Manuel Schleis (*1979 in
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden form ...
) is a former German
music producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...
.
About
He worked together with DJ
Manuel Reuter
Manuel Reuter (born 6 December 1961) is a German former racing driver.
He has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice:
*in 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans for Sauber-Mercedes
*in 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans for Joest Racing
He also won the Interserie in 19 ...
(DJ Manian, danceformation
Cascada
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They functioned as a trio from 2004 to 2021, with their last track ...
, also Spencer & Hill) and has produced many club hits and remixes for
Sugababes
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Formed in 1998 by Ron Tom, the manager of All Saints, ...
,
Moby
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,
Scooter (band)
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,
Axwell
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,
Public Enemy
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, and
Tiësto
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.
He is also a developer of audio music software as well as being a sound designer.
Under the company name "Vengeance-Sound" he releases Soundsets / Sample CDs. As a sound designer for
Access Music
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Electronics,
Roland Music
is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment, and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on 18 April 1972. In 2005, its headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefectu ...
,
Waldorf synthesizer, Propellerheads, Tone2 & reFX Manuel Schleis works as well. In 2016 his new line of VST Plugins, called "Vengeance Producer Suite", was released (in cooperation with audio software company Keilwerth Audio).
Additionally Manuel Schleis works as a
tutor
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A tutor, formally also called an academic tutor, is a person who provides assis ...
for "dance production" for example the "Roland Synth2Sound Tour", "SAE" & "Musikmesse Frankfurt".
Starting 2014, Schleis has abandoned making EDM tracks, to focus on his passion of producing soundsets with recorded samples only.
Sound Design
Sampling CDs/DVDs
Manuel has done over 50 sampling CD's as Vengeance Sound, along with various other producers. Several of these packs include:
* Vengeance Analog Drums Vol.1
* Vengeance Dance Explosion Vol.1
* Vengeance Dance Explosion Vol.2
* Vengeance Deep House Vol.1
* Vengeance Deep House Vol.2
* Vengeance Dirty Electro Vol.1
* Vengeance Dirty Electro Vol.2
* Vengeance Dirty Electro Vol.3
* Vengeance EDM Essentials Vol.1
* Vengeance EDM Essentials Vol.2
* Vengeance Effects Vol.1
* Vengeance Effects Vol.2
* Vengeance Effects Vol.3
* Vengeance Electro Essentials Vol.1
* Vengeance Electro Essentials Vol.2
* Vengeance Electro Essentials Vol.3
* Vengeance Essential Clubsounds Vol.1
* Vengeance Essential Clubsounds Vol.2
* Vengeance Essential Clubsounds Vol.3
* Vengeance Essential Clubsounds Vol.4
* Vengeance Essential Clubsounds Vol.5
* Vengeance Essential Deep House
* Vengeance Essential Dubstep Vol.1
* Vengeance Essential Dubstep Vol.2
* Vengeance Essential House Vol.1
* Vengeance Essential House Vol.2
* Vengeance Essential House Vol.3
* Vengeance Essential House Vol.4
* Vengeance Freakz On Beatz Vol.1
* Vengeance Freakz On Beatz Vol.2
* Vengeance Freakz On Beatz Vol.3
* Vengeance Future House Vol.1
* Vengeance Future House Vol.2
* Vengeance Future House Vol.3
* Vengeance Future House Vol.4
* Vengeance Minimal House
* Vengeance Minimal House Vol.2
* Vengeance Pop Essentials Vol.1
* Vengeance Pop Essentials Vol.2
* Vengeance Rhythm Guitars Vol.1
* Vengeance Rhythm Guitars Vol.2
* Vengeance Freakz On Beatz Vol.1
* Vengeance Freakz On Beatz Vol.2
* Vengeance Freakz On Beatz Vol.3
* Vengeance Trance Sensation Vol.1
* Vengeance Trance Sensation Vol.2
* Vengeance Trance Sensation Vol.3
* Vengeance Trance Sensation Vol.4
* Vengeance Total Dance Sounds Vol.1
* Vengeance Total Dance Sounds Vol.2
* Vengeance Total Dance Sounds Vol.3
* Vengeance Ultimate Bass
* Vengeance Vocal Essentials Vol.1
* Vengeance Vocal Essentials Vol.2
* Vengeance Electroshock Vol.1
* Vengeance Electroshock Vol.2
* Vengeance Studio Vocals Vol.1
* Vengeance Trap Essentials Vol.1
* Vengeance Ultimate Fills Vol.1
* Vengeance Ultimate Fills Vol.2
* Vengeance Ultimate Fills Vol.3
* reFX Nexus1, Nexus2, Nexus3, Nexus4 & Nexus5
Nexus 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 are sample-based synthesizers (rompler) that, according to ReFX themselves, are actually more than just romplers.
Soundsets For Hardware/Software Synthesizers
* Trance Source X (
Access
Access may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network
* Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom
* Access Co., a Japanese software company
* Access International Advisors, a hed ...
- all Virus models)
* Incubation V1 (
Access
Access may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network
* Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom
* Access Co., a Japanese software company
* Access International Advisors, a hed ...
