Time and again, when everything appears to have come to a complete standstill, you will find yourself seriously wondering what the future of electronic club music is going to be like. What will come next? And it was at that very moment when suddenly a new record appeared on the market to satisfy this longing for new, fresh sounds: Sascha Dive’s “The Basic Collective Pt. 1″. In the meantime, almost 4 years and innumerable releases later, a new genre of house music has developed from and around the concept of this young, highly inspired Frankfurt-based artist. This sound is characterized by dark, driving rhythms with clear references to the U.S. American house music of the 1990s. The German Groove magazine called it “Rhein-Main-House"- a very accurate term to describe this movement. But Sascha Dive’s success story goes far beyond and overseas: He is the only “white producer” who was given the honour of getting a remix version made by no other than the grandmaster of house music: Moodymann himself.Sascha Dive has been successful both as a producer, and as a DJ. When you talk with him about club music, and in particular house music, you almost get the impression of talking to a human encyclopaedia. His expert knowledge combined with his definition of contemporary club tunes makes his sets a unique experience. He takes the audience on a trip towards the future and the past, and at the end of the night gently back into the here and now again. A couple of years ago, in spite of his busy schedule and the time he would spend in his studio, Sascha Dive decided to found his own label “Deep Vibes Recordings", and to do his own research in the aesthetics of contemporary house sounds. He released tracks of co-fellows such as Johnny D, Christian Burkhardt, Ray Okpara and Robert Dietz, as well as of his own most-favourites such as Rick Wade, Scott Furgeson, Borthers Vibe, DJ Qu, Sean Dimitrie & Tim Fuller, and Norm Talley. After more than a year of working in his studio, he now c

Federico Molinari: “the album of the year!”

Fresh Meat / Berlin Mitte Ins: “Well made, deep typical Sascha Dive style album. Those who like his sound, will love this album. Only got the CD, hopefully the vinyl comes with the next promo package ;-)”

Gerd Janson: “Well done dance floor synopsis of Sascha Dive's trademark sounds and gestures. ”

Groove Magazin: “Nach vielen digitalen Veröffentlichungen, 12-Inches und EPs, die weit über die vielbeschworene Rhein-Main-Szene hinaus ihre Freunde gefunden haben, ist Sascha Dive jetzt mit seinem Debütalbum am Start. Der Hesse ist mittlerweile eine Bank in deutschen Housekreisen und spielt die Klaviaturen des Minimalismus wie auch die US-amerikanischer Musiktraditionen mit Bravour. Beides führt er auf seinem Album zusammen und schafft es dabei auch noch, überhaupt nicht eklektizistisch oder gar epigonal zu klingen. Denn Sascha Dive wäre nicht Sascha Dive, wenn er nicht in jedem Track seine perkussive Detailverliebtheit und sein Gespür für den Groove durchschimmern lassen würde: Sensationell, wie „Underground Railroad“ mit kurzen reibenden Gitarrenlicks, dezenten Congas, einem rollenden Bass und ja, der großen Predigerstimme US-amerikanischer Provenienz, nach vorne jackt. Unwiderstehlich – wie auch „Drums Of The Jungle“, in denen die Stimmen in die Tiefe des Tracks gelegt wurden, und hin und wieder kurze Klanghölzer-Wirbel über dubbigen Akkorden ertönen. Aber besser als in „African Monster“ wird es nicht: Ein weltmusikalisch inspiriertes Stück mit Bläsersamples über lässigen Percussion-Arrangements – das ist ebenso funky wie zurückgelehnt. Essentielles Album.”

James Flavour: “great lp. underground railroad is fantastic”

Jamie Jones: “Some nice tracks on here, good stuff.”

Jimpster: “restless nights indeed! serious late night, slightly paranoid, heads down grooves for those who refuse to leave the party! loving a lot of the tracks but my fave is still Jus Groove which i've played a lot the last 6 months or so. Hey Joe is lovely too.”

Karotte: “i play the album since weeks. bomb alert!!! sascha at it´s best!!!”

Loco Dice: “Full Support buddy !!! ”

Marc Miror: “1000 dank. full support von mir! ”

Nick Curly: “really like this album, very strong and very good!”

Partysan: “Very nice album ! ”

Raveline: “Ruhelose Nächte präsentiert uns der Frankfurter DJ und Produzent mit seinem Debütalbum. 2004 veröffentlichte er seine erste 12″, viele weitere folgten auf Labels wie Drumpoet Community, Cécille, Tsuba oder Raum…musik. Im Jahre 2007 gründete er sein eigenes Label Deep Vibes Recordings, auf dem nun auch Anfang September “Restless Nights” erscheinen wird und auf dem auch schon DJ Qu, Robert Dietz, Scott Ferguson, Brothers’ Vibe und Christian Burkhardt veröffentlicht haben.”

Resident Advisor: “Frankfurt-based house artist Sascha Dive is set to release his debut album, Restless Nights, late this summer. For the past few years, Dive has been a go-to producer for stripped down, US house-inspired tracks, many of which contributed to the deep house resurgence at the end of the last decade. He rose to fame with cuts like "Deepest America" and "Annihilating Rhythm," while releasing artists like Scott Ferguson and Brothers' Vibe on his own label, Deep Vibes Recordings. He is a stalwart of the so-called Rhein-Main school of producers, and last year boosted his DJ credentials with From Frankfurt to Mannehim, a two-disc compilation he mixed with Reboot. Restless Nights boasts eight new tunes by Dive, plus two that we already know: "Jus Groove" and "The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues," recently released on Tsuba and Raum... musik respectively. Based on the tracklist, the album seems similar in motif to last year's controversial Panther EP. ”

Robag Wruhme: “sind tolle lieder mit bei! das da mit der gitarre und das danach sind dufte!!!!”

Sebo K: “great job sascha! full support.”

Soon Night Mag: “Deep Vibes are to release Sascha Dive's debut album - entitled Restless Nights - in early September. Known for melting traditional techniques with modern ideas, Dive is arguably part of the Rhine Maine house scene, though to lump him in with such producers would rather do him an injustice. Instead of functional, tool like and bare house tracks, the records Dive offers up on this album are long, drawn out deep house masterpieces which go on and on and on with micro-evolving textures all the while pulling you in and never letting you go. From more club targeted jams via blissful late night and sandy 4/4 soundscapes, Restless Nights is set to be one of the house albums of the year. ”

Tobi Neumann: “90 Punkte! Respekt für Sascha für dieses Album. Hatte es auch schon in meinen letzten Groove Charts drin.”

Tom Clark: “super album. kann mich aber noch nicht entscheiden welches stück mein lieblingsstück ist. danke”