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SASHA & DIGWEED!! ^WHOO!!!

I saw these guys at Bonnaroo last year where they maintained an incredible energy for five straight hours. It was probably one of the most amazing shows I have ever seen in my life.

If there is only one show you see in the next six months, this should be it.

I am so excited to see these guys play again. It is super rare to see them touring around the U.S.

A description of their history from Wikipedia:

Sasha & John Digweed are a pair of DJs from the United Kingdom. John Digweed had been DJ-ing for ten years before getting a gig at Renaissance where he met Sasha, who had been working the past few years in various acid house clubs and raves. Together, he and Sasha honed their DJ skills, focusing on track selection and technical mixing abilities. In 1994, they released the triple CD mix album Renaissance: The Mix Collection on Renaissance Records. It contained many popular dance hits of the time from artist such as Leftfield, Fluke, and 2 Bad Mice as well as original productions and remixes from the duo themselves. Two years later, the duo became “true superstars” (AllMusic) with the release of their double CD Northern Exposure on mega-label Ministry of Sound. This release was brought to the United States the next year in a single CD package on Ultra Records. 1997 saw the release of the Northern Exposure 2 double CD mix album, again on Ministry of Sound. Sasha and Digweed toured internationally, helping define the sound of progressive house & trance music in the late ’90s. In 1998, both John Digweed and Sasha released separate mix albums on Boxed as part of the Global Underground series with Digweed’s GU 006: Sydney and Sasha’s GU 009: San Francisco release.

In the late ’90s, Digweed and Sasha took up residency at New York City’s famous Twilo nightclub as well as releasing their third edition in the Northern Exposure series: Northern Exposure: Expeditions. They both continued their success in the Global Underground series with Digweed’s GU 014: Hong Kong and Sasha’s GU 013: Ibiza. In addition to their residency, they toured the United States, especially to promote their DJ mix Communicate in 2000. Shortly thereafter, they embarked on their international Delta Heavy Tour in 2002. They have collaborated little since Delta Heavy. They appeared together at the 2007 Bonnaroo Music Festival, and counted down the new year during a 4 hour set in Los Angeles at Together As One. They’re set to perform at the 2008 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival as well.

In 2008 Sasha & Digweed announced their plans to do another tour of North America taking in 21 cities in one month.

And of course, a quick teaser video: