Deepcentral is a Romanian pop duo with
house music
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influences formed in 2009 by Romanian DJ George Călin (now known as
Manuel Riva) and vocalist Doru Todoruț.
Călin, the DJ of the duo had begun his musical career with the band Demmo, that also included Anamaria Ferentz and Vik. Demmo they released four albums: ''Pentru inima ta'', ''Trei'', ''Ding Dang Dong'' and ''Cântecul meu''. The band lasted from 2001 to 2006.
Deepcentral released their self-titled debut album ''Deepcentral'' of mainly dance house music on 3 June 2009 on
Universal Music
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Romania with "Cry It Away" being their first charting single.
Deepcentral stylized at times as DeepCentral had the biggest Romanian hit of 2010 with "In Love". The single was as the top of the
year-end list of Romanian hits, after having spent 7 weeks at the top of the
Romanian Top 100
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in the period March to May that year,
PrimaTV.ro: Deepcentral "In love" de #1 !
with a total of 17 weeks in the Top 10. As a result, Deepcentral was nominated to MTV Europe Music Award for Best Romanian Act as one of 5 possible acts to win the title in 2010. But the title eventually went to Romanian singer Inna
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), known professionally as Inna (stylized in all caps), is a Romanian singer. Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, Romania, Neptun, she studied political science at Ovidius University before ...
. The band was also featured in Xonia
Xonia (born Loredana Sachelaru; 25 June 1989) is an Australian-born Romanian singer, songwriter, actress and dancer.
Biography
1989–2007: Early life and education
Xonia was born 25 June 1989 in Melbourne, Australia to Romanian parents. Her ...
's hit "My Beautiful One". The single stayed 64 weeks in the Romanian Top 100.
George Călin the DJ of the duo has gone on to music producing under the name Manuel Riva with "Miami
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" becoming an international hit for him in a song featuring Alexandra Stan
Alexandra Ioana Stan (born 10 June 1989) is a Romanian singer. Born in Constanța, she made her worldwide breakthrough with the 2010 single " Mr. Saxobeat", which was written and produced by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi. They had previous ...
.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
Official website
Facebook
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Romanian musical groups
Electronic music duos