Sasse aka Freestyle Man

Artist: ME & HIM
Title: Groove Talk EP
Label: Snubb
Format: 320 mp3 download
Released: 1 January, 2010
Genre: Minimal/Tech House

Tracklist:

1. “Groove” 06:52
2. “Groove” (Sasse remix) 06:18
3. “DialEct” 09:20

available on beatport

With a music career spanning almost 20 years, Finnish DJ/Producer/Label head, Klas Lindblad has become one of the more respected faces in the deep house scene. After setting up Moodmusic records in the late 90’s, and a move via Frankfurt to Berlin, the label has also garnered a reputation for uncompromised quality in deep house. Pulse was able to catch up with Sasse just prior to the release of his first Freestyleman artist album and a tour of Australia and Asia...read more

Upcoming releases...

Freestyle Man - Bottom Line album on Hairy Claw - feb 8th - out Feb

Filipsson & Lindblad – Belfast Remixes – Nang – out Feb

Sasse  Face 2 Face with Reality - on Stroboscopicartefacts Sampler - out Feb

James Flavour & Sasse - EP on Statra Records, NYC - out Feb

Phonogenic & Sasse - Chichi EP - Dieb Audio - out March

James Flavour & Sasse - Who´s In The House - Dirt Crew - out March

Phonogenic  & Sasse - Slam Dat - Viva Music - out April

Sasse – In AM We Are Born – Moodmusic – out May 

Phonogenic & Sasse - Philosophy Track - Highgrade - out June

01 Willie Graff & Tucillo - Give You Up (Chez Damier Interpretation) - Freerange

02 Al Usher - Hilversum - Misericord

03 Phonogenic & Sasse - Slam Dat - Viva

04 Sanasol - Tambourine Man - Fear Of Flying

05 House Of House - Rushing To Paradise (Dj Harvey Remix) - House of House

06 Kenny Dixon Jr - Winter Breeze - Soul Sounds

07 Dirt Crew - Deep Cover (Vincenzo Remix) - Moodmusic

08 JT Donaldson & dj Spen - Take Me Back

09 Sasse - Face 2 Face With Reality - Stroboscobic Artefacts

10 Yosa  - Margaret - Dirt Crew

Running Moodmusic records and djing should be enough for Klas-Henrik Lindblad (AKA

Sasse / Freestyle Man), but his love of music drives him to work overhours. The debut Sasse

album “Made Within The Upper Stairs Of Heaven” was inspired by his early love of italo,

space disco and house and seemed like a fresh air in the musical landscape of electronic

music when released in 2006.

His 2008 album "Toinen" was a landmark for Sasse, showing again his musical abilities and

creating a timeless piece of music which sounds as good in a club, bar or at home. Toinen

spawned 3 singles which gained praise from the dj-community around the world.

Consistent quality and Freestyle Man are two phrases that belong firmly together. Following

on from two extremely well received EPs we are pleased here at Hairy Claw to present the

Freestyle Man album ‘The Bottom Line’, the first full lenght Freestyle Man album since

“Going South” on Sähkö/PUU in 2000.

Having a break with his Freestyle Man moniker for almost 3 years, 2009 was they year to

reactivate the project and his 2 EPs on Hairy Claw proved there was a definite urge for the

raw, untamed house sound Freestyle Man was associated with. The Bottom Line was

recorded in Autumn 2009 in his BlackHead Studios in Berlin with a carefully chosen limited

setup of vintage samplers, old school vinyl and his harem of analog synths, the result being

somewhat updated version of the early Freestyle Man sound mixed with influences from the

past, present and the future.

So, onto the music…. Tracks such as ‘Century’ & ‘Old Fashioned Love’ full of forward

thinking & hypnotic groove and feature a clever use of spun-in samples (all in a tasteful way

of course). Things take a house slant with the no nonsense Detroit inspired grooves of

‘Vibin’, ‘House You’ & ‘Body’.

