Marusha

Marusha
Marusha in 2015
Marusha in 2015
Background information
Born
Marion Aphrodite Gleiß

(1966-11-18) 18 November 1966 (age 59)
OriginNuremberg, West Germany
GenresElectronica, happy hardcore, breakbeat
Websitewww.marusha.de

Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß (born 18 November 1966), known by her stage name Marusha, is a German-Greek 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, when she was also a member of the jury in the German version of Popstars.

From 1993 to 1996 Marusha presented a television dance music show called Feuerreiter for regional broadcaster ORB, which later aired nationally via ARD.

Scooter mentions Marusha in their 1994 song "Hyper Hyper", during which lead singer H. P. Baxxter reads out the name of numerous DJs.

Personal life

Marusha converted from Protestantism to Greek Orthodoxy.

Discography

Marusha in Nuremberg in 2010
Marusha at Berlin Summer Rave 2015
Marusha at Sunshine Live Retroactive 2017 in Mannheim
Marusha at 90er Rave in Berlin

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)		 Album
GER
 AUT
 BEL
(Vl)
 FIN
 NED
 SUI
 SWE
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

Other singles

Remixes (select)

References

  1. ↑ Pilz, Michael (15 June 2013). "‚Angela Merkel lässt mich ruhig schlafen'". Welt (in German).
  2. ↑ "German peak positions". Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Intl. peaks Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  4. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  5. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Marusha)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.