer using samples and having the computer sequence them back, until MP3s took over and killed the scene. Some of the most popular groups being Kosmic, Future Crew and FM. I listened to Musicdisk more times than I can count, and it is a rare gem the sadly is lost in the avelanche of music and progress of technology. In fact, I would be suprised if Sahsa DIDN'T listen to this album to gleen inspiration from. You can download the album here, but you will need WinAmp to play the XM files back.
Back to Sasha, Airdrawndagger is spectacular. You can dance to it, you can chill to it, and its sound is very unique. Easily one of my favorite albums to come out this decade.
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