finetune artist: Sasha

b. Alexander Coe, 4 September 1969, Bangor, Wales. Hailed as the "First DJ Pin-up" by Mixmag magazine, Sasha was a key figure in the 90s dance music boom. A former fish-farm worker and grade 8 pianist, he moved from Wales to Manchester in the late 80s and began religiously attending the legendary Haienda. He bluffed his way into his first DJ bookings and, via some of Blackburn's largest rave parties, soon became resident at Shelley's in Stoke, where he earned a formidable reputation. Mixmag even put him on the magazine cover with the words, "The Son Of God". After pioneering Italian house in 1989 and 1990 he made his name with a jazzy, garage-style as a remixer on projects such as Mr. Fingers' "Closer" and Urban Soul's "He's Always" and "Alright". Sasha moved to Deconstruction Records in 1993 in a three-album contract. Most had expected him to sign with Virgin Records following the success of his BM:Ex (Barry Manilow Experience) cut, "Appolonia", a double-pack 12-inch with a running time of over an hour, released on their Union City Recordings subsidiary. "Appolonia" originally emerged as an obscure Italian white label promo, and was a record Sasha played regularly at the end of his sets at Shelley's in Stoke without ever being able to discover the identity of its originators. As nobody could find out any further details he decided to re-record it himself.

Listen to Sasha at Finetune.

(2008) The EmFire Collection: Mixed, Unmixed & Remixed
(1999) Global Underground 003: San Francisco CD1
(1999) Global Underground 003: San Francisco CD2
(1999) Live In Ibiza CD1
(1999) Live In Ibiza CD2
(0000) Scorchio

Xpander
Belfunk
Rabbitweed
Scorchio(Full Length Version)
Scorchio(Emerson's Late Night Dub)