Sasha Vatoff

Having started DJing in 1992, Sasha quickly gained a following in the Sydney Rave scene and was regarded as one of the youngest and brightest DJs back in the early Rave days of the 90’s. Having made his break at Field of Dreams 2 with a memorable morning set he continued to push his blend of UK Happy Hard and Break Beats sounds across the country. Sasha has toured around Australia playing at most major clubs and events including the legendary Brisbane event Strawberry Fields. In 2001 he decided that DJing wasn’t his main passion and left that life behind to pursue other interests. In 2004 he teamed up with Stu McCarthy of Southend to work on a remix of the rave classic tune Vagen's – Buggin, which he managed to purchase the rights to from the original producer. Now 31, Sasha co-founded the Sydney Old Skool (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2612611789) movement and has been actively pushing the Old Rave sounds back into the clubs and rave scene with his “Reunion” events. His continuous push through Facebook with his releases of Old Skool mixes and old party information and events has given him a dedicated audience and a drive for getting back onto the scene. This has lead him back into DJing and experimenting with technology playing off Ableton & Scratch Live, which allows him to mix his style of Old Skool tracks and remixes.In the space of 6 months Sasha has revived a genre of music that has been exploding across Australia. His national events Reunion have been a huge success, which has allowed him to showcase his style of Old Skool House, Rave and Techno from the 1988 – 1998 era with his DJ / Live Performance.Since pioneering the revival of the Old Skool scene Sasha has been commissioned to compile and mix Ministry of Sound's OLDSKOOL RAVE ANTHEMS due for release in February 2009.Catch Sasha at the REUNION events presented by WWW.OLDSKOOL.COM.AU around Australia as well as the 2009 Big Day Out - Boiler Rooms where he will be playing a full DJ / Live OLDSKOOL set.