Manuel Reuter (born 7 July 1978), better known by his

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DJ Manian or just Manian, is a German

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, DJ and owner of Zooland Records label.

Career

DJ Manian was born in 1978 in

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, Germany. He has produced a number of singles under various pseudonyms. From September 2007 to September 2013 he contributed to the musical project "Spencer & Hill" under the pseudonym Josh Hill alongside the founder of vengeance-sound.com soundset website Manuel Schleis and with former Verano member Dennis Nicholls, with whom he created at the end of 2013 the musical project "TWOLOUD". However, the duo asked not to be identified immediately. In their performances they carried far face drawn hoods and in the music videos they are usually seen from behind on their single covers, and are not visible. Over the years, DJ Manian maintained a number of different musical collaborations, including Bulldozzer, M.Y.C, Ampire, Phalanx, Plazmatek, Liz Kay, and

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and the now-defunct Tune Up! in addition to Aila, Cerla, Dan Winter,

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and Crystal Lake. His 2013 release "Don't Stop the Dancing" featuring

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has charted in a number of European singles charts. He is a member of the

Eurodance Euro-Dance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of hip hop, techno, Hi-NRG, house music, and Euro-Disco. This ...

trio

Cascada Cascada (, Spanish for "Waterfall", stylized as CASCADA, CASC''A''DA and cascada) is a German dance music act founded in 2004 by singer Natalie Horler and DJs/producers DJ Manian and DJ Yanou. They are best known for their hit singles " Everyti ...

, alongside fellow DJ

Yanou Yann Peifer (born 6 March 1974), known professionally as Yanou, is a German trance and Eurodance musician and producer. He is most famous for collaborating on DJ Sammy's hit "Heaven" with vocalist Do and for being a member of the popular German ...

(with whom he has collaborated many times) and

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(who has featured as a guest vocalist on some of his songs). In 2014, he joined TWOLOUD.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

;Charting

Other releases

*2006: ''Rhythm & Drums / Bounce'' (DJ Manian vs. Tune Up!) *2007: ''Lovesong'' *2007: ''Raver's Fantasy'' *2007: ''The Heat of the Moment'' (EP) *2007: '' Turn the Tide'' (Manian feat. Aila) *2008: ''Hold Me Tonight'' (Manian feat. Aila) *2008: ''Turn The Tide 2k8'' (Manian feat. Aila) *2009: ''Ravers in the UK'' *2010: ''Outta My Head'' (

feat. Manian) *2010: ''Loco'' *2011: ''Welcome to the Club 2011'' *2011: ''F.A.Q.'' (Crystal Lake vs. Manian) *2012: ''Hands Up Forever'' *2013: ''I'm in Love with the DJ'' *2013: ''Cinderella'' (Manian feat. Maury) *2013: ''We Don't Care''

References

External links

Official website
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