DJ Shah
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Roger Shah is a German electronic music composer and producer.
to a German
mother and a Pakistani father. His brother is Pedro del Mar, also a Trance DJ, hosts a bi-weekly vocal trance show called Mellomania. Roger first began to hit his production stride in his native country in 1999 putting out the tracks ‘Claps’, ‘The Mission’ & ‘Tides of Time’. In 2003 his ‘High’ release was signed by Virgin Records
imprint Nebula. This marked his first non-domestic release and over the course of the next 5 years he inked productions to a range of trance labels - ones that came to include Anjunabeats
, VANDIT
& Black Hole
.
The Armin Connection: In 2007 Armin van Buuren named Shah’s ‘Who Will Find Me’ release as his favourite track of 2007. Having heard the demo of its follow-up, Van Buuren saw crossover potential in the track and made contact in early 2008 to ask if Shah would like to collaborate on it. The result was the Chris Jones song ‘Going Wrong’… A national top 5 smash in The Netherlands, the track went on to become one of the biggest selling trance singles of the year. From there Magic Island Records – Shah’s primary label moved from his own stable to that of one of Armin’s industry-leading Armada Music
.
Magic Island Records: An imprint for both Roger’s own material and that of likeminded producers, Magic Island releases have quickly become fixtures in the CDJs of the world’s biggest spinners. Notable up and coming names like Ralph Fritsch, DJ Cosmo, Kim Svard and Walsh & McAuley have all had releases on the label.
‘Songbook’: The M.I. deal’s quickest produce of the Magic Island/Armada deal was Roger’s first artist album, ‘Songbook’. Strongly received by both press and fans alike, it was praised for its innovative dual club mix and acoustic version approach. Singles taken from it like ‘Don’t Wake Me Up’ and the aforementioned ‘Going Wrong’ & ‘Who Will Find Me’ (a Top 20 ASOT Tune of the Year in ‘08) proved to be particularly popular.
Live & DJ Performances: In late 2008 Shah took the decision to change his artist name. Dropping the ‘DJ’ prefix, he revised it to Roger Shah – a move that signalled a move away from straightforward DJ sets. His successive live-on-stage more concert themed ones have brought a percevible change to how trance music was presented to an audience. During live performance, Roger Shah frequently uses a wireless keyboard interface such as the M-Audio Oxygen 25 (25 key USB midi controller). Roger Shah has mentioned numerous times that will perform with his laptop instead of CD.
Pseudonyms & Side Projects: In addition to his own-name tracks, Roger has also produced under a matrix of other sun-tipped aliases. Notable among them are his ‘pka’ DJ Shah, High Noon at Salinas, Magic Island & Savannah. Shah is also one half of the Anjunabeats released act Purple Moods, Black Hole project Global Experience and ASOT’s Black Pearl, whose ’06 – ’09 spanning singles ‘Coral Sea’, ‘Java’, ‘Bounty Island’ and ‘Rise’ generated much additional interest in Shah’s solo productions.
Sunlounger: Sunlounger is without doubt Roger’s best known nom de plume. It was under this handle that he released the ‘Another Day On The Terrace
' long-player in 2008. It reached No.1 on Dutch iTunes’ ‘all-music-genres’ chart and spawned four singles: ‘In & Out’, ‘Aguas Blancas’, ‘Crawling’ & ‘White Sand’. The project become so celebrated that Roger expanded Sunlounger into a live act - a performance of which was featured on Armada’s ArminOnly DVD. It was this experience that he credited with his latter wholesale move into live Roger Shah performances. In 2009 Roger released the Sunlounger follow-up LP ‘Sunny Tales
'. It's progeny singles included ‘Catwalk’, ‘Mediterranean Flower’, ‘Change Your Mind’ and the much-revered ‘Lost’ - voted as Tune of the Year for the 2008 A State of Trance radio show hosted by Armin van Buuren.
‘Magic Island: Music For Balearic People’ – The Compilations: Shah’s compilation series has so far seen three outings (2007, 2008 & 2010). Encapsulating everything Roger stands for musically, their intrinsically White Island trance sound has sound-tracked an uncountable number of clubbers holidays. Roger typically uses the compilations as first-listen holders for future singles & collaborations with Vol.2 including ones with Signum, Judge Jules & Amanda O’Riordan and Tenishia.