‘Boogaloo’ and ‘’Seriously’ showcase the jazzier side of our main protagonist, by mixing in

some jazzy stabs to the house sensibilities. This being an album excursion we of course

need some respites in the high-paced activity; tracks like Gigi Groove and Janne slow the

tempo down

Our favourite Scandinavian Berlin-transplanted House-meister has well and truly delivered.

Its our first venture into album territory so all-killa-and-no-filla policy was well and truly in

force. We hope you like the results as much as we do.

Tourdates confirmed

Jan 5 Miniclub ,Valencia

Jan 9 WIP, Barcelona

Jan 15 Climax, Stuttgart

Jan 16 Watergate, Berlin

Jan 21 Rooftop/Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai

Jan 31 Trouw, Amsterdam

Feb 5 Revolver, Melbourne

Feb 6 Co-Op, Sydney

Feb 7 Future Classic Sunday, Sydney

Feb 12 Buddha Bar, Jakarta

Feb 19 Chaca Chaca, Muenchen

Feb 20 Panorama Bar, Berlin

Mar 6 Le Régine, Paris

Mar 23 Cookies, Berlin

April 9 Snowbombing, Mairhofen

April 16 Club Stereo, Nuernberg

Sasse & Filippo Moscatello remix of Eleze - Glory Box has just been released on Italian Ego Music label. The original is a cover of the Portishead classic with vocals, while the remix from the guys concentrates on the groove and strips it down to proper old school meets new school flavour.

Getting support from lots of Class-A djs and being in the DMC buzz bodes well for the release. Allready played and supported by Dubfire , Agoria, Diskjokke, Jazzanova, ,Michael Reinboth, Rob Mello, X-Press 2, Sasha, Satoshi Tomie, Lexicon Avenue, Timo Maas, TJ Kong and Wally Lopez among others.

DMC Update – Number 1 in the Buzz Chart “Follow up to the massive Teardrop from the Summer season taking on Portishead at their own game.”

DMC Update – Single Of The Week “Perhaps it was the euphemistic song title, or maybe it was the bold and brash label name that attracted me to this record; whichever my subconscious plumbed for I’m pleased it did. This Massive Attack-inspired take on the Portishead classic is all the better for listening without prejudice. A superb slice of ethereal house created by Italian’s Matteo Esse and Sant with an assortment of mixes to match your floors - 7th Heaven and Ryan Riback both offering some of their strongest work to date. 5 dancing men (Lewis Dene)”

M8 Magazine – Single Of The Month 

Music Week – Number 16 in the Cool Cuts Chart “Dance cover of the Portishead classic.”

Agoria “The Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix is cool.”

Ajello “Una bomba... Super Filippo Moscatello.”

Alex Dolby “Cool project!!! like a lot the Sasse & Filippo Mosccatello Remix..”

Arnaud Rebotini “Weirdly. It’s sound good to me, my fav is the original.”

Diskjokke “Love the Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix!”

Dubfire “Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix is great...”

Jazzanova “Super dooper mix by Filippo Mosctaello & Sasse. Gets my powerplay and radio and so on.”

Michael Reinboth (Compost) “Cool, will play this. Like the Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix.”

Nuno Dos Santos “Absolutely adore the Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix!!”

Rob Mello “Love the original. All good mixes here.”

X-Press 2 “Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix best.”

The Youngsters “I love the track!”

Sasha “Can I get the WAV for the Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix?” 

Satoshi Tomie “Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix is the one for me for sure, nice groovy groove with touch of old school house flavor.”

Lexicon Avenue “I’m really into the Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix.”

Style Of Eye “Nice stuff!”

Tedd Patterson “Hot hot hot!!! I like this a lot!!!”

Timo Maas “Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix sounds good!”

TJ Kong “Really love Sasse & Filippo Moscatello Remix. Their best work ever in my humble opinion!”

Tom Novy “I like it.”

