Shindig 18: Sasha & Guy J @ Digital Newcastle - Friday 11th June

Any good last night?

I got turned away by the knuckle dragger at the door for being 'too pissed' after 3 pints. Had pre-bought tickets and come from London. Can't see that I'll ever go to Digital again now.

No idea, was pretty much sober. Massive and pointless disappointment.

How shit is that!!

polish fucking doormen i bet

post 2am is a complete blur, don't remember leaving or getting home. didn't catch much of sasha but thought guy j played a decent set.

It was an unreal night, Guy J was class, then Sasha blew me away

Andy i think i seen you getting turned away, might have been another bloke but i was in the smoker bit n seem some lad talking to the bouncer from where i used to do thai boxing trying to convince him, bad crack like.

Guy J played a nice warm up and Sasha played some absolute fuckin' beezers

***Although Rossy I couldnt agree more about thanking God he didnt go down that horrible Dubfiresque poor mans techno route after a couple of shakey ones but then after that my hands were right back in the sky again.

Almost thought the system couldn't handle his sound properly, noticed the back right speakers werent working and there just sounded like there was something not quite there with the sound quality over all.

I'd much rather have seen him in a club like WHQ although I'm aware that Sasha probably costs about 10g's so costs need to be covered, just feel as though, same as Loco Dice 3 weeks ago (the only two times I've been to the club for quite some time) that the stage in the middle of the dance floor completely destroys any sense of community the digital dance floor had.

I also feel as though, looking around - there wasnt nearly as many people present as should have been with someone the calibre of Sasha on our home turf. Sad but true, to me, the prog/prog trance sound and scene seems to be slowly dying/growing up/whatever, real shame considering some of the music he played on Friday and the fact that a couple of people I was out with have only ever really been to house/techno nights and they were blown away by the music.

He even finished with a dubstep/drum and bass tune that took everyone buy suprise, no one seemed to know how to move to it but it seemed to be well recieved by an open minded crowd.

You might well have done mate, gutted to have missed you all as well as sasha!

class night on friday. Sasha was fuckin ace, best set ive seen him play for a while. Turnout wasnt as much as i expected but atomsphere was still top notch. Cracking night...!

Class night gutted you got turned away andy, can't believe they gave you that line and a lad I was with got in walking like mr blobby and squinting like a pirate to focus. Wasn't as full as I thought it would be but was class non the less. First time I've been to digital in almost 2 years I think, when and why did they decide to build a 2x2 dancefloor stage directly behind a pillar? And how long has dog the bounty hunter been skulking round the dance floor with a torch keyring checking for illicits?

cunt probably found the pill that after a 12 month abstinence i was about to neck and it got knocked out of my hand and went flying.......gutted