Sash! (; stylised as SASH!) is a German
DJ/
production
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team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born 10 June 1970) who works in the
recording studio with Ralf Kappmeier, Karl Xander, and Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke.
They have sold over 22 million albums worldwide and earned more than 65 Gold and Platinum awards. In the
UK, their first four
hit singles incorporated vocals in different languages (
French,
Spanish
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and
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).
Musical career
1995–1997: Formation and ''It's My Life – The Album''
Sascha Lappessen, Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke, and Ralf Kappmeier founded SASH! in 1995.
The previous year, the three had worked together, under the name of 'Careca', to produce a piece called "Indian Rave." In 1996, SASH! released "It's My Life", which became a European club hit. In 1997, with
Sabine Ohmes as the singer, SASH! released "
Encore une fois". It reached number 2 in the
UK Singles Chart
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as well as reaching the top 10 of five countries' singles charts and the top 20 of seven countries' singles charts.
In the same year, SASH! produced
"Ecuador", and "
Stay
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", which both also reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart.
1998–1999: ''Life Goes On''
In 1998, SASH! released the first single from his second album, "
La Primavera", which reached No. 3 in the UK, "
Mysterious Times
"Mysterious Times" is a song by German production group Sash! featuring British singer Tina Cousins. It was released on 1 August 1998 as the second single from their second album, '' Life Goes On'' (1998). The song peaked at number two in the Uni ...
which became their fourth UK No.2",
(No. 2), and "
Move Mania", (No. 8). The following year, "
Colour the World" peaked at No. 15 in the UK.
2000: ''Trilenium''
In 1999, SASH! released "
Adelante", the first single from album ''Trilenium''.
It peaked at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart in January 2000, their fifth single to reach that position.
Сomposer by Diter Bohlen.
2000: ''Encore Une Fois – The Greatest Hits''
''
Encore Une Fois – The Greatest Hits'' is the group's fourth album and was released on 30 October 2000.
2002: ''S4! SASH!''
In 2002, SASH! released the song "Ganbareh", which means "go for it". The song "Run" with
Boy George
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was the next single release, with the new album released thereafter. The third single from the album ''
S4!Sash!'' was "I Believe", which featured TJ Davis, and was released in 2003.
2007: ''10th Anniversary''
''
10th Anniversary'' is the sixth album by German DJ SASH!. It includes 16 singles, a ''reloaded'' version of ''Ecuador'', previously unreleased songs, plus a bonus DVD including videoclips to all the songs from the album.
2008: ''The Best Of''
After fifteen years, all singles were released on one album, ''
The Best Of''. A new song called "
Raindrops" reached No. 9 in the UK chart.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
It's My Life'' (1997)
* ''
Life Goes On'' (1998)
* ''
Trilenium'' (2000)
* ''
S4!Sash!'' (2002)
* ''
Life Is A Beach'' (2012)
* ''
Life Changes'' (2013)
References
External links
Official website
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1970 births
Living people
German electronic music groups
German trance music groups
German Eurodance groups
German DJs
German dance music groups
Dance Nations artists
Electronic dance music groups