- all Virus models)
* Incubation V2 (
A - all Virus models)
* Incubation V3 (
Access
Access may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network
* Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom
* Access Co., a Japanese software company
* Access International Advisors, a hed ...
- all Virus models)
* Trance Source 2001 (
Access
Access may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network
* Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom
* Access Co., a Japanese software company
* Access International Advisors, a hed ...
- all Virus models)
* Vengeance Virus TI Factory Bank (
Access
Access may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network
* Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom
* Access Co., a Japanese software company
* Access International Advisors, a hed ...
- Virus Ti)
* CS2x Sounds (
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:
People
* Torakusu Yamaha, a Japanese businessman and founder of the Yamaha Corporation
Companies
* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer
** Yamaha Music Foundation, an organi ...
- CS2x)
* Vanguard Vengeance-Sound Factory Presets (
reFX - Vanguard)
* Vanguard Soundset Part II (
reFX - Vanguard)
* Gladiator Vengeance-Sound Factory Presets (Tone2 - Gladiator)
* Vengeance-Forum Soundset Vol.1 (
Novation
Novation, in contract law and business law, is the act of –
# replacing an obligation to perform with another obligation; or
# adding an obligation to perform; or
# replacing a party to an agreement with a new party.
In international law, no ...
- V-Station)
* Vengeance-Forum Soundset Vol.2 (
reFX - Vanguard)
* Vengeance-Forum Combfusion Soundset Vol.1 (
Propellerheads
Propellerheads were an English electronic music duo, formed in 1995 in Bath by Will White and Alex Gifford.
History
Prior to Propellerheads' formation, Alex Gifford played as a backing saxophonist for The Stranglers appearing on the albums ' ...
- Reason)
* Vengeance-Forum Combfusion Soundset Vol.2 (
Propellerheads
Propellerheads were an English electronic music duo, formed in 1995 in Bath by Will White and Alex Gifford.
History
Prior to Propellerheads' formation, Alex Gifford played as a backing saxophonist for The Stranglers appearing on the albums ' ...
- Reason)
* X-plorations Vol.1 (
Roland
Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was mil ...
- JP8000/JP8080)
* X-plorations Vol.2 (
Roland
Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was mil ...
- JP8000/JP8080)
* X-plorations Vol.3 (
Roland
Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was mil ...
- JP8000/JP8080)
* Blue Magic (
Novation
Novation, in contract law and business law, is the act of –
# replacing an obligation to perform with another obligation; or
# adding an obligation to perform; or
# replacing a party to an agreement with a new party.
In international law, no ...
- Supernova 2, Supernova 1, Nova Laptop)
* Analog Meltdown (
Waldorf - Pulse/Pulse+)
* Nordish by Nature (
Clavia
Clavia Digital Musical Instruments (Clavia DMI AB) is a Swedish manufacturer of virtual analog synthesizers, virtual electromechanical pianos and stage pianos, founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1983 by Hans Nordelius and Mikael Carlsson. Since 1995 ...
- Nordlead III)
* Trance & Dance Soundset for A1 (
Cubase
Cubase is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed by Steinberg for music and MIDI recording, arranging and editing. The first version, which was originally only a MIDI sequencer and ran on the Atari ST computer, was released in 1989. Cut-do ...
- A1)
* Cosmic X (
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:
People
* Torakusu Yamaha, a Japanese businessman and founder of the Yamaha Corporation
Companies
* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer
** Yamaha Music Foundation, an organi ...
- CS6x/CS6r incl. PLG150AN)
* Q - Trilogy Vol.1 (
Waldorf - Q+, Q, MicroQ/Komplexer)
* Q - Trilogy Vol.2 (
Waldorf - Q+, Q, MicroQ/Komplexer)
* Club 4k part I - V-Station (
Novation
Novation, in contract law and business law, is the act of –
# replacing an obligation to perform with another obligation; or
# adding an obligation to perform; or
# replacing a party to an agreement with a new party.
In international law, no ...
- V-Station)
* Club 4k part II - V-Station (
Novation
Novation, in contract law and business law, is the act of –
# replacing an obligation to perform with another obligation; or
# adding an obligation to perform; or
# replacing a party to an agreement with a new party.
In international law, no ...
- V-Station)
* Analog Essentials (
TC Powercore - Powercore 01)
* Prophecy (
Native Instruments
Native Instruments is a German company that develops, manufactures, and supplies music software and hardware for music production, sound design, performance, and DJing. The company's corporate headquarters and main development facilities are lo ...
- Pro 53)
* Discovery Soundset Vol.1 (
DiscoDSP - Discovery)
* Discovery (Pro) Soundset Vol.2 (
DiscoDSP - Discovery Pro)
* Korg Legacy Soundset (
Korg
, founded as Keio Electronic Laboratories, is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instrument
An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electr ...
- Legacy Collection)
* Oddity Mini-Bass Soundset (GMedia - Oddity)
* Vengeance THOR Soundset (
Reason 4.0 - THOR)
* Digital Atmosphere (
Korg
, founded as Keio Electronic Laboratories, is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instrument
An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electr ...
