Marusha

Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß, 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. In 2007 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.

Discography

Singles
Albums

1994 Raveland
1995 Wir
1998 No Hide No Run
2002 Nonstop
2004 Offbeat
2007 Heat
2012 Club Arrest
2018 Rave Satellite

Compilations

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Jumpstart – September 2000
Touch Base – Jan 2001
Chimes – Jan 2001
Were here – 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 – Temple Remix 2007