‘Magic Island: Music For Balearic People’ – The Radio Show: Broadcasting weekly, Magic Island – Music For Balearic People is a 2 hour radio show carried by the DI-fm station and is currently being syndicated to many other countries, most recently including Mexico and Jordan. Presented by Roger every Friday between 21.00 GMT (22:00 CET), it showcases him playing melodic trance through the first hour with the 2nd focusing on Balearic, chillout and Dream trance.
Remixes: Shah has reworked tracks for legendary vocalists like Sarah McLachlan
and Nadia Ali
. He’s also remixed tunes for a litany of trance-masters including Tiësto
, Armin Van Buuren, Mark Norman, York, Cosmic Gate
, Josh Gabriel
, Johan Gielen, System F, The Thrillseekers
, Solarstone, Three Drives, Matt Darey & Oceanlab. Most recently Roger has rewired Andain’s ‘Beautiful Things ‘10’ and Richard Durand
’s ‘Always The Sun’.
2008 Songbook
2011 Openminded
1999 Commandments
2000 Riddim
2001 Tides Of Time (feat. No Iron)
2002 High
2003 Sunday Morning
2004 Sunset Road (with York
)
2006 Beautiful (Glimpse Of Heaven) (feat. Jan Johnston)
2007 Palmarosa
2007 Who Will Find Me (feat. Adrina Thorpe)
2008 Going Wrong (with Armin van Buuren feat. Chris Jones)
2008 Don't Wake Me Up (feat. Inger Hansen)
2008 Back To You (feat. Adrina Thorpe)
2009 You're So Cool (with Tenishia feat. Lorilee)
2009 To The Sky (with Chris Jones as Open Minded)
2009 I'm Not God (with Tenishia feat. Lorilee)
2009 Healesville Sanctuary (feat. Signum)
2010 Hold On (with Judge Jules
feat. Amanda Angelic)
2010 Ancient World (with Signum)
2011 Morning Star (feat. Moya Brennan
)
2008 Sunlounger Sessions
2008 Magic Island: Music For Balearic People
2009 Magic Island: Music For Balearic People Vol. 2
2010 Magic Island: Music For Balearic People Vol. 3
2010 Sunlounger – The Downtempo Edition
2009 'Richard Durand' - Always The Sun
2009 'Roger Shah & Tenishia' - You're So Cool
2009 'Roger Shah & Tenishia' - I'm Not God
2009 'Roger Shah & Signum' - Healesville Sanctuary
2009 'Ira Losco' - Shoulders Of Giants
2009 'Samara' - Verano
2010 'Andain' - Beautiful Things
2010 'Roger Shah & Signum' - Ancient World
2008 Sunny Tales
2010 The Beach Side of Life
2007 Aguas Blancas
2007 In & Out
2008 Crawling
2008 Catwalk / Mediterranean Flower
2008 Lost (feat. Zara)
2009 Change Your Mind (feat. Kyler England)
2010 Found (feat. Zara)
2010 Breaking Waves (feat. Inger Hansen)
2008 Coral Sea
2009 Java
2010 Rise
2010 Discovery
2006 Zanzibar / San Salvador
2007 Madras / Malaysia
2008 Koengen
2006 'Mark Norman Presents Celine' - Colour My Eyes
2006 'Tiesto Feat. Maxi Jazz' - Dance4Life
2006 'North Dakota' - Superstring 2.6
2007 'Shane 54' - 1000 Lullabies
2007 'Johan Gielen' - Revelations -Right From My Heart-
2008 'High Noon At Salinas' - Celebration
2008 'Charles McThorn Feat. Elles De Graaf' - Winds Will Turn
. The show first aired on May 2, 2008. Trance and progressive music are played in the first hour of the radioshow and chill-out Balearic Trance music is played in the second hour.
