DJ Sasha

There’s one thing that all the best DJs have in common, an ineffable quality that’s completely subjective yet somehow universal: good taste. And no one has better taste than DJ Sasha, which has made him one of the world’s premier superstar DJs for almost a decade. Sasha (due at Vinyl this Saturday, October 20) takes exemplary records from a variety of styles — trance, progressive and deep house, breakbeats — and forges them into a unique mix, a liquid, sensual, seductive style that sounds as almost as good at home as it does in the club. His ear is matched by his ability to read a crowd and manipulate its collective mood, by building and releasing tension with his mixes, which themselves serve as great entry points for doubtful novices. His impeccable sensibilities combined with his keen skills behind the decks can convert a dance-music skeptic into an enthusiastic fan in the course of a single evening.