Sasha and John Digweed: Gleaming the Wheels of Steel

by Sam Frank

Throughout the past few decades America has become a land of refuge for superheroes longing to share their unique powers with humanity. There is the Hulk's brute strength; Ironman's, uh, iron; Superman's ability to fly in blue and red tights without embarrassment; Batman's crime fighting wizardry; and of course, DJ Sasha and John Digweed's ability to keep parties in full swing until the early morning hours; which, in early April,they demonstrated before a live audience at New York City's famed Webster Hall as part of their 2008 Spring Club Tour.

The last time S&D toured America was back in 2002 during their grandiose Delta Heavy tour, a tour that revolutionized America's perception of electronic based dance music. Over a six week run 85,000 fans witnessed the first electronic music event to include touring sound, lighting, laser and video production. "It's been six years since Delta Heavy," John Digweed explained. "Both Sasha and myself have been talking for ages about touring the states together again, but really wanted to go back to our underground roots as recently the only shows we have done together have been massive festival events." Sasha also elaborated on the importance of playing smaller venues, "while Delta Heavy was billed as an arena tour it was the theatres and clubs where John and I had the most fun and where we felt our sound worked best. So this time around we decided to focus on those venues," which is was just one of the many reasons they chose to perform at Webster Hall, a venue that in the past has housed concerts for bands like Faithless, Junkie XL, Infected Mushroom, etc.

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