LO IMPORTANTE NO ES LLEGAR A LA CIMA,
SINO SABER MANTENERSE EN ELLA.

Hemos visto varios DJs ir y venir, sin embargo pocos pueden sencillamente declarar que han estado en el Top 10 por mas de una década. Al decir pocos, podemos mencionar a dos: Sasha y John Digweed, quienes en lo individual han permanecido en el codiciado mundo de los 10 mejores Djs del mundo desde 1997, año en el que la reconocida publicación DJMag comenzó a calificar y posicionar a los mejores de la música electrónica a nivel mundial.

Desde hace algunos años, Sasha y John Digweed no solo han elevado a las masas con sus majestuosos sets, en lo individual, sino que también han unido sus fuerzas cautivando a cientos de miles alrededor del mundo y creando compilaciones que los críticos han calificado como algunas de las mejores jamás creadas.

Durante la primavera de este 2008, Norteamérica será testigo de la legacia de Sasha & Digweed, al lanzar su SASHA AND JOHN DIGWEED SPRING CLUB TOUR 2008 en el marco del Winter Music Conference de Miami el próximo 27 de marzo en el impresionante Mansión Club y al día siguiente en el décimo aniversario del festival de música electrónica mas grande del mundo, el Ultra Music Festival.

Esta será la primera ocasión en seis años, en la que Sasha & Digweed realicen un extenso tour a través de las ciudades mas importantes de Estados Unidos y México, cerrando con su majestuoso espectáculo en el Festival Coachella el sábado 26 de abril.

Este dúo, considerado único en la escena electrónica integrado por dos de los cinco mejores DJs del mundo del 2007 (Sasha No.5 y Digweed No. 3), de acuerdo con el DJ Top 100 de DJMAG.com, visitará nuestro país, bajo al producción de Cookie y Grupo Mantequilla, creadores del inolvidable Rimel y el original Aca World Sound Festival que en los años 2000 y 2002, crearon historia en nuestro país sentando un precedente sin superar hasta el día de hoy para los festivales de música internacionales en México.

Sasha and Digweed se presentaran el 17 de abril en el Foro Alterno de la UDG, en Guadalajara ante una audiencia de mas de 10,000 personas, y el 19 de abril en el Distrito Federal en un espectacular masivo en el Centro Banamex.

Los boletos para estos eventos en nuestro país, estarán a la venta a partir del próximo viernes 7 de marzo a través del sistema Ticketmaster.

ABOUT THE SPRING CLUB TOUR

The last time Sasha and John Digweed toured the US was in 2002 on their infamous Delta Heavy Tour, known as the most important DJ tour to ever hit America. The tour forever raised the bar for large-scale electronic music events. Technically produced like a rock concert, complete with touring sound, lighting, staging and laser and video production Delta Heavy catapulted Sasha & John Digweed into arena headlining status and was attended by more than 85,000 people during its six weeks.

While most DJ tours are all about taking flights from city to city, Sasha and John will be hitting the pavement, bussing it through the country. However, unlike Delta Heavy, this tour is about going back to their grass roots. "You know that's what it's all about -- giving the people a good time." Sasha and John

"Its been six years since Delta Heavy. Both Sasha and myself have been talking for ages about touring the states together again, but really wanted to go back to our underground roots as recently the only shows we have done together have been massive festival events. So this time around we are playing a great selection of clubs with great sound systems rather than big arena shows, which will give our fans a chance to see us in a more intimate environment." John Digweed

Sasha and John Digweed are truly bringing their sonic experience back to the people, and this tour offers something for every one of their fans. The tour will make stops at legendary rock venues such as the Warfield in San Francisco and Webster Hall in NYC. In addition, many of the shows are 18+ and some are even all ages. And because many of these events are taking place in traditional rock venues their shows may start at 9 and end at 2, as opposed to a traditional club night which starts at 2am and ends at 6am. A rare exception indeed for Sasha and John Digweed fans.

