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Track Listings
| 1. Requiem |
| 2. Dremples |
| 3. Mr Tiddles |
| 4. Magnetic North |
| 5. Cloud Cuckoo |
| 6. Immortal |
| 7. Fundamental |
| 8. Boileroom |
| 9. Bloodlock |
| 10. Requiem |
| 11. Golden Arm |
| 12. Wavy Gravy |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Sasha's debut album, Airdrawndagger, has surely been one of the most long-awaited records in the history of music. Ever since this good-looking Chester boy burst into the DJ mainstream in 1991, he's alluded to a full-length artist album in the works, and the few compositions that saw the light of day--notably, his excellent Xpander EP--were enough to demonstrate his prodigious production talents. Despite the inordinate wait, Airdrawndagger will not disappoint: building on the cavernous, progressive trance sound of Xpander, Sasha pushes the envelope into new digital realms without ever losing his trademarked subtle touch. There are whispers of every global dancefloor sound here, from Sheffield to Detroit, Berlin to Rio--but ultimately, Airdrawndagger is intended as much as an outlet for Sasha's eerie, filmic synth excursions and heavenly ambient drone pieces as it is for simple dancefloor suss. "Dremples" and "Mr Tiddles" are ambient headphones-friendly numbers, faintly reminiscent of laid-back electronica experimentalists such as Plaid or early Autechre, but the prog-technoid stomp of "Fundamental" and the breakbeat trance of "Wavy Gravy" should be more than enough to keep Sasha's raving constituency stoked. No tacky celebrity collaborations, either--Airdrawndagger is a rare, admirable trance-floor treat. --Louis Pattison
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FINALLY RELEASED Sasha's long awaited debut album. Check it out here at hard to find
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Airdrawndagger has reminded me why listening to Sasha dj-ing in the early to mid-nineties used to stand my hairs on end and send goosepimples rushing over my body. It may have taken over a decade for Alexander Coe (real name) to be bothered to put together an album, but it's well worth the wait. This is a quite brilliant 68 minutes of progressive house, breakbeat, ethereal trance and IDM. Listening to the ablum as a whole is like immersing yourself in one of Sasha's legendary sets as he toys with your emotions, building to crescendo after crescendo. It's almost impossible to pick stand-out tracks because there's not one dud, but 'Bloodlock' and 'Requiem' are both tunes of astonishing beauty. Puts Oakenfold's debut in the shade.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's been a long wait, but Sasha wasn't going to rush out any old rubbish, he was gonna wait til he felt he had something special, and I can confirm that Airdrawndagger is very special indeed. Moving from beautiful, hypnotic chill-out tunes to funky as f**k progressive breaks, there's elements of Orbital, Leftfield and even Radiohead in there, but this album is unique and original and very Sasha. There's no full-on progressive tracks like many people might expect (Bloodlock and Golden Arm come closest), and there's no dodgy collaborations like you might find on certain other DJ's albums! It's a collection of tunes that will still sound fresh in ten years time, and you'll hear something new with every listen.
If you're looking for a must-have CD to add to your collection, look no further.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When I first got this album, I was expecting the same kind of trance that you see everywhere nowadays. I must admit I had not heard much of Sasha before buying this album, but believe me, now I'm hunting out every last record he has released. This album is absolutely beautiful. Let me explain why.
Most trance albums now are all the same. However, Sasha has managed here to push the boundaries of modern dance. This is not the kind of music you would dance about to, not most of it anyway. It is a very eclectic ambient-trance/prog. house affair, and it's wonderful. The use of synths in this album is brilliant, and Sasha really shines when it comes to solo synth sections. The use of breaks and 4/4 beats is great, and he makes the listener actually stop for a moment and, well, listen. This is the kind of album where you actually have to sit down and listen really closely to, because there is a lot going on. That's not to say the album is crowded, it just manages to pack a lot in to it. All of the tracks have a very atmospheric feel to them, like trance with attitude. The songs that really stand out are Magnetic North, Bloodlock, Fundamental, Cloud Cookoo and Wavy Gravy, but the rest are really good as well.
I am hoping that someone will actually sit down and listen right through this album as I have done. Like the Northern Exposure albums, this album is more than a cd. It's a exploration.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
where have you been!!
I loved this album when it first came out, and it still sounds great!! i can't beleive that i'm the last one who's reviewed it in the last two years!! awesome must buy!
Published 17 months ago by jaka
Something different... Something suprising?
Have you ever seen an 'Air-drawn-dagger'? No? I haven't either. Whatever Sasha was imagining in that crazy mind of his, his debut album is somewhat far from drawing dagger's in the... Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2008 by Tom Cat
Best "Dance" album I have heard in years!
I have had this album for about a year now, and I just cannot get bored of it - and I bore very easily. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2007 by D. J. Close
Airdrawndagger
I only really have one thing to say other than that this is a very good album with a laid back trance feel. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2006 by Ben Mccann
Quality!
Wow, what an album! It is so different from anything else i have heard. I don't know what i like best about this album, it could be the fantastic beat patterns, the pulsating... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2005 by Jason Pullin
Ultimate Sasha? No. Not awful, but not perfection, just good
Possibly one of the most anticipated artist albums from the dance scene full stop. Delicious morsels like Sasha's remixes and little gems such as the Xpander EP only fuelled the... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2005 by Simon J. Whight
Simply fantastic
I heard this at a friend's and instantly went out and bought it. I can honestly say it's been the most consistently played album in my entire collection. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2004 by "drfrot"
Fantastic Music For Your Soul
Sasha is brilliant. This album is made for your listening pleasure as well as dancing pleasure if you crank it up. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2004 by "ashley2154"
Sasha takes a stab in the dark - and misses
After a 10 year long wait or more, Sasha has finally delivered the album he has been promising year on year ever since 1991. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2003 by Jas
Lumpy Gravy
Should be categorised as ambient at best. Mostly meandering directionless musings, barely a dance beat in earshot. A long way from Arkham Asylum.
Published on 11 May 2003 by Dan French
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