Biography
Early History: Born in Esslingen in southern GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
to a German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
mother and a Pakistani father. His brother is Pedro del Mar, also a Trance DJ, hosts a bi-weekly vocal trance show called Mellomania. Roger first began to hit his production stride in his native country in 1999 putting out the tracks ‘Claps’, ‘The Mission’ & ‘Tides of Time’. In 2003 his ‘High’ release was signed by Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
imprint Nebula. This marked his first non-domestic release and over the course of the next 5 years he inked productions to a range of trance labels - ones that came to include Anjunabeats
Anjunabeats
Anjunabeats is a British record label, started by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki in 2000 which releases trance music. The first 12" record was titled Volume One, released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias, Anjunabeats, in 2000. As the label got the name Anjunabeats, they...
, VANDIT
Vandit
VANDIT is an independent record label that was founded in June of 2000 by German DJ Paul van Dyk and continuously releases records in the fields Trance and Techno....
& Black Hole
Black hole
A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing, not even light, can escape. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole. Around a black hole there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that...
.
The Armin Connection: In 2007 Armin van Buuren named Shah’s ‘Who Will Find Me’ release as his favourite track of 2007. Having heard the demo of its follow-up, Van Buuren saw crossover potential in the track and made contact in early 2008 to ask if Shah would like to collaborate on it. The result was the Chris Jones song ‘Going Wrong’… A national top 5 smash in The Netherlands, the track went on to become one of the biggest selling trance singles of the year. From there Magic Island Records – Shah’s primary label moved from his own stable to that of one of Armin’s industry-leading Armada Music
Armada Music
Armada Music is a Dutch record label that specializes in releasing electronic dance music, primarily trance and house, co-founded by Armin van Buuren....
.
Magic Island Records: An imprint for both Roger’s own material and that of likeminded producers, Magic Island releases have quickly become fixtures in the CDJs of the world’s biggest spinners. Notable up and coming names like Ralph Fritsch, DJ Cosmo, Kim Svard and Walsh & McAuley have all had releases on the label.
‘Songbook’: The M.I. deal’s quickest produce of the Magic Island/Armada deal was Roger’s first artist album, ‘Songbook’. Strongly received by both press and fans alike, it was praised for its innovative dual club mix and acoustic version approach. Singles taken from it like ‘Don’t Wake Me Up’ and the aforementioned ‘Going Wrong’ & ‘Who Will Find Me’ (a Top 20 ASOT Tune of the Year in ‘08) proved to be particularly popular.
Live & DJ Performances: In late 2008 Shah took the decision to change his artist name. Dropping the ‘DJ’ prefix, he revised it to Roger Shah – a move that signalled a move away from straightforward DJ sets. His successive live-on-stage more concert themed ones have brought a percevible change to how trance music was presented to an audience. During live performance, Roger Shah frequently uses a wireless keyboard interface such as the M-Audio Oxygen 25 (25 key USB midi controller). Roger Shah has mentioned numerous times that will perform with his laptop instead of CD.
Pseudonyms & Side Projects: In addition to his own-name tracks, Roger has also produced under a matrix of other sun-tipped aliases. Notable among them are his ‘pka’ DJ Shah, High Noon at Salinas, Magic Island & Savannah. Shah is also one half of the Anjunabeats released act Purple Moods, Black Hole project Global Experience and ASOT’s Black Pearl, whose ’06 – ’09 spanning singles ‘Coral Sea’, ‘Java’, ‘Bounty Island’ and ‘Rise’ generated much additional interest in Shah’s solo productions.
Sunlounger: Sunlounger is without doubt Roger’s best known nom de plume. It was under this handle that he released the ‘Another Day On The Terrace
Sunlounger - Another Day on The Terrace (Album)
Another Day on The Terrace is the first full length album by German electronic composer and producer Roger-Pierre Shah released under his alias 'Sunlounger'.-Track listing:-Personnel:...
' long-player in 2008. It reached No.1 on Dutch iTunes’ ‘all-music-genres’ chart and spawned four singles: ‘In & Out’, ‘Aguas Blancas’, ‘Crawling’ & ‘White Sand’. The project become so celebrated that Roger expanded Sunlounger into a live act - a performance of which was featured on Armada’s ArminOnly DVD. It was this experience that he credited with his latter wholesale move into live Roger Shah performances. In 2009 Roger released the Sunlounger follow-up LP ‘Sunny Tales
Sunlounger - Sunny Tales (Album)
-Personnel:* Eller van Buuren – guitar on 'Mediterranean Flower' & 'Catwalk'* Zara Taylor – vocals on 'Lost' & 'Talk To Me'* Kyler England - vocals on 'Change Your Mind'* Lorilee DeSchryver - vocals on 'Your Name'- External links :* ,...
