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75-610: TC Electronic was founded by two musician brothers, Kim and John Rishøj. Their SCF , ("Stereo Chorus + Pitch Modulator & Flanger") was a successful early product. After initial success with guitar effect pedals, they developed 19" rack mounted processors, including the TC2290 delay released in 1985. TC Electronic formed the TC Group in 2002 after acquiring TGI plc. TGI consisted of Tannoy , GLL Goodman , Lab Gruppen and Martin Audio. Martin Audio

150-501: A music loop -based software package that Sasha uses to engineer tracks in real-time, whereas he used Logic Pro primarily for premeditated edits to audio tracks. In 2005, Sasha produced his next mix album, Fundacion NYC , based on his nights DJing in New York at the Crobar club. Fundacion NYC received positive reviews for its originality, though JIVE Magazine found it "too complicated for

225-549: A Back to Back set at the Ministry of Sound in London on 24 March 2016. Shortly thereafter, the duo announced a list of tour dates for September 2016 to re-launch themselves in a series of gigs and performing Back to Back. Influenced by the early sound of The Haçienda, Sasha began his career playing records of the rough, danceable genre of acid house. By the early 1990s, he had moved towards a more dark European house music style, though by

300-453: 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 . He 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

375-525: 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, 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,

450-550: A continuous fashion). Sasha has remixed tracks for artists such as D-Ream , Madonna , Moby , 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. As well as remixes and compilation albums, Sasha has produced three albums of original works: The Qat Collection in 1994, Airdrawndagger in 2002, and Scene Delete in 2016. After achieving success as

525-569: A few Australian performances. In November 2006, the duo performed at several venues, including Sydney , Brisbane , and Melbourne as well as numerous tour dates throughout 2007. In 2008, Sasha and Digweed kicked off an American tour with a performance at the Winter Music Conference . The duo played at mainly larger venues on the weekends and smaller (750–1000 people) shows on weekdays. Sasha described their music as "driving and dark" with "a little throwback of Twilo sounds". Sasha runs

600-456: A joint venture with IVL Technologies Ltd that resulted in TC-Helicon: a company devoted to the creation of audio technology focusing on singers. TC Group purchased the remaining shares from IVL in 2005 and has continued to develop this company as TC-Helicon. In 2002, TC Group acquired Tannoy and Martin Audio with the intention of developing speaker technology. A year later, Martin Audio purchased

675-465: A large variety of ways, and it is possible to modify different parameters. TC Electronic also produces equalizers for live use, gain maximizers, loudness controllers, and several products that reduce loudness variations during broadcasting . TC Electronic also has been a partner in developing loudness standardisation work with international standards bodies such as the ITU, ATSC and EBU. TC Electronic develops

750-427: A let-down". LAUNCHcast , too, described Communicate as "boring and lackluster...stalled in a monochrome world of dead beats". During the late 1990s, the increased popularity and visibility of "superstar DJs" led to the creation of superclubs such as Liverpool's Cream and Sheffield's Gatecrasher . By 2003, however, electronic dance music clubs languished. The Guardian ' s pop critic, Alexis Petridis, attributed

825-552: A mic-stand mounted speaker/monitor for singers (VoiceSolo). Among the products currently produced by TC Group brands are Lab.gruppen's PLM (Powered Loudspeaker Management) Series amplifiers, which have seen extensive use in music performance applications such as the 2014 Ultra Music Festival Korea in Seoul, South Korea as well as in arenas and stadia such as the BC Place stadium in Vancouver,

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900-586: A more mainstream audience with his remixes of Madonna 's " Ray of Light " and GusGus 's "Purple" for those artists' single releases. His success in pop music led him to score the music for the PlayStation video game Wipeout 3 . In 1999, Sasha and Digweed reunited in the studio to record their third edition in the Northern Exposure series, Northern Exposure: Expeditions . In addition to mixing and DJing, Sasha joined Charlie May of Spooky to produce