Wally Lopez “Very good remix from Sasse & Filippo Moscatello.. Support.”

Recent releases:
Filipsson+Lindblad - Splendor In The Grass album - NANG
Freestyle Man - Vibin EP - Hairy Claw

Upcoming releases:
Moodmusic vs. Startstyling Mix-CD on Moodmusic -out Oct 26
Sasse - Lake Michigan - Room With A View Perspectives 03
Freestyle Man - Bottom Line Album - Hairy Claw
Sasse - Endless Flight EP - Room With A View

Here are recent podcasts for Buzzin Fly Radio, Galaktica Records and DJBroadcast
Buzzin Fly podcast > http://tinyurl.com/mfmvod
Galaktica podcast > http://tinyurl.com/nv8ftl
DJBroadcast podcast > http://tinyurl.com/n7lqyh

Current Sasse Remixes:
King Roc - Beautiful But Weird - Process UK
Penner+Muder - No Nose Knows - Moodmusic

PENNER + MUDER

NO NOSE KNOWS (Sasse Remix)

Out on September, 30th 2009

Our Berlin favourites Nils Penner & John Muder return to the roots after their massive

release “Sun Rises In The East” on Absurd together with Chopstick and their recent

Moodmusic release “Are You Lost”, which has been gaining powerplay on certain djs

playlists. Sasse drops one of his old school influenced remix-modes on and delivers true to Bottom

Line ethics a more ruff and ready version with echoes of early Marc Kinchen and KMS,

proving the old is the new school !

FILIPSSON & LINDBLAD “A SPLENDER IN THE GRASS”

Holmar Filipsson and Klas-Henrik Lindblad aka Sasse have the LP “A Splendor In The Grass” coming out at the end of July. Its a really nice release and the combination of these two has brought elements of deep house, disco, and funk to the table. I had serious trouble picking only a couple of songs to feature here. It’s released through Nang Records.

REMIX on Baalsaal 009B - CHOPSTICK & JOHNJON feat. FRITZ KALKBRENNER - A NEW DAY PT. 2

After showing „A New Day“ to some friends everyone wanted to do a remix so we picked our favourites and throw them at you

with another vinyl ... listen closely, here are the interpretations by Stil vor Talent label boss Oliver Koletzki, Mood Music Mascot

Sasse bringing along his new artists Penner + Muder and a dub version by Chopstick & Johnjon.

Starting on A1 is „A New Dub“ – the dub version by Chopstick & johnjon themselves, taking just a snippit of Fritz’ voice to create

a house monster. Using a dirty beat and loopy sequences to buld it up – up to that break, where everything finally makes sense.

Clearly something for the masses..,.

Sasse on B2 does it a little bit more disco. Using all the melodies from the original with new sounds, he takes the track into a

whole new direction. The vocals enjoy a beautiful reverb in this one, dropping off Fritz somewhere far far away.

It’s funky, it’s housy and a little dirty ... that must be that guy from Finland. 

On A2 we enjoy a mix by Oliver Koletzki giving us a little sneak peak on the style he will bring us with his upcoming album.

Amazing chords and melodies put the song on a new level – may i say on „a pop level“!? This is so catchy, it won’t let you go for

a long time. Another Remix, another different direction showing how divers this song is.

And last but not least we find Penner + Muder on B2. After some great Remixes on Stil vor Talent and Mood we thought we

have to let these guys work on this. And we got what we wanted. A house loop that makes you move, building sloooowly up to a

magnificiant break. Hands up in the air and there we go...

A1: A NEW DUB

(ORIGINAL MIX)

A2: A NEW DAY

(SASSE REMIX)

B1: A NEW DAY

(OLIVER KOLETZKI REMIX)

B2: A NEW DAY

(PENNER + MUDER REMIX)

Upcoming Releases:
Sasse is releasing a new album with his New York based production partner Holmar Filipson, who he worked with as Mr Negative already in the past. The album will be released on Tirk Sublabel Nang and is called "Splendor In The Grass". It will be out on the 3th of august. First pre-taste of Filipsson+Lindblad will be the single "Belfast" coming out early July (Nang015).

