Twoloud
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TWOLOUD | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin |  Germany |
| Genres | Progressive House, Big Room House, Bass House |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Spinnin' Records, Playbox Music, Revealed Recordings, Mainstage Music, Skink, Dim Mak Records |
| Members | Manuel Reuter Alex Castle Dennis Nicholls |
Twoloud, formerly stylized as twoloud, now stylized as TWOLOUD, is the name of a German DJ musical project consisting of members Manuel Reuter (also known as Manian), Alexander Thomas (Alex Castle) along with Dennis Nicholls (aka D-Style). The project was founded in 2013 and are active mainly in the genres of progressive house and big room house. Although the project's anonymity has been revealed in mid-2014, the musicians were asking to be judged only by their music, not faces.
The project TWOLOUD was founded in the summer of 2013 by the DJs Manuel Reuter, Alexander Thomas and Dennis Nicholls. Reuter and Nicholls were both previously members of Spencer & Hill. In October 2013 they released their first single Big Bang, which fused big room house with trance elements. The inclusion of this song on compilations such as "Future Trance" and "Nature One" and a remix by the Dutch DJ hardstyle duo Bass Modulators boosted its popularity. After great success with tracks on music platforms like Beatport and Spotify, TWOLOUD signed a contract with the successful Dutch record label Spinnin' Records.
The style of TWOLOUD is extensive. They are one of the few German projects in all areas of house music. The lead sound of the song "Greatest DJ", for example, is strongly linked to that of duo Showtek.[1] A similar fate befell the songs "Drop It Like This", which seems to have been influenced by Tujamo,[2] and "I'm Alive" resembles the sound of Canadian duo DVBBS.[3] However, critics have declared that all songs by TWOLOUD have certain basic features that make their style unique. They contain the schema the original or its trance elements, but are equipped with modern EDM elements.
For a long time, the members of TWOLOUD remained anonymous. In their live performances they appeared in ninja costumes and on their album covers they had never been seen.[4] For a long time TWOLOUD was suspected to be a joint project of the Dutch DJs Hardwell and Tiësto. Their anonymity was an advantage to lesser-known artists, who would often announce that they were TWOLOUD. However, in mid-2014, it was announced that TWOLOUD was a project of the two German DJs Manian and D-Style. This was due to pictures the duo was on and the fact that they were credited on their songs.[5] However, the rumours about the variant of Hardwell and Tiësto did not stop. TWOLOUD were cautious of the response towards the releases, deciding to forgo mentioning their and personnel's real names and credited themselves as Manuel Reuter and Alex Castle, while the releases sleeve contain little information about the background of the project, furthering the mystery about the creators of the releases and leading to speculation whether TWOLOUD is a duo, or a trio.
Personnel
- Current members
- Manian (Manuel Reuter) - DJ, producer
- Alex Castle (Alexander Thomas) - songwriter, producer
- D-Style (Dennis Nicholls) - DJ, producer
Singles
List of twoloud releases
- 2013: twoloud - Big Bang'
- 2013: twoloud - Traffic (Tiësto Edit)
- 2014: twoloud - Track One [Free Download]
- 2014: twoloud vs. Julian Jordan - Rockin
- 2014: TST & twoloud - Drop It Like This
- 2014: twoloud vs Danny Avila - Rock the Place
- 2014: twoloud - Greatest DJ
- 2014: twoloud - I'm Alive
- 2014: twoloud - Twisted
- 2014: twoloud - Track Two [Free Download]
- 2014: twoloud - Track Three [Free Download]
- 2014: twoloud feat. Christian Burns - We Are the Ones
- 2014: Deniz Koyu vs twoloud - Goin 'Down
- 2014: twoloud feat. Will Brennan - Get Down
- 2015: twoloud - The Biz
- 2015: twoloud - Outside World
- 2015: Sonic One vs twoloud - The Drums
- 2015: twoloud - Right Now
- 2015: twoloud & Kaaze - Color Pop
- 2015: twoloud - Move (Showtek Edit)
- 2015: twoloud - Higher Off the Ground
- 2015: twoloud vs Mojjjo & Mind'CD - Objectif
- 2015: twoloud & Qulinez - Perfection
- 2015: twoloud & Bounce Inc. - Hope
- 2015: twoloud & Kaaze - Maji
- 2015: twoloud & Konih - One More
- 2016: twoloud & Cranksters - Work It
- 2016: Twoloud – Affected
- 2016: twoloud - Boston
- 2016: twoloud - My Remedy (Official Untold Festival Anthem)
- 2016: MORTEN & TWOLOUD - Certified
- 2016: twoloud & Konih - Gimme Some More
Remixes
- Binary Finary - 1998 (with Dash Berlin)
- Plastik Funk - Let Me See Ya
- Galantis - You (with Tiësto)
- Afrojack feat. Spree Wilson - The Spark (with Tiësto)
2014:
- Hardwell feat. Matthew Koma - "Dare You"
- Showtek feat. Tryna Loules - Wasting Our Lives (We Like to Party)
- Tiësto - Red Lights
- The Chainsmokers feat. sirenXX - Kanye
- Nervo & Ivan Gough feat. Beverley Knight- Not Taking This No More
- David Guetta & Showtek feat. Vassy - Bad
- Calvin Harris - Summer
- Linkin Park X Steve Aoki - A Light That Never Comes
- Afrojack - Ten Feet Tall
- Rank 1 - Airwave
- Tiësto & Hardwell - Zero 76
- Seven Lions feat. Ellie Goulding - Don't Leave (with Tiësto)
2015:
- Dirty Rush & Gregor Es - "Pressure"
- Lars Pager & Derek Hake - "Onyx"
- Dotan - "Home" (with Tiësto)
- Fragma - Toca Me
- Hotlife & Tomo Hirata feat. Johnny Rose - One Last Time (Sofia to Tokyo Edit)
- Zedd feat. Jon Bellion - "Beautiful Now"
2016:
- Sonic One - Punk! (twoloud Edit)
- Denine – Keep on Lovin (twoloud Remix)