975-506: A music studio and lives in New York City, and maintains a house in London. He brings his wife with him on his frequent tours. Sasha finds the constant touring to be physically tiring, though he also feels that he thrives on it. While fans may regard Sasha to be a DJ "hero", he is uneasy with fame; Sasha considers himself "shy at heart" and is typically uncomfortable discussing his personal life. He has mentioned on numerous occasions that he

1050-452: A new shared logo and new web presence. The business structure and customer contact points within the individual companies were not affected as a result of this initiative. Historically significant products produced by TC Group companies include the first dual concentric monitor by Tannoy in the mid-twentieth century. In contrast to speakers that have a separate woofer (low-frequency speaker) and tweeter (high-frequency speaker), Tannoy placed

1125-506: A producer and DJ, Sasha worked with younger DJs and producers such as BT and James Zabiela . His use of live audio engineering equipment helped popularise technological innovations among DJs who formerly relied on records and turntables . In 2007, he formed a record label with Renaissance Records called emFire , which is the exclusive outlet for his new music. Sasha was born in Bangor, Wales , on 4 September 1969. His early musical taste

1200-512: A range of plug-ins for its PowerCore system. They are all in the VST or AU formats, but cannot run without the PowerCore hardware. Some of these plug-ins are included with all of the PowerCore systems, except PowerCore Unplugged. The plugins include equalizers, noise removal plugins, reverbs, analog filter banks emulators, compressors and psychoacoustic effects. TC Electronic also authors plug-ins for

1275-578: A regular basis, Sasha now regularly receives new tracks from producers and labels via the Internet. These tracks, which number in the hundreds each week, are edited by Sasha and others for use in his live DJ sets. He still buys hundreds of records on vinyl, which are then recorded and converted into music files prior to being edited in Ableton by his team of engineers. In February 2013, Sasha spoke to Resident Advisor about his decision to change from using Live and

1350-447: A remix) and The Qat Collection with Frederikse and vocalist Sam Mollison . In early 1993, Sasha partnered with fellow Renaissance DJ John Digweed . Sasha and Digweed honed their DJing skills, often performing in tandem and focusing on track selection and technical mixing abilities. Renaissance was pleased with their performances, and had the duo compile the triple-CD mix album Renaissance: The Mix Collection , releasing it on

1425-458: A result of supplying PA systems to the armed forces during World War II and to Butlins and Pontins holiday camps after the war. They subsequently became known for the high fidelity sound reproduction of their dual concentric speakers in the late 1940s. This was followed by many speakers for professional, touring and high-end residential applications. TC Electronic is located in Aarhus , Denmark , in

1500-452: A specific genre of music. Sasha attributes his success to his technical skill and ability to "connect with his dancers". During performances, he balances new and experimental material, while ensuring that "the party is still rockin'". His spontaneity carries over to studio work; he typically has only a vague idea of the track listing when beginning work on a new mix album. Because of this, his albums never turn out quite as he expects. Sasha

1575-620: 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, collaborating with Danny Campbell for Pete Tong 's FFRR , produced "Together", his first single under the name Sasha . "Together" 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

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1650-489: A stronger emphasis on the bassline. The Delta Heavy Tour and Airdrawndagger marked a dramatic shift in style, and reflected the influences of relaxed ambient and breakbeat music on Sasha's work. These influences inspired the album's strong melodies, occasional breakbeat loops, and limited use of percussion. Involver was primarily a fusion of the musical style of house and ambient breakbeat music characterised by UNKLE and Lostep . With 2005's Fundacion , Sasha's style

1725-450: A traffic accident, further delaying the album's production. Though the accident temporarily impaired his hearing, he drew inspiration for the album from his ordeal. Airdrawndagger was finally released, in August 2002, to much fanfare. However, the album was "received with a lot of head scratching", according to Sasha, which he attributed to its unexpected mix of genres. The album did not feature

