DJ Sash K

Do you want to know the difference between those Dj’s that feel ‘it’ and those who wouldn’t know what ‘it’ was even if it came around their house and ran off with their girlfriends ? It’s to do with baselines. Listen to the myriad of crap house records and it’s like sitting on a particulary bad fairground ride. These baselines shouldn’t just sit on the beat, but ride and slide off it. Its what gives movement and funk to music ….. and better still its what makes girls wiggle their hips. And lets not forget the carnal desires that go on during any typical night spent on a dance floor – the music is just an excuse !!!

The house bug bit Sash K at the age of 18 and at the time when the dance scene was all but non-exsistent in Delhi. After a period of sneaking into all the parties and venues were he could listen to ‘dance’ music a very underage Sash K soon find himself collecting the very cd’s he had been dancing to that weekend. Although of this time it should be noted he had no cd players with which to play the music on. I’m not making a point to embarrass Sash K, but rather illustrate that this enthusiasm and passion towards the scene was testament to his young character then and even more so now!

Having bought his halloed cd players, Sash K then turned his attention to honing his craft. Spending every moment he could afford delving through the many cd players he had already amassed and individually piecing them together to create one sonic soundspace. It didn’t take long before his effort got noticed.
Through playing various small one parties and networking with the right people Sash k landed with his effort with the first company which used to do cooperate and public events. This company was really the period were Sash K cut his in the art of Djing. Learning to control the crowd musically, programme a set and create a musical journey. Here he realised how he could manipulate the mood of a room and take the crowd were he wanted and how he wanted. He began to understand the art of Djing.

Unfortunately due to some coperate gigs outstationed with some other company the relation with the first company lasted one year only as he was working as a Free Lancer. But by this time Sash K was already guested at some of the festivals, nights and indeed illegal parting that were springing up all over Delhi and NCR. During this period Sash K also got involved in promoting his own nights around the capital. For these nights he’d alternate between warming up for the local and international guest DJ’s and Artists like DJ Saaz (UK), Anamika, Shanker Sahaney, Kailash Kher, Daler Mehendi are few of these and playing for as long as he could by himself circa from 2003 onwards.

Around the period of 2005/06 the scene in delhi echoed that of the other metropolitan cites and become saturated with house and trance music. The only problem with this was although house and trance was considered to be the main-stream dance music, as such it became the commercial property, and appeared in everything from the chart to TV adverts. Frustrated by this Sash K was unprepared
to jump on the bandwagon that so many jocks at the time did and true to his love the darker and less obvious side of dance music. For the next year Sash K took his music back underground and re-evolved with it. While the main dance floor all over the world were going off to the current house and trance explosion, Sash K kept it dark, pumping and progressive at select parties up and down the country.

Fast Forward another two years to 2007 and trance and house has suddenly became a bad name. The more learnings and darker, edgier sound of house are back in vogue. Sash K sound had now evolved to such an extent that he was melding tribal and progressive number together in such a way that one of his set could be bizzarely regarded as being similar to trance or house tracks, with ups and down, peaks and troughs, but ranging over a time period of three to four hours and not six minutes like the average trance track. The dawn of this new musical era allowed Sask K to present his take on it on a completely new platform, ‘Silk – Cuisine From the Great Orient’ at the Chinese Resto Bar in Pristine Mall. The exposed interior wooden work and the dark looming archways provided the perfect backdrop for his new sound. The art décor, lighting and sound system and music policy however was entirely Sash K’s. It was all his own vibe. Doing only the guest night in Silk still Sash K was the only DJ that was called over there. Side by side Sash K got a chance when one day his trainer got suffered from high fever and offered his coperate gig to Sask K because of which till now the event company calls Sash K for every cooperate gig that was doing the event.
In 2007 house is not as segmented as it once was. Progressive Dj’s just don’t play progressive house, house heads don’t just stick to house. It’s all about one groove again. Ask Sash K was in his cd folder today and he will name you labels from UK, Germany, Carribean, Latino to the America’s. Musically I can now play several different genres under a progressive banner, trnace and tech house tracks, even some techno can be trown in some good measures – there are no rules just a groove !

But now like others Sash K has been experimenting over the last few years on his own tracks in the studio. Production is becoming more and more of a requirement these days to stay ahead of the pack. At the Rebirth night Sash K has already been seen positive results from road testing some of his production on as unsuspecting crowd. Plans for future include his own label together with club night.

Although the view of many commentators outside of the scene describe Dj’s as mere empty vessels who gain respect on the merit of other peoples productions, what they often fail to release is this, a track on it’s own is just a track. Indeed a very good track on it’s own is just very good until a Dj read a crowd and understand how to programme a set.

Any getting back to my point I was making at the start – the music is just an excuse – isn’t it? ….. is it fuck !!!