SASH!

SASH!
Sascha Lappessen on S4!Sash! album cover
Background information
Origin	Germany
Genres	EDM
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Hard2Beat, Tokapi, Mighty
Associated acts	Tokapi Stunt (music act)
Website	www.sashworld.com
Members	Sascha Lappessen Ralf Kappmeier Thomas Ludke

SASH! is a German DJ/production team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born 10 June 1970) who works in the recording studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke. They have sold over 22 million albums worldwide and earned more than 65 Gold and Platinum awards. In the UK, their first four hit singles incorporated vocals in different languages (French, Spanish, English and Italian).

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." 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". It reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, as well as reaching the top 10 of five countries' singles charts and the top 20 of seven countries' singles charts.

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, "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 1998, the group's second album, Life Goes On, was released and contained the singles "La Primavera" and their fourth UK #2 Mysterious Times.

In 1999, SASH! released "Adelante", the first single from album Trilenium.