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Asa & S1

Real Name:
Asa Robinson & Simon Withenshaw
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Asa & S1 is from Manchester, UK.

Asa and S1's history stems well back before the ages of being able to go to raves, and even before the time we were of an age to listen to dance music are history starts at the age of 6. At the age of 6 Asa first started to take piano lessons, which soon progressed into organ and keyboard lessons. He continued to take lessons in all these instruments until at the age of 13 he was grade 8 and qualified enough to teach them all.

Similarly, Si (S1) used to play the piano at his local church along with the drums and even the guitar, and can now pick up any instrument and play it. Music became both the young lads lives and went through stages of rock, rap and indie until reaching college and discovering the head-rushin delight of dance music. As such an influential part of Si's life, he started studying book after book of production techniques before applying to the Liverpool Institute of performing arts and became a fully qualified sound engineer.

Since then Simon set up and event in his local town called Addiction, which is where he first met Asa who at the time was just there for a good time. Around this time, the pair started to DJ and before long Asa and S1 became a DJ team promoting Addiction in Manchester, Liverpool and Chester. Here is where their DJing careers started gathering steam.
The next obvious stage was to start producing. Si started first and was busy producing his youthful passion trance. In the mean time Asa was taking his DJing career to the next level, playing right across the country at bigger and bigger events. Soon it was time to harness all his ideas and dancefloor knowledge with the careful production insight of his long-time friend Si.

Since, the pair have proved a formidable partnership. In the inventive 'Convulsion' and the stormin 'Cured', their first freeform stormers were signed by Kevin Energy to spearhead the launch of the new Nu Energy Whites label. Proving their versatility, they also received a call from raver's favourite Hixxy wanting to sign their happier tracks for a Bonkers mix. Racing ahead, the interest inspired them to head straight into the studio to make 'Makin' Me Wanna Dance', a Bonkers anthem on Hixxy's CD and one of the biggest rave tracks of last year. It made it onto no less than five CDs, was played on rave floors around the world and even spawned it's own ring tone.

Now with the live PA in full swing and bookings at massive events across the country the future is looking good for one of the fastest rising partnerships in UK Hardcore. Watch out Breeze and Styles
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Releases:
Convulsion / Cured (12", Ltd, W/Lbl, Sti)   Nu Energy 2004
Makin' Me Wanna Dance (12")   Quosh Records 2004
Reach Out (12")   Next Generation Records 2005
Trance Overload / The Future Is Ours (12")   Nu Energy 2005
Devotion (Sy & Unknown's 2008 Remix) / Makin' Me Wanna Dance (DJ Kurt Remix) (12", Ltd)   Quosh Limited Edition 2008
Convulsion/Cured (12")   Nu Energy  
Remixes:
Hardcore EP4 (EP, Maxi) (2 versions) Hardcore Machine (Asa ... Nukleuz 2005
Now I'm Free (12") Now I'm Free (Asa & S1... Hardcore Collections 2005
Appears On:
Hardcore Nation 2 (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Hardcore Machine (Asa ... Warner Dance 2005
Helter Skelter Presents Hardcore Classics (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Makin Me Wanna Dance (... Ministry Of Sound 2005
Tracks Appear On:
Bonkers 12 - The Dirty Dozen (Comp) (2 versions) Whole React ... 2004
Bonkers 13: Hardcore Horror Show (Comp) (2 versions) Makin' Me Wanna Dance ... Resist Music ... 2004
Futurevibe - The New Wave Of Rave (2xCD) Making Me Wanna Dance ... Rumour Records 2004
This Is Noize II (CD, Mixed, Comp) Making Me Wanna Dance ... Majestic Recordings Inc. 2004
400% Nu Energy (CD, Mixed, Comp) Cured Nu Energy 2005
Hard Dance To Hardcore Acceleration (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Makin Me Wanna Dance (... Stormin Tunes 2005
Hardcore Heaven - The Album (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Makin Me Wanna Dance (... Resist Music 2005
Hardcore Heaven 2 (3xCD) Reach Out (Brisk & Vag... Central Station 2005
Hardcore Nation - The Biggest Hardcore Anthems Ever! (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) Making Me Wanna Dance ... Warner Dance 2005
Helter Skelter Presents Hardcore Classics (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Makin Me Wanna Dance (... Ministry Of Sound 2005
Next Generation Blatant Beats V.3: Hi-Octane Hardcore (Comp) (2 versions) Reach Out (Brisk & Vag... Resist Music ... 2005
Slammin' Vinyl Presents Hardcore Heaven 2 (3xCD, Mixed) Reach Out (Brisk & Vag... Resist Music 2005
Slammin' Vinyl Presents Hardcore Heaven 3 (Comp) (2 versions) Show Me Your Passion (... Resist Music ... 2006
Hardcore Nation Classics (3xCD) Making Me Wanna Dance ... Warner Music TV 2007
The No.1 Hardcore Album: The Oldskool Mix (4xCD, Comp) Makin' Me Wanna Dance ... Decadance Recordings 2007
Hardcore The Classics 1994-2009 (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Makin' Me Wanna Dance ... Ministry Of Sound 2008
True Hardcore 2 (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) Makin' Me Wanna Dance ... Gut TV 2008
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