'. It's progeny singles included ‘Catwalk’, ‘Mediterranean Flower’, ‘Change Your Mind’ and the much-revered ‘Lost’ - voted as Tune of the Year for the 2008 A State of Trance radio show hosted by Armin van Buuren.
‘Magic Island: Music For Balearic People’ – The Compilations: Shah’s compilation series has so far seen three outings (2007, 2008 & 2010). Encapsulating everything Roger stands for musically, their intrinsically White Island trance sound has sound-tracked an uncountable number of clubbers holidays. Roger typically uses the compilations as first-listen holders for future singles & collaborations with Vol.2 including ones with Signum, Judge Jules & Amanda O’Riordan and Tenishia.
‘Magic Island: Music For Balearic People’ – The Radio Show: Broadcasting weekly, Magic Island – Music For Balearic People is a 2 hour radio show carried by the DI-fm station and is currently being syndicated to many other countries, most recently including Mexico and Jordan. Presented by Roger every Friday between 21.00 GMT (22:00 CET), it showcases him playing melodic trance through the first hour with the 2nd focusing on Balearic, chillout and Dream trance.
Remixes: Shah has reworked tracks for legendary vocalists like Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
and Nadia Ali
Nadia Ali
Nadia Ali is a Pakistani-American singer-songwriter, born in Libya and raised in Queens, New York. She gained attention as the frontwoman and songwriter of the band iiO, after their 2001 hit "Rapture" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted across several countries in Europe...
. He’s also remixed tunes for a litany of trance-masters including Tiësto
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
, Armin Van Buuren, Mark Norman, York, Cosmic Gate
Cosmic Gate
Cosmic Gate is a German trance duo made up of Claus Terhoeven and Stefan Bossems . Both from Krefeld in Germany. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records artist Cosmic Gate placed #19, 43 spots above the group's ranking the year...
, Josh Gabriel
Josh Gabriel
Josh Gabriel is an electronic dance music DJ and producer, formerly of Gabriel & Dresden with Dave Dresden.-Early Years :In 1988-89, a 20 year old exchange student from California Institute of the Arts, was living in The Hague in The Netherlands and studying at the Institute of Sonology...
, Johan Gielen, System F, The Thrillseekers
The Thrillseekers
The Thrillseekers is the name of an English trance DJ, record producer and remixer. He has been at the forefront of the trance genre since the release in 1998 of his critically acclaimed track, "Synaesthesia ". He has also worked under the guises of En Motion, Insigma, Rapid Eye, and Hydra...
, Solarstone, Three Drives, Matt Darey & Oceanlab. Most recently Roger has rewired Andain’s ‘Beautiful Things ‘10’ and Richard Durand
Richard Durand
Richard Durand is a Dutch Disc jockey and record producer. His real name is Richard van Schooneveld -Biography:...
’s ‘Always The Sun’.
Albums
2000 The AlbumDj Shah - The Album (Album)
The Album is the debut LP from German electronical composer and producer Roger-Pierre Shah.-Track listing:- External links :*...
2008 Songbook
Songbook (Dj Shah album)
Songbook is the second studio album by German musician, composer and producer Roger-Pierre Shah.-CD1:-CD2:...
2011 Openminded
Singles
1999 Claps1999 Commandments
2000 Riddim
2001 Tides Of Time (feat. No Iron)
2002 High
2003 Sunday Morning
2004 Sunset Road (with York
York (group)
York is a German electronica music duo, founded in 1997 by musicians and brothers Torsten and Jörg Stenzel. Producing downtempo, Chillout, House and Trance, their productions are known for catchy guitar hooks, atmospheric soundscapes and delicate dance textures....