“While Delta Heavy was billed as an arena tour it was the theatres and clubs where John and I had the most fun and where we felt our sound worked best. So this time around we decided to focus on those venues. Over the last 6 years we have played together a lot in LA and NY, and whilst I love those cities, I'm really looking forward to returning to places like DC, Seattle and Minneapolis, where John and I haven't shared the decks since 2002. Plus, spending time on the road with John on a bus touring the country is something I just couldn't turn down." - Sasha

BRIEF HISTORY:

When indie rock and cheesy pop dominated the national charts and the underground was desperate for a sound of its own, along came two young British DJ's, both making their mark in the burgeoning UK Rave scene and eager to take an underground phenomenon to another level. A meeting of minds and musical collaboration soon lead them to become one of the worlds most internationally recognized and acclaimed dj duos in electronic music, to this day. They became the first dj collective and tastemakers to bring dance to the foreground of mainstream music, when in 1994 the inception of their partnership formed as they released the seminal triple disc compilation Renaissance The Mix Collection which provided a yardstick for all future DJ mix albums. Sasha and John Digweed have never given in to the mainstream yet have always somehow defined it.

What followed in 1996 was the infamous Northern Exposure double disc set on Ultra Records. And in the same year, the British duo were invited to share a monthly residency at the world's most renown club, New York City's Twilo, becoming the first British DJs to hold a residency. With their awe-inspiring all-night sessions, Sasha and John conquered New York City. Soon, the rest of America became transfixed by the maestros' blistering sets that captivated crowds in cities across the nation.

"What distinguishes Northern Exposure from other DJ'S mixed compilations available these days is how cerebral DJs Sasha and John Digweed's mixology is. Instead of your typical Dance mix USA volume, these guys thrive on transition as much as they do groove. They gracefully combine their notably fierce progressive house and fluttering-yet filthy dance music signature style with a lush selection of melodies and banging anthems from groundbreaking dance artists of yesterday, today and tomorrow."
- Smith Galtney, Time Out

Before their existence, the concept of a compilation was merely a mixture of tracks packaged together and sold to the masses at face value. Never before in mainstream music had anyone taken the initiative to fuse together underground anthems and deliver them in the form of a dj set. Flavored, motivated and driven by another's interpretation with their own original productions in the mix, the superstar dj was born and the line between dj and artist was quickly blurred.

"Sasha and Digweed have really stepped right up to the plate and hit an all American home run."
-Smith Galtney, Time Out

Indeed, they did. It is their ability to reach people by hooking their audience into the personality behind the decks.

"Presiding over the packed dance floor like new millennial rockstars, the two pioneering DJs took turns spinning piping hot wax, whipping the throbbing crowd in and out of frenzy."
- Boston Herald

Sasha's trademark power-packed, emotional sets embody the essence of his high- octane moments. He propels listeners into the future of electronic music by constructing innovative and forward-thinking concepts. While John's sets are enveloped in imagination and invention without heroic pretensions his sets are filled with moodiness and musical mystery but held down with a punchy distinctiveness and earthly rhythm. Always emanating a sense of boundlessness he overlaps dream events that spill into reality with an enormous certainty. However, working together they bring their individual purposeful eclecticism to the forefront both through their selection of songs and their supreme mixing skills.

"In the same way bands like the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and the The Crystal Method broke new ground last year with recordings, that overflowed out of the clubs and into the homes of the mainstream America, DJ duo Sasha and John Digweed are setting the agenda for the next chapter in the rewriting of the textbook of modern dance music. For those timid about this brave, new electronica-drenched world, this is a good primer."
- Eric Nonacs, Jane Magazine

"With DJ tag team extraordinaire Sasha and John Digweed". Only slated to perform through 3:30 A.M. at Bonnaroo, Sasha and John Digweed's set continued well into the morning, providing a sound track while I moseyed on back to the Spin compound as the sun rose, smiling and shaking my head in a blissful confusion, wondering what had happen to the past five hours." - William Goodman, Spin.com 2007