1800-905: Is an audio mastering system built around the Mainframe 6000 . It houses DSP -based electronics for processing and provides audio inputs and outputs. The Mainframe 6000 connects via Ethernet to either the Remote CPU 6000 and the TC ICON hardware controller, or to a computer running TC ICON emulation software. The System 6000 comes in two versions—Reverb 6000 and Mastering 6000. The two differ in included processing algorithms: Reverb 6000 comes with reverb and delay effects for stereo and multi-channel purposes, while Mastering 6000 comes with algorithms suited for stereo and multi-channel audio mastering , and includes pitch-shifting tools. Several optional algorithms are available separately. The System 6000 series

1875-572: Is known for applying new music technologies to both his studio and live work. Both Sasha and Digweed used Pro Tools on Mac computers when mixing their compilation albums, and used turntables and records during live performances. For their remixes, however, they used an Atari ST —an obsolete personal computer from the early 1990s—with Notator , a music sequencer used for arranging audio tracks. For more recent albums such as Fundacion NYC , Sasha used Ableton Live for sequencing, partially because of Pro Tools' higher price. In live performances up to

1950-407: 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,

2025-576: Is so busy with DJing and production that he rarely has any free time. However, he enjoys watching football , cooking, and sampling the cuisine of the countries he visits. The movie "New Emissions of Light & Sound" won the Best Original Score at the X-Dance Film Festival. The score was made up of new and previously unreleased tracks. Sasha and Digweed have re-united again in recent years. The iconic duo Sasha & John Digweed performed

2100-592: Is the Scotland-based manufacturer of loudspeakers and PA (public address) systems. It was founded as the Tulsemere Manufacturing Company in London and moved to its present headquarters in Coatbridge, Scotland in the 1970s. The name Tannoy is derived from a contraction of the term "tantalum alloy," which was a metal used in the early development of the company's products. Tannoy became a household name as

2175-567: The Xpander EP , the title track of which many clubbers still view as "one of the greatest trance tracks of all time". He used the title track as a centerpiece for Global Underground 013: Ibiza , his second Global Underground release. Sasha continued his collaborations with BT on the track "Ride", which was released as a single on Yoshitoshi Records and on BT's Movement in Still Life . Soon after, he worked with Underworld 's Darren Emerson on

2250-545: The West Coast of the United States . Both DJs formed their own record labels that year: Sasha created Excession Records and Digweed started Bedrock Records . Excession released fewer than ten records, the last in 1998; the experience, however, led Sasha to found the management agency Excession: The Agency LTD. Excession remains a booking agency for many DJs, including Hybrid , Nick Warren , and Steve Lawler . Sasha reached

2325-487: The "terminal decline" of dance music to its over-commercialisation by big-name DJs, such as Sasha, and to their demands for increased fees for performances. Though dance music had been declared "dead" by many in the dance industry, Sasha continued to tour—despite the closing of many superclubs, including his resident club Twilo in May 2001. After the closing of Twilo, Sasha and Digweed embarked on their ambitious Delta Heavy Tour of

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2400-499: The HD version of Digidesign 's Pro Tools and Soundscape software. These plug-ins are also available in a PowerCore version (some of them are ported from the System 6000 ). They include vocal harmonisers, mastering plugins, reverbs and compressors. TC Electronic also developed a two-track digital audio editor , which featured mastering tools and different effects. TC Group TC Group

2475-528: The Maven controller , which he uses as a physical interface to the Live software. (DJing with a mouse alone, he has said, is "not going to look right or feel right".) Fundacion NYC was the first album on which he regularly used the Maven controller. During DJ sets, clubbers often believe Sasha is playing new, unheard remixes; in fact, he is often playing modifications of tracks created in Ableton. Sasha most often uses

