In 1988/89 Sasha made his name in the acid house scene by driving up from Wales to DJ are at some the warehouse parties that were held in Manchester and Lancashire after the nightclubs like the Hacienda, Man Alive and Konspiracy closed and thousands of people used to go in search of the all night warehouse parties that were prevalent at the time.
In 1990 he picked up his first residency at Shellys, the acid house nightlub in Stoke. This first video is the original of Ultraviolet ‘Kites’ from 1990, which he used to finish his renowned sets with. It is one of my favourite old school house records.
Ultraviolet ‘Kites’ (Original Mix) 1990
His name became so associated with playing Kites that he was asked to remix the record; the outcome is below, which is a brilliant remix and rave classic. But, in my opinion it doesn’t beat the beauty of the original record, which is itself a balearic classic and associated with the early days of the Ibiza and in particular the original open air Amnesia club where the legendary Jose Padilla and god father to the original Ibiza scene made his name.
Ultraviolet “Kites” (Fantasy Ft Part 1) 1990
Kites is sung by Maria Nayler who Sasha later worked when she sung vocals his records ‘Be As One’ and ‘Naked and Scared’. She was also laterly known for ‘Angry Skies’.
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Erm, the Fantasy Flite mixes are not Sasha. They were done by Purple Haze.
Andy,
I appreciate it says that on the record, but I remember hearing that Sasha was going to remix Kites and understood Purple Haze was one of his earlier monikers. Granted it doesn’t carry the hallmarks of Sasha mix, but this was before he had made his name as a remixer and would explain why he used the Purple Haze name and not Sasha. I have checked with a couple of other people and they thought the same, so I will need to confirm this with him direct. By the way Purple Haze is not to be confused with a Dutch remixer that has started using the name recently.