2LP (unmixed) – Limited edition 180g gold virgin vinyl in black poly-lined inners and printed insert. Download code of the separate tracks + the continuous mix as flac, mp3 or wav.

Dance music royalty Sasha returns to Night Time Stories with his latest project Da Vinci Genius, released 29th November.

His 2016 release Scene Delete on the same label was Sasha as youve never heard him before: an imaginary movie soundtrack score, and a slight left-turn for the veteran producer/DJ.

So, Sasha, the classical music composer? An immersive show that debuted in Berlin in 2021 and then transferred a year later to Amsterdam, Da Vinci Genius featured the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, the great Italian Renaissance polymath. Although the score is inspired and draws heavily on the notion of movie and TV scores, he used his experience as an electronic music producer and movie buff to re-frame his work and enlisted the help of Scene Delete veterans Dennis White, Dave Gardner and Barry Jamieson to assist in this complex task.

Ive never written music like this before, so it was really exciting and interesting to do it. We wanted to capture some of the atmosphere of those incredible film scores we were inspired by. But also, we really wanted to try and strike this balance between classical music and electronic sounds. The nearest wed come to classical music was sampling it. So, we said, lets try and recreate these movies and sounds, so our approach was a lot more considered. We listened to the Barry Lyndon score because its Handel and Interstellar and Succession and those ideas just kind of fitted creatively where we were at. We started in a place where we knew this was going to be a score. It was hard work, but its one of the most accomplished things weve ever done.

A dream-like journey from start to finish, the nuances, atmosphere and melodic layers of compositions such as Mosiac, Equality and Clouds, are woven into soft melodies and emotive timbres, and are perfectly presented. Its only with compositions such as the beatific Super Hero (with Sentre) and Into The Metaverse where Sasha reverts to a more familiar sound, we would normally associate with him.

With Da Vinci Genius, it feels like Sasha may be moving into the next phase of his career. I really wanted to try and strike a balance between classical music and electronic music, because although the show focuses on Leonardos original art, in most points of the show its getting messed with electronically. For instance, the Mona Lisa appears and then gets dissembled. So, I wanted to capture this classical mood, but with electronics behind it.

Tracklist:

2LP (unmixed):
A1 Mosaic
A2 Elegy
A3 Prelude
A4 Intro – Homo Deus
A5 Hands
A6 Portraits
B7 Equality
B8 Clouds
B9 Machines
C10 Super Hero (with Sentre)
C11 Descent
C12 Zodiac
C13 Zodiac Pt 2 – Perpetual Dreamer
D14 Landing on the Sun
D15 Last Supper – Oxford Suite Pt 1 (with Ed Alleyne Johnson)
D16 Into the Metaverse – Homo Deus Pt 2
D17 Outro