Sash!

Sascha Lappessen (pictured) is the front man and the face of Sash!, a German production team also consisting of Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas Lüdke, whom have caused an unexpected stir in the music world when they became one of only a handful of dance acts that managed to sell millions of albums & singles, thus becoming a huge commercial success in the late 1990’s. The trio got together in 1995 and worked on a couple other tracks and projects until, yes, until, in 1997 with Sabine Ohmes on vocals, Sash! released 'Encore Une Fois' they got their the big break. A string of very successful single releases followed - who would ever forget the famous Spanish lyrics to 'Ecuador' (?) but oddly enough, the only charted in Spain years after their debut, with English and Japanese vocals: 'Mysterious Times' and 'Ganbareh', respectively . The odd thing also, for a commercial German act, they tended to do better in the UK than in their native Germany, which is perhaps why the sales racked up.
Some might describe Sash!'s niche as Progressive House or even Trance, but I think those claims are far over-reached. EuroDance as a genre description would perhaps be much better if you are looking for a 'drawer' to put them in, they tick all the boxes for it after all.

Sash! - Megamix



Sash! feat. Sabine Ohmes - Encore Une Fois (1997)
IRL#1, UK#2, BE#5, NOR#4, FIN#5, SWE#6, FR#7, NZ#9, AT#13, CH#13, NL#14, DE#16, EuroHot100 #31, AUS#35



Sash! feat. Adrian Rodriguez - Ecuador (1997)
BE#1, UK#2, SIN#3, FIN#3, IRL#4, SWE#4, NOR#4, DE#7, CH#8, NL#8, FR#12, AT#16, NZ#40



Sash! feat. La Trec - Stay (1997)
UK#2, BE#3, NOR#3, IRL#6, NL#6, FIN#6, DE#12, NZ#12, SWE#12, CH#19, FR#23, AUS#24, AT#39



Sash! feat. Patrizia Salvadore - La Primavera (1998)
FIN#2, NOR#2, UK#3, IRL#5, BE#6, SWE#10, DE#13, NL#13, FR#15, CH#15, AT#24, NZ#29, AUS#36



Sash! feat. Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times (1998)
ES#1, UK#2, NOR#5, FIN#8, IRL#11, BE#13, FR#16, DE#17, SWE#17, NL#17, NZ#27, AUS#52



Sash! feat. Peter Faulhammer & Adrian Rodriguez - Adelante (2000)
UK#2, BE#3, DK#3, AUS#4, SWE#7, NOR#7, NZ#11, IRL#11, CH#18, FR#37, NL#49



Sash! feat. Mikio - Ganbareh (2001)
ES#3, DK#7, SWE#8, IRL#17, DE#43, AUS#43, CH#94