2550-467: The Maven controller to a combination of Native Instruments ' Traktor and CDs in his DJ sets. He felt that whilst Ableton Live had developed significantly as production software, it had become less successful as a DJing tool. In 2005, the Grammy committee debated whether his mix compilation album, Involver , was eligible for nomination as Best Electronic/Dance Album . The Recording Academy decided that

2625-545: The Musikmesse/Prolight+sound in Frankfurt, TC Group announced a new branding initiative that saw its companies become more intentional in sharing their vision and values as a combined group presence while retaining their separate identities. This change has included increased collaboration between companies for product development, global sales, and support as a facet of the collective TC Group, and it has also produced

2700-637: The PowerCore line in early 2011. TC Electronic produces equalizers, microphone preamplifiers , compressors , level maximizers, and multi-effect units (such as FireworX ). FireworX is a multi-effects processor. Producers and DJs, such as Sasha , use or used Fireworx in conjunction with CD players for live performances. Fireworx won best Hardware Signal Processing Technology at the 1998 TEC Awards . [1] The unit itself incorporates effects such as distortion , compression , noise and curve generators, ring modulation , vocoding , parametric equalizers, tremolo , reverb and delay . The effects can be routed in

2775-597: The RH450 at the NAMM Show in 2009, TC Electronic engaged a pilot program, selecting 24 bassists worldwide to test the amplifier at concerts and rehearsals. PowerCore is a series of computer hardware and software , somewhat similar in concept to the DSP card in Digidesign 's Pro Tools . At the base is a PowerCore unit that runs PowerCore VST or AU plug-ins. TC Electronic discontinued

2850-565: The United States in 2002. Featuring veteran tour producer Kevin Lyman and opening act Jimmy Van M , the tour covered 31 cities and played to 85,000 people. The appearances, complete with laser shows and video production, were more akin to rock concerts than to typical DJ events. This development was new to the DJing scene, and compelled other DJs to host similar concerts. A DVD of performance highlights, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage

2925-463: The United States together, which extended Sasha's influence to already-popular American DJs such as Kimball Collins. In 2004, Sasha signed with Global Underground to produce another mix album. However, he found the process of creating a standard mix album unrewarding, and decided to apply his production and DJing skills to a mix compilation that resembled a "real" album—that is, one featuring original material. Sasha's next studio album, Involver ,

3000-408: The accolade. After touring together for two years, the duo became "true superstars" with the release of their double CD Northern Exposure on mega-label Ministry of Sound . Around this time, Sasha began a recurring mentorship and partnership with fellow producer BT with the album Ima . As well as providing guidance for BT, Sasha produced a "euphoric" and "introspective" 42-minute rendition of

3075-775: The aforementioned Stereo Chorus Flanger (SCF), noted for its low signal noise, and the TC Electronic Finalizer, an audio mastering tool that combined a multiband EQ, multiband compressor, limiter and expander for digital recording. In the 1990s, TC Electronic developed the M2000 and the M5000 - digital audio mainframes/multi-effects processors making use of trademarked software to produce analog-sounding effects. The algorithms covered Reverb (Hall, Room, Plate, Ambience, and Gated); Chorus; Flanger; Delay; Phaser; Multi Pitch Shift (up to six voices); EQ; Tremolo; Stereo Spatial Control; and Dynamics,

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3150-521: The album which formed the centrepiece of the UK release and appeared as a "bonus" second disc on the US release. He continued to advance his own production work by pairing with vocalist Maria Nayler to produce the single "Be as One", which reached #17 on the UK singles chart. In 1997, Ministry of Sound released Northern Exposure 2 , Sasha and Digweed's next double-CD entry in their Northern Exposure series. To support

3225-509: The album's single, " Wavy Gravy ". Due to the contest's success, Sasha released all the tracks from Airdrawndagger on his website, so that fans could download and create their own versions. After the release of Airdrawndagger , Sasha took the young DJ James Zabiela "under his wing". He introduced Zabiela to the CDJ1000 turntable, and signed Zabiela to the Excession talent agency. The two toured