Recent Releases:
Sasse's "Toinen Remixes" are out now on Moodmusic with remixes from Daso, Pied Plat, Gavin Herlihy & Timewriter.
Freestyle Man "Vibin EP" out now on Hairy Claw followed by "Century EP" out in July. And you can look forward to the new Freestyle Man Album which is planned for autumn.

Moodmusic and Starstyling Berlin are co-producing a Sasse mix-CD for Fashion Week Berlin called "Moodmusic / Starstyling"

More info:
http://www.starstyling.net

After the uberhouse burner "Break Up" from Sasse's recent album "Toinen", we're ready to roll the next remix pack from his favourite producers at the moment.

Tracklist:

1.    Pied Plat Remix
2.    Daso Remix
3.    Paulo Olarte Remix
4.    Penner & Muder Remix
5.    Chopstick & Till Von Sein Mix
6.    Gavin Herlihy Remix
7.    Sasse Beatless Mix

Pied Plat, unknown to some but surely getting props from the A-class of djs out there from their Rush Hour debut "Ode To Ede" and being featured on the Marcel Dettmann Berghain mix-Cd on Ostgut Tontrager. It was a pleasure to ask them to remix one of the more Detroit influences tracks "Friday Sessionz" and boy did they deliver. Bass shakin beats mixed with their emotive take on the Detroit sound is laying a basic foundation for a slow techno funk journey you can't resist to wiggle to! 
 
The next on the list is our beloved Daso Franke from one of the less inspiring house cities in Europe, Cologne. Daso is the right man to preach the message of deep house music on his disco funk influenced take on "Friday Sessionz". Taking a turn into early 90s deep house (inna UK style) Daso turns the track into an neverending journey or mesmerizing synth layers and bubbly bass coupled with his lovely drum programming. 
 
Paulo Olarte caught Sasses attention with his lovely Eps on Fresh Fish, Diynamic and Galaktika Records. On "Poneloya" he injects the washing machine style bassline in full gear and keeps the percolator running til you drop taking a note from the Classic back-catalogue, it's a one trick pony but it works like a dream on the floor, as been proved on recent Sasse dj-gigs. 
 
Moodmusic faves Penner+Muder deliver a beatifull version of "Wrapper", one of the more italo styled songs on "Toinen". Turning it musically complete 180 degrees the guys freshens up the spaced out soundscape with added vocal snippets and bouncey beats coupled with their trademark low-slung bassline keeping the groove factor intact and in full form.

Laurent Garnier - "Absolutely fucking great -full club support from me!

Matthias Vogt - (Motorcitysoul) - "Pied plat & daso remix are the winners here. premium deep stuff!"

Danton Eeprom - "Very good remix package, liking the Daso rmx best."

Phonogenic - "It's all about the Pied Plat mix here. Detroit baby! Daso's mix is a nice throwback."

Gel Abril - "Really cool package for me the gavin herlihy stand out from the rest love it tnx."

Stuart Patterson - "Great set of remixes of a top producer , really cant pick a best one as its all qusality, look forward to listening to all at length and will be playing most im sure, thanks."

Jimpster - "Blimey! what a package! Daso mix is an absolute stunner! definitely be getting some pleasure from this one. Pied Plat rocks it too but there's not a duff one in site. solid stuff all round. full marks!"

Marc Poppcke - "Great Release! The Remixes of Daso & Paulo Orlate are my favourites here.But full support for the whole release!!!"

