Sash!

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Sascha Lappessen on the cover of his album "S4 Sash"

Sash! is a German DJ / producer team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born on 10 June, 1970, in Nettetal, Germany), who works in the studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke.

1 Career
2 Other projects
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 Extra Trivia
- 4.1 Delays of the New Album/Singles
- 4.2 The Club Dance Only Radio Show
5 External links

[edit] Career

Sash! had a string of hits in the UK in 1997-1998 with "Encore Une Fois", "Ecuador", "Stay" and "Mysterious Times", all of which peaked at #2 in the UK singles chart. In fact, they hold the record for having the most #2 UK singles (a total of five) there, without ever reaching #1. They are still active today, but with less success. Indeed, their last album was never released in the United Kingdom.

Sash! have always been acclaimed for their unique ability to create popular dance hits incorporating the music style and language of a particular ethnic group. This can be seen by simply examining the group's discography. "Stay", "Mysterious Times" and "Just Around The Hill" were performed in English, "Encore une Fois" in French, "Adelante" and "Ecuador" in Spanish, La Primavera in Italian, The Trip in Finnish, Together Again in Danish and "Ganbareh!" in Japanese.

[edit] Other projects

Besides Sash!, the trio have also produced tracks for some of their collaborators, including Sabine Ohmes in the project Encore!, and Peter Faulhammer as Martillo Vago (a Spanish transliteration of Faulhammer's last name). Lappessen is also a member of project Careca, while Kappmeier and Lüdke work as the production duo Tokapi, producing tracks for other projects such as Lacara, Poetry 'N' Motion and Magnificent 4 (alongside Bossi of Cosmic Gate and Jaspa Jones of Blank & Jones). Tokapi also work under the alias Ricardo de Tornato.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

1997 It's My Life - The Album #6 UK; #38 GER
1998 Life Goes On #5 UK; #31 GER
2000 Trilenium #13 UK; #43 Germany
2000 Encore Une Fois - The Greatest Hits #33 UK; #62 GER
2002 S4!Sash!

[edit] Singles

1996 "It's My Life"
1997 "Encore Une Fois" (featuring Sabine Ohmes) #2 UK; #35 AUS; #16 GER
1997 "Ecuador" (featuring Rodriguez) #2 UK; #7 GER
1997 "Stay" (featuring La Trec) #2 UK; #24 AUS; #12 GER
1998 "La Primavera" (featuring Patrizia Salvatore) #3 UK; #36 AUS; #13 GER
1998 "Mysterious Times" (featuring Tina Cousins) #2 UK; #17 GER
1998 "Move Mania" (featuring Shannon) #8 UK; #56 GER
1999 "Colour The World" (featuring Dr. Alban) #15 UK; #39 GER
2000 "Adelante" (featuring Rodriguez and Peter Faulhammer) #2 UK; #4 AUS; #17 GER
2000 "Just Around The Hill" (featuring Tina Cousins) #8 UK; #26 AUS; #64 GER
2000 "With My Own Eyes" (featuring Inka) #10 UK; #39 AUS; #46 GER
2002 "Ganbareh!" (featuring Mikio) #43 AUS; #43 GER
2002 "Run" (featuring Boy George) #48 GER
2002 "The Sunset" (featuring Georgina Collins)
2003 "I Believe" (featuring TJ Davis) #67 GER

[edit] Extra Trivia

[edit] Delays of the New Album/Singles

It has been since September 2004 since Sash! have finished making their new album, but due to negotiations with record companies worldwide, the album/singles are still delayed.

In October 2006 Sash! revealed that they will have new material out around Christmas time.

[edit] The Club Dance Only Radio Show

Club Dance Only was a monthly radio show that was DJ'ed by Sascha, and it played on several dance radio stations throughout Europe from January 2004 until September 2005. One used to be able to visit the website by going to www.clubdanceonly.com, but now it only redirects one back to the Sashworld site. Currently, there are no known plans to resume this radio show.