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<blockquote data-quote="Ed" data-source="post: 820334" data-attributes="member: 548"><p>I'm not completely sure what you mean by 'entourage factor' to be honest. I think it was the feel good factor driving his popularity. In those days if you knew a dj guarranteed a good night with good tunes, you would keep an eye on where they were playing. Lads used to come from Nottingham and Newcastle to Legends in Warrington. That's a good long way, without the Sasha factor, the dj's at Legends weren't megastars by any means. </p><p></p><p>From memory this carried on until the mid 90's at least, although it shifted slightly from being DJ focused to club focused. I can remember buses being organised from Birmingham to the Hac and Cream in Liverpool. Clubbing was a lifestyle, it was what people built their weekends around. It's a very different era now in my opinion (although I'm looking back at it with the eyes of a 37 year old, I was 19 in 1992 and the weekends were what I lived for). Travelling miles to see a dj or go to a club wasn't considered desperate or sad back then, loads of people were doing it, and not just for Sasha. It wasn't a new thing either. Loads of Glaswegians used to come down to Wigan for the Northern Soul all nighters. </p><p></p><p>Apart from that 'Son of God' mixmag edition, the real Sasha cultishness to me started with internet forums and record buyers pouring over old mixes and working out the tracklistings and then a market being created in the vinyl. Again, I don't think it's particularly sad, he made a lot of people happy. It's no surprise people wanted the records that did that. </p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I've never, in almost 20 years of going out, seen Sasha play live!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ed, post: 820334, member: 548"] I'm not completely sure what you mean by 'entourage factor' to be honest. I think it was the feel good factor driving his popularity. In those days if you knew a dj guarranteed a good night with good tunes, you would keep an eye on where they were playing. Lads used to come from Nottingham and Newcastle to Legends in Warrington. That's a good long way, without the Sasha factor, the dj's at Legends weren't megastars by any means. From memory this carried on until the mid 90's at least, although it shifted slightly from being DJ focused to club focused. I can remember buses being organised from Birmingham to the Hac and Cream in Liverpool. Clubbing was a lifestyle, it was what people built their weekends around. It's a very different era now in my opinion (although I'm looking back at it with the eyes of a 37 year old, I was 19 in 1992 and the weekends were what I lived for). Travelling miles to see a dj or go to a club wasn't considered desperate or sad back then, loads of people were doing it, and not just for Sasha. It wasn't a new thing either. Loads of Glaswegians used to come down to Wigan for the Northern Soul all nighters. Apart from that 'Son of God' mixmag edition, the real Sasha cultishness to me started with internet forums and record buyers pouring over old mixes and working out the tracklistings and then a market being created in the vinyl. Again, I don't think it's particularly sad, he made a lot of people happy. It's no surprise people wanted the records that did that. Having said all that, I've never, in almost 20 years of going out, seen Sasha play live! [/QUOTE]
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