Marusha
Appearance
Marusha | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Marion Aphrodite Gleiß |
Born | November 18, 1966 |
Origin | Nuremberg, West Germany |
Genres | Electronica, happy hardcore, breakbeat |
Website | www.marusha.de |
Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß (born 18 November 1966), known by her stage name Marusha, is a German electronic music disc jockey, producer and television presenter who had hits in the mid-1990s including her 1994 single "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
Career
Marusha was born in Nuremberg. She started as a radio disc jockey in 1991 with her weekly show "Dancehall" on Berlin station DT64. When the station closed she moved to Fritz, another Berlin radio station, and presented a weekly slot called "Rave Satellite" until 2007.
From 1993 to 1996 Marusha presented a television dance music show called "Feuerreiter" for regional broadcaster ORB, which later aired nationally via ARD.
Discography
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
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GER [1] |
AUT [2] |
BEL (Vl) [2] |
FIN [3] |
NED [2] |
SUI [2] |
SWE [2] | ||||||||
1992 | "Ravechannel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Raveland | |||||
1993 | "Whatever Turns You On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | |||||
"Go Ahead" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Raveland | ||||||
1994 | "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" | 3 | 13 | 34 | — | 6 | 2 | — | ||||||
"It Takes Me Away" | 3 | 21 | — | 9 | 12 | 18 | — | |||||||
"Trip to Raveland" | 29 | — | — | 14 | 30 | 34 | 18 | |||||||
1995 | "Deep" | 11 | 26 | — | 10 | — | 20 | — | Wir | |||||
"Unique" | 35 | 38 | — | 8 | — | — | — | |||||||
1996 | "Secret" | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
1997 | "Ur Life" | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | No Hide No Run | |||||
"My Best Friend" | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
1998 | "Free Love" | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Ultimate Sound" | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | ||||||
2007 | "Kick It (Heat)" | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Heat | |||||
"—" denotes single that did not chart. |
Albums
- 1994 Raveland (Ger #4)
- 1995 Wir (Ger #81)
- 1998 No Hide No Run (Ger #94)
- 2002 Nonstop (Mix-CD)
- 2004 Offbeat
- 2007 Heat
- 2012 Club Arrest
- 2018 Rave Satellite
Compilations
- Marusha · jackfruit)))_LAVA_ping pong productions_berlin
- Jumpstart – September 2000
- Touch Base (as Maru) – Jan 2001
- Chimes (as Maru) – Jan 2001
- Were here (as Maru) – September 2001
- Snow In July – Oct 2002
- Cha Cha Maharadsha – May 2003
Compilations
- Rave Channel, Mayday – A New Chapter Of House And Techno `92
- Whatever Turns You On Mayday – The Judgement Day 1993
- Cardinal Points Of Life, Mayday – Rave Olympia 1994
- Impressive Collective, Mayday – Reformation 1995
- Merlin, Mayday – The Great Coalition 1995
- Bewegungsapparat, Mayday – Mayday X 1996
- Everybody Electrojack, Mayday – Life On Mars 1996
- Check Dis Out, Love Parade Let The Sun Shine In Your Heart `97
- Ravechannel Loveparade 2000
Remixes
- Suspicious Lovewaves 1994
- WestBam – Liberation 1994
- Yves de Ruyter – Yvesday 1995
- Tom Novy – I House You 1997
- Bee Gees – World 1998
- Söhne Mannheims – Dein Glück 2001 Trip To Asia (Movie) – Temple Remix 2007
References
- ^ "German peak positions". Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
- ^ a b c d e Intl. peaks Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Marusha)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
External links
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Categories:
- 1966 births
- Club DJs
- Electronic dance music DJs
- Female DJs
- German dance musicians
- German DJs
- German house musicians
- German people of Greek descent
- German techno musicians
- Eurodance musicians
- Echo (music award) winners
- German trance musicians
- Happy hardcore musicians
- Hardcore techno musicians
- Women in electronic music
- Living people
- Musicians from Nuremberg