Nuno dos Santos - "Great remix package!! Favourites are the ones by Pied Plat, Daso & Gavin Herlihy. And beatless version c'est tres cool! "

Sasse productions out soon

04-2009 Berwick Street UK – Sasse – Le Deep
05-2009 Hairy Claw UK -  Freestyle Man – Vibin EP
05-2009 Moodmusic DE - Sasse Toinen Remixes

Remixes currently out / soon :

04-2009 Baker Street UK - Paul Hardy – Ninja Slipper (Sasse Remix/Dub)
05-2009 Room With A View DE - Petter & Dairmount - Subakuatik Blues EP (with Sasse & Russ Gabriel mixes)
06-2009 Process UK – Kingroc – Beatiful but Weird (Sasse Remix/Dub)

Moodmusic Labelnights /Tours

23.4 –4.5 Moodmusic / South Africa w. Sasse, Dirt Crew, Dave DK

6-10.5  Moodmusic / Asia (Singapur, Bangkok) w. Sasse

5-7.6 Moodmusic / Finland (Helsinki, Tampere) w. Sasse

18.6 Moodmusic  / Sonar @ Be Cool, Barcelona w. Ewan Pearson, Sasse, Dirt Crew, Filippo Moscatello, Lil Tony

Moodmusic starts own Radio Show on Ibiza Global Radio. Every Monday 01:00-02:00am

on www.ibizaglobalradio.com

Toinen Tour continues in 2009 with confirmed dates in Air@Tokyo, Fabric@London, Rex@Paris, Culture Box@Copenhagen, Waiting Room@St Petersburg etc.

30.01.2009 Air / Tokyo

31.01.2009 Fabric / London

06.02.2009 Rex / Paris

20.02.2009 Culture Box / Kopenhagen

14.03.2009 Waiting Room / St. Petersburg

21.03.2009 Club Sass / Wien

18.04.2009 Monza / Frankfurt

15.05.2009 Romy S / Stuttgart

Toinen Remixes compilation coming out 4.5.2009 with remixes from Daso, Pied Plad, Gavin Herlihy, Paolo Olarte and Chopstick&Johnjon and more

Freestyle Man signed to Hairy Claw for Album and 3 singles. First single “Vibin” coming out March 2009, album Autumn 2009

Die neue Single heisst Break Up Remixes (Dirt Crew, The Timewriter, Turntable Rocker) und erscheint am 8. Dezember 2008 auf Mood Music.

HyperXclusive welcome back our good friend Sasse with the standout track from the recent Sasse album "Toinen" , 'Break Up' has gained props and thumbs up from all over the world - now its time to serve up the hot remixes from Timewriter, Dirt Crew and Turntable Rockers. The original is of course included in its full glory. With support and plays by Todd Terje, Jeff Samuels, Marc Roberts and Sian to name a few, the original is a perfect match of old school meets new school.

First up on remix duty are Berlin producers Turntable Rockers, who turn “Break Up” into a more sinister late night house affair, with added vox snippets and an arpeggiated darkroom disco feel to it.

2nd up is Moodmusic faves Dirt Crew offering one of their dry, driving and for the floor injected remixes with a strong house appeal but definite dubby techno influences which will work a treat at 6 am.

Last but not least, Timewriter tackles the theme with his trademark bounce, and adds a flavour of elegant tech-house to it all, spicing up the strings into frenzy of cut-ups and massive synth lines building a tense arrangement, which will work on both big-rooms as well as for the connoisseurs.

Sasse and Mood Music keep on churning out fantastic house music!!

Ian Pooley – “Very strong package , people from Finland are funky bastards!”

Carl Craig – “Looking forward to testing these.

Matthias Vogt – (Motorcitysoul) – “Massive release. Hope it's out on vinyl, too, will play. thanx Sassmann!”

Lee Jones – (MyMy) – “Love the original. Amazing track! Strings are divine.”

Agoria – “Coool in the mood of the major silicone soul hit big fan from sasse still my cute & cult mix cds.”

Jori Hulkkonen – “One of the best tracks from Sasse and that's saying a lot.”

Joris Voorn - "The original is definitely the best! Nice and Deep.."

