As rare as hens teeth to track down these days, Be As One is for me one of Sasha’s best tracks, some of which have been questionable in my view. Apart from Airdrawndagger which is excellent, I’ve always thought Sasha’s a better DJ than a producer. He’s a complete technology whore so to see him live is as much about kit-trainspotting as it is about his sound, which is excellent. Him and Digweed pioneered technology from the Atari ST computer through to Ableton Live.
I keep promising myself I’ll go and see the two of them play next time they’re in London, however last time I saw Sasha at Fabric, the cool see-and-be-seen crowd pissed me off so much it’s always a bit of a disappointment, why go to a club and not dance? I don’t get it.
Be As One is a Hacienda influenced track featuring a cool vocal from Maria Naylor who’s still knocking out half decent pop-dance to this day, and is probably one of Sasha’s most commercial sounding tracks.
My favourite dance album of all time, Northern Exposure, will get it’s own post another day.