Dennis Horstmann (born 16 September 1980), known as Special D., is a German DJ and
dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance musi ...
ian who was particularly popular in the Netherlands, where he won the Best Dance International award at the 2004
TMF NL
TMF NL was a digital music television channel of MTV Networks Benelux that broadcast on all major digital platforms in the Netherlands and Belgium from 2005 to 2011. The station was presented along with three other digital channels of MTV Networ ...
awards. He was also popular among the
Eurodance
Eurodance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of Hip-hop, rap, techno and Eurodisco. This genre of music is heavily influenced by the use ...
scene in North America. The "D" in Special D comes from the DJ's first name, Dennis.
His best-known track, "Come with Me", reached number 6 on the
UK Singles Chart and number 4 on the
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and compiled on their behalf by the Official Charts Company. Chart rankings are ...
in April 2004. He proceeded making more tracks, such as "
You
In Modern English, the word "''you''" is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers.
History
''You'' comes from ...
" and "Here I Am", which were frequently played on European
dance floors.
His music featured in ''
Crank: High Voltage''.
He has started using
Ableton Live
Ableton Live is a digital audio workstation for macOS and Windows developed by the German company Ableton.
In contrast to many other software sequencers, Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for compos ...
in his live sets.
Discography
Albums
*''
Reckless'' (2004)
Singles
References
External links
*
Special D MySpace websiteDiscogs Entry
1980 births
Living people
German dance musicians
German trance musicians
Musicians from Hamburg
German electronic dance music DJs
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