3300-636: The album, the duo toured internationally, and in the process helped to define the sound of trance music in the late 1990s. After extensive touring, Digweed and Sasha took up residency at New York City 's famous Twilo nightclub, where they would DJ for the entire night. In 1998, the two released separate mix albums on the Boxed label, as part of the Global Underground series: Digweed's Global Underground 006: Sydney , and Sasha's Global Underground 009: San Francisco , which drew from his experience touring on

3375-419: The area of broadcast and transmission. As TC Electronic moved to acquire other companies, it created an entity called TC Works. On October 10, 1998, TC Group became incorporated, beginning a process of strengthening links between itself, Tannoy, and TC Electronic as well as acquiring other audio-related companies and developing distribution deals with audio technology manufacturers. In 2000, TC Group created

3450-428: The built-in Ableton plugins , preferring their superior stability and performance over third party plugins. For the first public performance of Involver material, he used a PowerBook running Ableton, but has since shifted to a setup that includes an iMac G5 and Ableton Live. The Internet has affected how Sasha obtains and uses tracks for performance. While he once hunted through record shops for new records on

3525-463: The club's own Renaissance Records label. The album featured tracks from such artists as Leftfield , Fluke , and 2 Bad Mice , and original productions and remixes from Sasha and Digweed. The Mix Collection was released soon after Sasha's departure from Renaissance in April 1994. Following his success at Renaissance, Sasha was again featured on Mixmag with the tagline "SON OF GOD?", though he resented

3600-493: The company from TC Group, though Tannoy remains a part of TC Group to the present time. In the remainder of the past decade, TC Group unified its business operations and organised its brands by market segments; it also created distribution networks in North America in 2009 (TC Group Americas) and China in 2010 (TC Group International), which base sales and support on vertical markets across all TC Group brands. In April 2013 at

3675-504: The company's business. There are several product categories: In 2009, TC Electronic released a class D bass amplifier, RH450 (originally called RebelHead 450, but this name was cancelled later) along with the complementary RC 4 foot switch. In addition to this, TC Electronic developed a range of speaker cabinets for RH450 and other bass amplifiers: RS112(1x12" speakers) RS210(2x10" speakers), RS212(2 x 12" speakers) and RS410(4 x 10" speakers). Also, shortly after presenting

3750-463: The district of Risskov . It was founded by brothers Kim and John Rishøj, whose engineering goal was to produce guitar pedal effects which significantly reduced unwanted signal noise. The resulting product was the Stereo Chorus, Pitch Modulator and Flanger. This became known by guitar players as "SCF". TC Electronic has since produced a variety of guitar and bass effects and has also branched out into

3825-461: The ear". Sasha is pleased with the album, and plans to make a series of Fundacion albums. The next year, Sasha released 10,000 copies of a June 2006 DJ set for sale using Instant Live , making him the first DJ to use Instant Live's licensing and publishing services. In August 2007, Sasha announced the formation of his record label, Emfire, which will be the exclusive outlet for his new material in both vinyl and digital formats. Its first release

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3900-580: The heavier "club sound" of Sasha's previous mix albums, bearing a closer resemblance to ambient music . Airdrawndagger generally received favorable reviews, though critics noted that it was not as consistent and well produced as his DJ mixes. Sasha himself described it as "a selfish, slightly self-indulgent record", though he maintains that he is "happy with it to this day". Some critics, however, called it "sleepy"; E!Online described it as being "more in league with Yanni than Moby ". To encourage listeners' interest, Sasha held an amateur remix contest for

3975-484: The largest use of the amplifiers to date, where the number of PLM units totals 157. The PLM 20000Q also won a TEC Award in 2012 for Outstanding Technical Achievement. Sasha (DJ) Alexander Paul Coe (born 4 September 1969), known professionally as Sasha , is a Welsh DJ and record producer. He is best known for his live events and electronic music as a solo artist, as well as his collaborations with British DJ John Digweed as Sasha & John Digweed . He

