Ashley Casselle Ashley Casselle London Ashley Casselle creates spacey house, techno and modern disco. With UK electronica act Ashtrax he received attention and plaudits from both sides of the Atlantic in the Noughties, creating atmospheric house music & breakbeats in turn helping pave the way for his diverse and musical djing style to find an international arena. After becoming the warmup dj of choice for star djs such as John Digweed, Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox and Paul van Dyk, desirable dj bookings at many of the world's best clubs and festivals followed such as Womb in Tokyo, Creamfields in Argentina and Giant in LA whilst recording and remixing for labels such as Junior Boys Own, MFS, Deviant Records and Paper Recordings. He's even had his portrait up in the National Gallery as part of a dj coffee table book and entered the ever controversial DJ Mag Top 100 Djs chart. In 2019 Mixmag invited Ashley to write about his SE Asian djing adventures in a DJ Tour Diary - from China to KL he tells tales of intense travelling, Vegan street food and incredibly good nightclubs highly aloft in neon lit skyscrapers, and spinning beside riverside bays in Chengdu and Chongqing. He's now evolved his production sounds further and settled upon simply using his own name (or just the surname) to front new recordings, remixes, collaborations and radioshows. Finding the ultimate point where a diverse set of influences collide in harmony is his primary directive. Perhaps not many producers could argue that Brian Eno, Boards of Canada & The Smiths' richly layered and nuanced melodies could merge sweetly with the classic house of Ron Trent or earthy techno of Carl Craig, yet it's what he strives for in his productions on, most recently, UK imprints Murge Recordings, Loose Lips and Dutch Jack It Records. Some of his thoughtfully programmed live dj mixes are available here (which show a good representation of his live deck skills where vinyl and digital remain happy bedfellows) in a quest for the perfectly smooth mix transitions which make his club sets so addictive. His Casselleshow on North London's Threads Radio station attracts listeners from far and wide and is being hailed as the more recent and successful addition to his djing skills and sonic adventures. The idea of talking about the weather or his favourite food whilst mixing on the radio is now another new facet to his ever evolving musical journey and notably diverse career. His new Dayrise Enterprise label and live events show a flair for the more soulful and an experimental side to his repertoire, with the new label launching soon to host exclusively made tracks and imaginative re-edits, all lovingly assembled for long spaced out dj sets and journeys. A residency in East London recently saw the Dayrise Enterprise mothership land in its own live 10 hour daytime sci-fi club setting to reflect the diverse and lush depths of the new imprint of the same name whilst popping up with new Dayrise parties in Berlin and Ibiza recently. An artist album including original compositions and many of Ashley's remixes will be released on Dayrise Enterprise in Summer 2024.