)
2006 Beautiful (Glimpse Of Heaven) (feat. Jan Johnston)
2007 Palmarosa
2007 Who Will Find Me (feat. Adrina Thorpe)
2008 Going Wrong (with Armin van Buuren feat. Chris Jones)
2008 Don't Wake Me Up (feat. Inger Hansen)
2008 Back To You (feat. Adrina Thorpe)
2009 You're So Cool (with Tenishia feat. Lorilee)
2009 To The Sky (with Chris Jones as Open Minded)
2009 I'm Not God (with Tenishia feat. Lorilee)
2009 Healesville Sanctuary (feat. Signum)
2010 Hold On (with Judge Jules
Judge Jules
Judge Jules is a British dance music DJ and producer, known for his DJ activities and popular radio show which achieved global success.-Education:...
feat. Amanda Angelic)
2010 Ancient World (with Signum)
2011 Morning Star (feat. Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin , also known as Máire Brennan , is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist who began performing professionally in 1970, when her family formed the band Clannad, and is now widely considered as the "First Lady of Celtic Music"...
)
Compilations
2005 The Ultimate Chillout Collection2008 Sunlounger Sessions
2008 Magic Island: Music For Balearic People
2009 Magic Island: Music For Balearic People Vol. 2
2010 Magic Island: Music For Balearic People Vol. 3
2010 Sunlounger – The Downtempo Edition
as Roger Shah
2008 'Sunlounger & Cap Feat. Stephanie Asscher' - Heart Of The Sun2009 'Richard Durand' - Always The Sun
2009 'Roger Shah & Tenishia' - You're So Cool
2009 'Roger Shah & Tenishia' - I'm Not God
2009 'Roger Shah & Signum' - Healesville Sanctuary
2009 'Ira Losco' - Shoulders Of Giants
2009 'Samara' - Verano
2010 'Andain' - Beautiful Things
2010 'Roger Shah & Signum' - Ancient World
Albums
2007 Another Day On The TerraceSunlounger - Another Day on The Terrace (Album)
Another Day on The Terrace is the first full length album by German electronic composer and producer Roger-Pierre Shah released under his alias 'Sunlounger'.-Track listing:-Personnel:...
2008 Sunny Tales
Sunlounger - Sunny Tales (Album)
-Personnel:* Eller van Buuren – guitar on 'Mediterranean Flower' & 'Catwalk'* Zara Taylor – vocals on 'Lost' & 'Talk To Me'* Kyler England - vocals on 'Change Your Mind'* Lorilee DeSchryver - vocals on 'Your Name'- External links :* ,...
2010 The Beach Side of Life
The Beach Side of Life (Studio Album)
The Beach Side of Life is the third full length album from German electronic composer and producer Roger-Pierre Shah - released under his Sunlounger alias. It was released through Armada Music on October 22, 2010.-Track listing:-External links:* * **...
Singles
2006 White Sand2007 Aguas Blancas
2007 In & Out
2008 Crawling
2008 Catwalk / Mediterranean Flower
2008 Lost (feat. Zara)
2009 Change Your Mind (feat. Kyler England)
2010 Found (feat. Zara)
2010 Breaking Waves (feat. Inger Hansen)
Singles
2006 Bounty Island2008 Coral Sea
2009 Java
2010 Rise
2010 Discovery
Singles
2005 Tennessee / Dakar2006 Zanzibar / San Salvador
2007 Madras / Malaysia
2008 Koengen
Remixes
2006 'Brian Laruso' - Song For The Ocean2006 'Mark Norman Presents Celine' - Colour My Eyes
2006 'Tiesto Feat. Maxi Jazz' - Dance4Life
2006 'North Dakota' - Superstring 2.6
2007 'Shane 54' - 1000 Lullabies
2007 'Johan Gielen' - Revelations -Right From My Heart-
2008 'High Noon At Salinas' - Celebration
2008 'Charles McThorn Feat. Elles De Graaf' - Winds Will Turn
'Magic Island - Music for Balearic People' RadioShow
Produced by Roger Shah, 'Magic Island - Music for Balearic People' is a weekly two-hour chill-out, balearic trance radioshow that airs on DI.FM and Beat 100.9XHSON-FM
XHSON-FM also known as Beat 100.9, is a dance Top 40 station that serves the Mexico City Area. It offers a current-based mix of dance music, with Top 40 and R&B remixes, Its city of license is Santa Fe , and it is owned by NRM Comunicaciones....
. The show first aired on May 2, 2008. Trance and progressive music are played in the first hour of the radioshow and chill-out Balearic Trance music is played in the second hour.