Special D. (born Dennis Horstmann, 16 September 1980) is a German DJ and
dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded da ...
artist who was particularly popular in the
Netherlands
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, where he won the 'Best Dance International' award at the 2004
TMF NL
TMF NL was a digital music television channel of MTV Networks Benelux that broadcast on all major digital platforms in the Netherlands and Belgium from 2005 to 2011. The station was presented along with three other digital channels of MTV Networ ...
awards. He was also popular among the
Eurodance scene in North America. The "D" in Special D comes from the DJ's first name, Dennis.
His best-known track, "Come With Me", reached number 6 in the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
and number 4 in the
Irish Singles Chart in April 2004. He proceeded making more tracks, such as "
You
In Modern English, ''you'' is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers.
History
''You'' comes from the Proto- ...
" or "Here I Am", which were frequently played on European
dance floors.
His music featured in ''
Crank: High Voltage''.
He has started using
Ableton Live
Ableton Live is a digital audio workstation for macOS and Windows developed by the German company Ableton. In contrast to many other software sequencers, Ableton Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool ...
in his live sets.
Discography
Albums
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Reckless'' (2004)
Singles
References
External links
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Special D MySpace websiteDiscogs Entry
1980 births
Living people
German dance musicians
German trance musicians
Musicians from Hamburg
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