Sasha X · DJ & live musician
I bring live instruments and DJing together to create transformative journeys—from vulnerability and longing to freedom, joy, and release.
Step into a journeyDifferent places. Shared feeling.
Different people, tastes,
and ways of moving.
Every room has taught me something about listening.
The way I play
I’m a DJ, live musician, and Internal Family Systems therapist. I bring all those parts of myself into the room.
Explore the elements of a journey.
Guitar, flute, and voice, played in the moment. Sometimes just me; sometimes a conversation with other musicians.
The transformational journey
A journey through feelings, with space to arrive, open, move, and return.
I begin slowly, with live music and space to settle into the body. Sometimes a guided meditation helps us connect with an intention.
Themed ecstatic dance journeys
Sometimes I build a journey around a theme. It gives the music, lighting, and live instruments a shared thread—and offers us a different way to explore our feelings through movement.
White and Red are two examples: one centred on celebration, the other on sensuality and the parts of ourselves we tend to keep hidden.
Two examples of themed journeys
01 / Big White Ecstatic Dance
Dressed in white.
Room for lightness.
An all-white gathering to celebrate the summer solstice. For me, this is a journey into openness, play, and connection—with space for whatever else we bring into the room.
Live guitar, a room moving together, then time to soften and rest. These moments from White show the different textures of the same journey.
About the White gathering
02 / The Big Red Ecstatic Journey
Making space for the parts
we don’t always show.
Red explores sensuality, passion, vulnerability, and the hidden parts of ourselves. I want the music to offer space to meet those feelings with curiosity, and let the body find its own expression.
The gathering brought together red and black clothing, optional masks, cacao, live music, and free movement. An opening circle led into the dance, with handpan and singing bowls among the live sounds, before a closing space for voice, sound, and integration.
About the Red gatheringTwo different atmospheres. The same care for the journey, from arrival to integration.
Playing together
I love what changes when another musician is making sound with us in real time. The breath, timing, and spontaneity of live playing bring a presence I can feel in my body—and the dancers can respond to it as it happens.
I’ve collaborated with violinists, saxophone players, vocalists, drummers, and flute players. I blend their sound into my DJ sets with effects, so each instrument becomes part of the same journey while keeping its own living energy.
I also program lighting with DMX, shaping colour and atmosphere around the music when the space allows. Sound, light, and live playing become parts of the same story.
Why I make this music
Music can bring a feeling to the surface before we have words for it. When we dance, we can feel that emotion in the body and give it a way to move. To me, that can be deeply healing.
My work as an Internal Family Systems therapist has taught me to meet the many parts of ourselves with curiosity and care. I bring that same attention to the dance floor. I want the journey to have room for the whole person, including feelings they may not have expected to find there.
People have written to me afterward about tears, release, unexpected emotions, and feeling carried somewhere new. My hope is that they walk in as they are and leave feeling that something inside has shifted—even if that shift is quiet.
Messages
A bit about me
Before the dance floors, there was a kid, a guitar, and a lot of discovering still to do.
I was born in Iran and grew up between Iran and the United States.
At 13, I began studying classical and flamenco guitar. Music became a path I kept following.
Live instruments are still at the heart of what I do, now woven into journeys through music and dance.
Along the way came bands, music production, DJing, dance, and my work as an Internal Family Systems therapist. I’m still curious about the many sides of being human—and what happens when different sounds and people meet.
Keep the conversation going
If a journey like this feels at home in your space, I’d love to hear from you.
Say hello on Instagram @sasha_X_Music