4050-539: The late 1990s, Sasha performed exclusively using records. Before he started using the CDJ1000 , a "turntable" used for CDs, he had his digital music specially cut to acetate records before each tour. Once he integrated CDs into his live act, Sasha operated CDJ1000s with Allen & Heath mixers and FireworX . Sasha began DJing with Ableton Live in his live act as well, using it in tandem with turntables. Having explored its functionality, Sasha found that he could perform entirely through Ableton Live. He then co-developed

4125-404: The latter covering compression, limiting, gating and de-essing. TC-Helicon registered its trademark for its VoiceLive technology (harmony, correction and effects which has as its focus the creation of produced sounds for live performance settings. Trademarked features include VOS™ Limiter, HybridShift™ harmony generation, FlexTime™ and HarmonyHold™ (for harmonies). They also created the concept of

4200-403: The latter half of 2002, Sasha collaborated with big beat artist Junkie XL on the single "Breezer". Junkie XL, along with Charlie May, also assisted Sasha on his second album of original material, Airdrawndagger . Airdrawndagger took several years to produce due to Sasha's desire for the album to be "as near to perfection as possible." That March, Sasha suffered a perforated eardrum in

4275-527: 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

4350-443: The mix albums of the late 1990s. At the time, Sasha's music rotation included records by artists such as Space Manoeuvres , BT , and Breeder, and Sander Kleinenberg 's single "My Lexicon". With the 2000 album Communicate , the duo's work moved towards a deeper and darker house music sound. The album featured tracks by Morel , Mainline , and Jimmy Van M . The focus shifted from the melodic themes of previous releases in favour of

4425-488: The sales-companies TC Group|International, TC Group|Americas, TC Group|Japan, TC Group|China, and TC Group|Middle East. TC Electronic also co-develops products with Dynaudio Acoustics (studio monitors) and their European sales arm TC Group|International distributes Blue Microphones outside of the US. In August 2015, the company was purchased by Music Group , a holding company chaired by Uli Behringer . The parent company has since been rebranded as Music Tribe. System 6000

4500-406: The single " Scorchio ", Sasha's first charting single in four years. In between touring and producing original material, Sasha and Digweed released the mix album Communicate in 2000, prompting them to temporarily leave their Twilo residency for a promotional tour of the United States. Communicate had mixed reviews: Spin stated that despite a "few stellar moments, [ Communicate ] is ultimately

4575-464: The term "dual concentric." Amplifier technologists at Lab.gruppen (est. 1979) introduced a proprietary intercooler, which uses thousands of copper fins to multiply the exposed heatsink surface’s rapid heat dissipation. They also developed a Regulated Switch Mode Power Supply (R.SMPS™) for high-powered amplifiers. Its implementation was made possible when Siemens introduced its first high-voltage MOSFET devices. Electric guitar innovations include

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4650-626: The time of his Shelley's residency he had begun to experiment more with American house. His tastes further developed as he moved to Renaissance, and he began to incorporate the pop-based sounds of Moby , Spooky , and Leftfield . Sasha's second Digweed collaboration, 1997's Northern Exposure , was described as "epic house", and subsequent releases featured the spacey and atmospheric trance house sound of artists such as Sven Väth , Matt Darey , Tilt , and Armin Van Buuren . A rhythmic and bassy progressive house influence distinguished his Xpander EP and

4725-413: The time, he 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 records and began to teach himself how to mix . A local DJ at

4800-403: The tweeter behind the center of the medium or bass woofer. The first speaker to use this design was the "Concentric Dual," popularly referred to as the "Monitor Black," which made its debut in 1947. This design remained the basis for all Tannoy dual concentrics for about thirty years. Although other companies have produced dual concentric speakers since then, Tannoy was the first company to register

