Sash! biography
SASH! is a German DJ / producer team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born 10 June 1970, Nettetal, Germany), who works in the recording studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke.
In the UK, uniquely their first four hit singles incorporated vocals in different languages (French, Spanish, English, and Italian).
Musical career
1995-1997: Formation and It's My Life - The Album
Sascha Lappessen, Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke, and Ralf Kappmeier, created Sash! in 1995. The previous year, the three had worked together, under the name of Careca, to produce a piece called "Indian Rave", which was a mildy successful song. 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". Described on Sash's biography as "the big break", it reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart,
In the same year, Sash! produced "Ecuador", and "Stay", which both also reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1998, Sash! released the first single from his second album album "La Primavera", which reached #3 in the UK, "Mysterious Times", which reached #2, and "Move Mania", which reached #8. The following year, "Colour The World" reached #15. In 2000, "Adelante" was released from the new album "Trilenium", and it reached #2. "Just Around The Hill", and "With My Own Eyes", were also released in that year, reaching #8 and #10 respectively. "With My Own Eyes" became the last single released by Sash! in the United Kingdom for around eight years. "Together Again" was the last single from the album, but was only released in Spain and Denmark.
1998-1999: Life Goes On
In 1998, the group's second album,
Life Goes On was released.
2000: Trilenium
In 1999, Sash! released "Adelante". The first single from Sash!'s album
Trilenium. It reached good chart positions in Europe, as well as being their fifth and final #2 in the UK. The following single from
Trilenium, released in 2000, was the ballad "Just Around The Hill", which again featured the voice of Tina Cousins. In the same year the album itself was released. "With My Own Eyes" was the third and final single from
Trilenium.
2002: S4! SASH!
After almost two years of silence, in 2002 Sash! released the song "Ganbareh", which means "go for it". The song "Run" with Boy George was the next single release, with the new album released thereafter. The third single from the album
S4Sash! was "I Believe", which featured TJ Davis, and was released in 2003.
2008: The Best Of
After fifteen years of worldwide success and 18 million record sales, all singles were released on one album,
SASH!- Best Of. The album contained two unreleased songs. A new song called "Raindrops" reached #9 in the UK chart.
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