Four years after British DJ Sasha redefined the DJ mix compilation with ‘Involver’, he’s finally ready to release its follow up ‘Invol2ver’.

The release of ‘Involver’ in 2004 defined Sasha’s evolution from vinyl to digital and reconfirmed his position as one of the world’s greatest DJs.

Word has it that the anticipation for Involver 2 has been so intense, that false tracklistings, fake audio torrents and even doctored artwork have appeared online in the build up to the release, so desperate were Sasha’s fans for the 2nd edition.

Was the wait worth it?

Well, ‘Invol2ver’ contains 13 tracks of unique Sasha reworkings including regurgitated versions of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, American folkster Ray LaMontagne, Apparat, Ladytron and Sasha favourites M83, which sounds good.

Plus Sasha produced three original songs for ‘Invol2ver’, plus it contains a number of tunes from his label emFire.

If anything, ‘Invol2ver’ is more of an artist album than a mix compilation, and Sasha went a lot further than most DJs in producing it.

Sasha and his studio partners Barry Jamieson, Charlie May, Duncan Forbes and Leo Leite hunted down every piece of old analogue equipment that they could get their hands on to create a “lo-fi gritty sound”.

“In every way, ‘Invol2ver’ is closer to a production album than anything else,” said Sasha.

“We were like kids in a toy shop basically, hunting out as many old mixing desks, drum machines and guitar pedals that we could find on eBay.”

Barry Jamieson continued, “It’s like a collage of New York sounds. Old gear is so unpredictable and it had a mind of its own, this album was very spontaneous in that way.”

Of the unique tracklist, Sasha said “I’m a really big fan of Apparat. As soon as I heard Arcadia, I knew I had to do this for ‘Invol2ver’.”

Sasha also totally deconstructed Ladytron’s ‘Destroy Everything You Touch’ using “this amazing circuit bent drum machine.”

“You program a beat and random stuff starts to happen - you get amazing accidents, so the sound of this was born out of that machine.” “ said Sasha of the special tool.

Sasha also spoke about how he put the records together.

“We were playing around with a remix for Thom Yorke and we realized it was in the same key as the M83 track.

“So we ended up just melting the two things together. I was playing out a bootleg remix of ‘Eraser’ and somebody put it on YouTube and Thom posted it on Radiohead’s website which was a real buzz.

“So I just asked if he was up for me doing a proper remix of it, and he was like, ‘Yeah, of course.’ That was a great honour. I’m a massive Radiohead fan.”

‘Invol2ver’ is set for release on September 8th on Global Underground.

Track Listing:

Disc 1
1. Intro - Badger
2. You Are The Worst Thing In The World (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - Telefon Tel Aviv
3. Flesh (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - Rone
4. Eclipse - Sasha vs Ray LaMontagne
5. Lowlife - Sasha vs Adam Parker
6. Midnight - Charlie May
7. Arcadia (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - Apparat
8. That You Might (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - Home Video
9. Destroy Everything You Touch (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - Ladytron
10. Couleurs (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - M83
11. The Eraser (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - Thom Yorke
12. 3 Little Piggys - Sasha
13. Sometimes I Realise (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - Engineers
Disc 2
1. The Eraser - Thom Yorke (Sasha Coma Remix)
2. Flavor (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - Girls In Hawaii
3. Burma (Involver Dub Mix) - Lostep
4. Gas Tank (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - Home Video
5. Midnight (Extended Mix) - Charlie May
6. Eclipse - Sasha Vs Ray LaMontagne (CM Dub Mix)