4875-564: Was "COMA", a collaborative track by a group of the same name, which features Sasha, Barry Jamieson, Charlie May, and Duncan Forbes. While continuing to regularly DJ, Sasha began work on another Involver mix and the next Fundacion mix. Sasha's Invol2ver was released in September 2008, and Invol<3r was released in March 2013. Though frequent performing kept them apart for several years, Sasha and Digweed announced that they would reunite for

4950-400: Was "a fusion of mix album and production record ", consisting entirely of Sasha's reworkings of tracks by other artists. "I tried to take all the separate sounds to all the tracks [and recombine them]", he later explained, "and it allowed me to mix the tracks together on a much deeper level." He accomplished this by sequencing the album using Ableton Live and Logic Pro . Ableton Live is

5025-455: Was a Danish multinational corporation specializing in audio related products for musicians, installers, producers, engineers , broadcasters, audio consultants and contractors. Its individual brands include Lab.gruppen , Lake, Tannoy , TC-Applied Technologies, TC Electronic and TC-Helicon . Overall, the company organizes itself around four market verticals: Musician, Install & Tour, Broadcast & Production, and Residential. TC Group

5100-489: Was acquired by Music Tribe in 2015. TC Group's products include audio effects and amplification devices for singers, guitar players, and bass players; performance speakers and amplifiers; loudspeakers and amplifiers for installation, including ceiling speakers and column speakers; and processing and metering for broadcast and production. TC Group is composed of several companies that precede its 1998 formation, most notably Tannoy (1926) and TC Electronic (1976). Tannoy

5175-469: 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. He released his first Remix single, "Appolonia", The Sasha Mixes of the Italo House Track By Indie, under the name BM:Ex (the name

5250-437: Was mostly progressive house and electro house music, with work by James Holden , Tiefschwarz , and Swayzak . With his success in progressive house, Sasha has commented that he feels people try to "pigeon-hole" him into playing that genre. Rather than calling it progressive house, Sasha considers his most recent material to be between house, trance, and breaks, though he has stated that he prefers not to associate himself with

5325-455: Was primarily Top 40 pop music like The The and The Police . After what he described as an "idyllic childhood", Sasha passed the entrance exam for Hatfield College at age 17. However, he did not like Epsom and left before completing his A-Level examinations. 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

5400-534: Was released as Sasha & John Digweed present Delta Heavy by System Recordings. Ben Turner, creator of the DanceStar awards, retrospectively described the Delta Heavy tour as "a landmark moment for electronic music". Though the duo of Sasha and Digweed never explicitly split up, demanding schedules and frequent independent touring prevented any substantial collaboration for a long period after Delta Heavy. During

5475-588: Was sold quickly after the merger and Goodman Loudspeakers closed. TC Works (software development), based in Germany, was once part of the TC group, but reintegrated with TC Electronic in 2005. The current TC Group is a holding company of five individual brand companies consisting of Tannoy , (speakers and studio monitors), Lab.Gruppen (amplifiers), TC Electronic, TC-Helicon ( harmonisers and vocal processors) and TC|Applied Technologies (digital-audio semiconductor development) and

5550-560: Was upgraded to MK2 in 2010. The Finalizer is an audio mastering tool available two versions: Finalizer 96K and Finalizer Express. Both Finalizers have a compressor , limiter , equaliser and a Gain Maximiser . The Finalizer Express is a less-functional version of the Finalizer 96K that does not perform 96 kHz processing. Since the company began with guitar effects, the current line of TC Electronic products remain an important aspect of

5625-418: Was voted as World No.⁠ ⁠1 DJ in 2000 in a poll conducted by DJ Magazine . He is a four-time International Dance Music Awards winner, four-time DJ Awards winner and Grammy Award nominee. Sasha began his career playing acid house music in the late 1980s. He partnered with John Digweed in 1993, touring internationally and producing a series of mix albums (compilations of other artists' work played in

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