Scope - "Damn this is hot!! i get a lot of promos, but this is 100% on point for me! i will play the shit outta all these mixes.. good work mr. sasse! top marks and full support from me!"

Nick Warren - "Wondeful release with a great selection of mixes."

Stylish tech house from Turntablerocker for the Compost Blacklabel imprint. 'Whenever Whereever' has been percolating many dancefloors on the continent recently with a dub-tech lite track produced in collaboration with a Smallboy, as has 'Hand In Hand', made for the more discerning middle-of-the-road minimal tech house crowd. The title track gets a deeper reworking on the flipside from Klas Lindblad aka Sasse, stroking it gently with a velvet gloved deep house touch, backed with an even softer dub version. Fans of softer European tech house will gasp with excitement over this.

"Cool, all mixes are very nice, cool vocal!"
Robert Owens

"The Sasse vocal mix is amazing!"
Nicolas Matar (Cielo Club)

Loving that Sasse remix massively!
DJ Nitzan (Fine Art Recordings)

After the successful promo campaigns of the last Moodmusic release 'Viola' from Dave DK ft. Tigerskin, and the Moodmusic Digital release from Sassomatic, we are delighted to be bringing you the next outing from the label. This one again comes from the main man himself, Klas-Henrik Lindblad, or more commonly know.... Sasse.

Its the first single from the forthcoming, yet untitled, album from Sasse and comes in the form of 2 long, evolving, pulsing deep tracks which bring the Finn back to his roots of house music.

"New Sun Day" is not exactly deep house but it evolved into a melodic synth-laden monster with a skippy rhythm and a deeper than deep bassline which rolls the track into a 12 minute journey of trippy melodies and quirky effects.

"Clemens" is dedicated to a well known producer with it's stabby disco-groove and whitenoise punctuated arrangement with slow evolving analog trickery in the bass-department - a slightly darker affair than "New Sun Day", "Clemens" still keeps the groove more hypnotic than in-yer-face.

As i'm sure you'll agree, another superb release from one of the finest labels on the planet. Please show your support by leaving feedback and of course spinning these wonderful tracks.

Reaction Sheets:

Laurent Garnier - "Clemens is a nice one. Will play this."

Francois K - "New Sun Day.... What can I say? Deep and atmospheric.... Love it!!!"

Danny Howells - "Always love Sasse and Moodmusic, sounds gorgeous!"

Satoshi Tomiie - "Liking both!"

Layo - "I like New Sun Day, really good track."

Wagon Cookin - "Always we play Sasse stuff. Perfect for the dancefloor!"

Lee Jones - (MyMy) - "I quite like Clemens."

Hernan Cattaneo - "New Sun Day! Really like it!!"

DJ Yellow - "Cool trax especially Clemens... will try it out this weekend."

Roger Sanchez - "Sasse on point!"

Manuel Tur - "What an amazing EP, love both tracks, especially ‘New Sun Day'!"

Will Saul - "Sasse ripens with age :) Best yet for me. Melodically these are right up my street and the grooves just keep giving.
Great work."

Hector Romero - "New Sun Day feels so good! Love the groove!"

Tiger Stripes - "Excellent!"

Agoria - "I'm a huge fan of Sasse since I put one of his tracks on my first CD mix. He never fails to make me happy, huge emotive tracks that time and again! Full support and in my chart."

DJ F.E.X. - "2 great and elegant tracks! Will play them and support them a lot!!"

Gregor Tresher - "Clemens is the one for me here, very cool, will play it out."

Phonogenic - "Good coctail beats on "New Sun Day". "Clemens" is just reaaaally deep. Dope groove though."

Dave Mothersole - (Ministry Radio UK) - "Like ‘New Sun Day'. Good track."

Tom Wax - (You FM) - "Love those relaxed beats by Sasse!"

Kornel Kovacs - (P3 Radio Sweden) - "Clemens is such a groovy little thing!"