Sasha

DJ Magazine has announced its take on the Top 100 DJs in the World for 2009, and there aren’t a lot of surprises.

Armin Van Buuren again reigns supreme, with Tiësto and David Guetta following in the #2 & #3 positions.

Here are the Top 10 DJs:

1. Armin van Buuren
2. Tiesto
3. David Guetta
4. Above & Beyond
5. Paul van Dyk
6. Deadmau5
7. Ferry Corsten
8. Markus Schulz
9. Gareth Emery
10. Sander van Doorn

Check out the full list below, and then leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…

This is an interview with Sasha and John Digweed, produced for the South West Four Festival:

To coincide with their only joint UK festival performance this summer we are very pleased to bring you Sasha & John Digweeds first joint video interview in many years!

Usually shying away from video interviews we were lucky enough to catch this legendary duo on a recent trip to London. As both DJs are veterans to South West Four and as they are rarely are interviewed together, we are absolutely chuffed to be able to bring you this exclusive as the duo discuss their first joint UK festival performance together in two years, life on the road, their individual projects and more.

via LockNLoadEvents

DJ Mag has announced their list of the Top 100 DJs, and Armin Van Buuren, and trance music in general, has come out on top. In the #2 and #3 positions are Tiësto and Paul van Dyk.

I’m surprised to see Infected Mushroom in the top 10. And where are the female DJs?

Let me know what you think of the list in the comments.

DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2008

01. Armin van Buuren

02. Tiësto

03. Paul van Dyk

04. Above & Beyond

05. David Guetta

06. Ferry Corsten

07. Sasha

08. Markus Schulz

09. John Digweed

10. Infected Mushroom

11. Deadmau5

12. Carl Cox

13. Sander van Doorn

14. Paul Oakenfold

15. Richie Hawtin

16. Hernan Cattaneo

17. James Zabiela

18. Andy Moor

19. Eddie Halliwell

20. Axwell

21. Eric Prydz

22. Kyau & Albert

23. Gareth Emery

24. Sven Väth

25. ATB Read more…

Involver 2 is, as you might guess, a sequel to Sasha’s mega hit Involver album.

The last Sasha album we reviewed, Airdrawndagger, was an artist album, rather than a DJ mix. It got a lukewarm reception with some, despite being an interesting artist album. Involver 2, though, is a return trip to a world of carefully blended tracks that stretch the idea of a DJ mix.

On Involver 2, Sasha thinks well beyond the idea of mixing tracks together – towards crafting a music mix with an arch. Sasha draws on the artist chops he honed with Airdrawndagger, while also skillfully blending a variety of tracks by artists ranging from Ladytron to Thom York. Read more…

Here’s something for Sasha fans/trance fans: Sasha’s announced a new CD, Invol2ver, that promises to take a visit to the same territory he explored on the Involver CD.

The CD features twelve heavily worked-over tracks, including tunes from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, synth pop stars Ladytron, indie troubadour Ray La Montagne and Telefon Tel Aviv. Limited edition copies will include a second CD of Sasha remix exclusives.

Tracks:

01. Intro – Sasha
02. Telefon Tel Aviv – You Are the Worst Thing in the World
03. Rone – Flesh
04. Sasha – Untitled (with Ray LaMontagne vocal sample)
05. Sasha – Lowlife (with Adam Parker Vocal sample)
06. Sasha – Midnight (with Adam Parker vocal sample)
07. Apparat – Arcadia
08. Home Video – That You Might
09. Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch
10. M83 – Couleurs
11. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
12. Sasha – 3 Little Pigs
13. Engineers – Sometime I Realise

Sasha releases Involver2 on Global Underground on September 8th 2008.