Published
Thu, May 19, 2005, 09:43
- Sasha prepares to deliver his new compilation as well as hitting Fabric London and the BBC's Maida Vale studios this weekend.
GUFUN001... no this is not the GU guys having a laugh, it's the cat number for Sasha's forthcoming FundacionNYC album. RA broke the Fundacion NYC news a few weeks ago, and these latest updates include the official tracklist some quotes and details on Sasha's upcoming events in Ibiza as well as his Fabric gig this weekend.
For those of you new to the story, the new Fundacion album is somewhat different to that of Involver. "Involver was my experiment with Ableton, my remix project. It really pushed the capabilities of Ableton in the studio." Sasha explains, "FundacionNYC captures what I can now do with Ableton in a live capacity, this is my mix album."
To create the album Sasha had a specific controller built to work with Ableton, this unique controller has been named 'The Maven'. Sasha's Maven together with the Ableton Live software and an Apple G5, enables Sasha to mix, edit, sample and loop tracks live in the DJ booth, transforming the art of DJing. "It's completely re-energised me again, I’m jumping up and down in the DJ booth. And people can feel that on the dance-floor, they know”, said Sasha.
The Tracklist for FundacionNYC, to be released in a couple of weeks from June 16, follows.
FUNDACIONnyc Tracklisting
01. Badger - Rise Of The Machine
02. Adam Johnson - Four Squares
03. Swayzak - Another Way (Richard Davies Mix)
04. Beanfield - Tides feat. Bajka (C’s Movement #1) (Carl Craig Remix)
05. Kosmas Epsilon - Innocent Thoughts (Stel Remix)
06. Funk Da Void - All That Matters
07. Closer Musik - One, Two, Three (Ewan Pearson Remix)
08. Phonique --99 & A Half featuring Alexander East (I:Cube Remix)
09. Holden & Thompson - Come To Me (Last Version)
10. Holden & Thompson - Come To Me (Club Mix)
11. M.A.N.D.Y. - Jah
12. Playgroup -Behind The Wheel (DJ-Kicks Electroca$h Mix)
13. Freeform Five - Electromagnetic (Tiefschwarz Dub)
14. Closer Musik - One, Two, Three (Ewan Pearson Remix)
15. Andre Kraml - Safari - (James Holden Remix)
16. Freaky Chakra - Blacklight Fantasy
17. Goldfrapp - Strict Machine (We Are Glitter Mix)
18. M83 - Don't Save Us From The Flames (Superpitcher Remix)
Sasha returns in 2005 to the bricked up, metal barricaded, wooden workspace that is the DJ bunker (booth) in Fabric's room one, this weekend - Saturday May 21 - for one of his trademark extended sets. Paolo Mojo will get the sardined fabric dancefloor in the mood from 10, with Sasha taking it over and out all the way til 7.
Event Details : Fabric feat Sasha
The news doesn't stop there. Sasha is also to grace the infamous Radio 1 Maida Vale studios with an exclusive set in the venue that has hosted many a John Peel session, as well as countless legends like The Beatles and David Bowie.
Sasha will be warming up his G5 Mac, Maven controller and the latest Ableton Live software for this live recording in front of an invite only crowd at the BBC studios. The 2-hour set will be broadcast in the wee hours of Sunday morning at 1:00am on Tong's Essential Mix. A couple of tickets are up for grabs on the Radio1 and Sasha's website.
His six-month Fundacion residency at Crobar in NYC and Avalon in LA will finish this month. Sasha will continue his Fundacion experience taking it to a third location - Ibiza - this summer. The newly re-furbished Space is to be the home to five Thursday night events from July 28 onwards.
The tour dates for Sasha's fast approaching northern summer follow.
Sasha's Upcoming Tour Dates
21 May Sat - Fabric, London, UK
25 May Wed - Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
28 May Sat - Avalon, Los Angeles, USA
29 May Sun - Vinyl, Denver, USA
02 Jun Thu - Emerald City, Philadelphia, USA
03 Jun Fri - Crobar, NYC, USA
04 Jun Sat - Fur, Washington DC, USA
06 Jun Mon - Back Door Bambi, Miami, USA
09 Jun Thu - Eleven50, Atlanta, USA
10 Jun Fri - Sound Bar, Chicago, USA
11 Jun Sat - Aria, Montreal, Canada
16 Jun Thu - Axis, Boston, USA
17 Jun Fri - Minage, Charlotte, USA
18 Jun Sat - Guvernment, Toronto, Canada
24 Jun Fri - Chibuku, Liverpool, UK
25 Jun Sat - Meet Me Festival, Slovenia
26 Jun Sun - Summer Club, Macedonia
01 Jul Fri - Apache, Valencia, Spain
02 Jul Sat - II Muretto, Venice, Italy
08 Jul Fri - Columbia, Berlin, Germany
09 Jul Sat - Exit Festival, Serbia
15 Jul Fri - Glade Festival, UK
16 Jul Fri - Air GK, Birmingham, UK
28 Jul Thu - Space, Ibiza, Spain
29 Jul Fri - GGG, Stratford Upon Avon, UK
31 Jul Sun - GGG, Ireland
04 Aug Thu - Space, Ibiza, Spain
05 Aug Fri - Dance Valley, Amsterdam, Netherlands
06 Aug Sat - Dance Valley, Amsterdam, Netherlands
06 Aug Sat - Colors, Glasgow, Scotland
11 Aug Thu - Space, Ibiza, Spain
13 Aug Sat - Creamfields, Andalucia, Spain
18 Aug Thu - Space, Ibiza, Spain
25 Aug Thu - Space, Ibiza, Spain
27 Aug Sat - SW4, London, UK
28 Aug Sun - Tribal Gathering, Manchester, UK