- Legacy Collection Digital Edition)
* Vengeance Electro Soundset for Massive (
Native Instruments
Native Instruments is a German company that develops, manufactures, and supplies music software and hardware for music production, sound design, performance, and DJing. The company's corporate headquarters and main development facilities are lo ...
- Massive)
* Vengeance Moog Electrobass (
Arturia
Arturia is a French electronics company founded in 1999 and based in Grenoble, France. The company designs and manufactures audio interfaces and electronic musical instruments, including software synthesizers, drum machines, analog synthesizers, ...
- Minimoog V v2.0.1)
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Metrum Expansion 1 - Factory Extension
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Metrum Expansion 2 - Ultimate HipHop
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Metrum Expansion 3 - Future Kicks
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Metrum Expansion 4 - Blutonium Boy
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Metrum Expansion 5 - Electro House
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Metrum Expansion 6 - Hands Up Kicks
VST Plugins
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Multiband Sidechain
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Metrum
* Vengeance Mastering Suite: Multiband Compressor
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Philta XL
* Vengeance Mastering Suite: Stereo Bundle
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Essential FX Bundle
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Phalanx
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Tape Stop
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Glitch Bitch
* Vengeance Producer Suite: Avenger
* reFX Nexus 1
* reFX Nexus 2
* reFX Nexus 3
* reFX Nexus 4
* reFX Nexus 5
* reFX QuadraSID
* reFX PlastiCZ
*
reFX Vanguard
Discography
Releases (selection)
* 2003 Icarus - All Systems Go! / ''Extension Records''
* 2003 Phalanx - Flaming Skies / ''Illuminate Records''
* 2003 Ampire - Singularity / ''Overdose Records''
* 2003 Marc Jerome - Shake it / ''Everlasting Records''
* 2004 Reuter & Schleis - Passion / ''Alphabet City''
* 2004 Floorburner - Get Ready / ''DJ INC Records''
* 2004 Spoot - Take Control 2004 / ''Media Records''
* 2004 Kareema - Cool your Engines / ''Kontor Records''
* 2005 Aramanja - Memories / ''Waterworld Rec.''
* 2005 Denga & Manus - Cenwen / ''Asgard Records''
* 2005 Floorburner - Everybody Dance-Heaven / ''Yawa Recording''
* 2005 Spencer & Hill - Spencer & Hill EP vol.2 / ''Star Rouge Records''
* 2005 Scarf! - Hithouse One / ''Andorfine Records''
* 2005 Party Pimpz - Holiday / ''Aqualoop Records''
* 2006 Slice and Case - Abgedreht / ''Submental-ZYX''
* 2006 Phalanx - Symphony in Gminor / ''Illuminate Records''
* 2006 Ampire - Speedlimit / ''Traffic Tunes Records''
* 2007 Volition - Dimensions / ''Somatic Sense''
* 2007 Spencer & Hill - Get it On / ''Kontor''
* 2007 Em Slice vs Denga - So Sexy / ''Global Players Records''
* 2007 V-Headz - Paxi Fixi / ''Superstar-Chickenwings''
* 2007 Denga & Manus - E-Clipse / ''Red Silver Recordings''
* 2008 A-Lee feat. Amanda Wilson - Gotta Let Go / ''Oxyd Records''
* 2008 Culture Beat - Your Love / ''Superstar Records''
* 2008 Lowrider - Cool / ''Zooland Records''
* 2008 Vengeance - Temptation / ''Armada / ASOT''
* 2008 Spencer & Hill - Da Housebeat / ''Tiger Records''
* 2009 Vengeance - Dawn of the Uprising / ''Armada / ASOT''
* 2009 Spencer & Hill feat Dave Darell - Its a Smash / ''Zooland Records''
* 2009 Dabruck & Klein feat Michael Feines - The Feeling / ''WePlay''
Remixes (selection)
* 2004 Klubbingman - Magic Summernight (Cascada vs Plazmatek Remix) / ''Sony Music''
* 2004 4 Strings - Turn it Around (Manyou Remix) / ''Alphabet City''
* 2004 Alphazone - Revelation (Phalanx Remix) / ''Nukleuz UK''
* 2004 Groove Coverage - Runaway (DJ Manian Remix) / ''Zeitgeist-Polydor''
* 2004 Pulsedriver - Slamming (Tune Up! Remix) / ''Aqualoop Records''
* 2004 Blank & Jones - Flowtation (Phalanx Remix) / ''Kontor Records''
* 2005 DJ Dean - Kick Da Bass (Ampire Remix) / ''Tunnel Records''
* 2005 DJ Shog - Jealousy (Denga & Manus Remix) / ''Logport Recordings''
* 2005 Lazard - Little Star (Cascada Remix) / ''Pultrance Rec.''
* 2006 Dumonde - Tomorrow 2006 (Observer & DJ Spacecase Remix) / ''F8T Records''
* 2006 Michael Gray - Borderline (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''Eye Industries''
* 2006 Armand van Helden - Funk Phenomena 2k6Rmx / ''Submental Rec.''
* 2006 Ian Carey - Say What You Want (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''KickFresh''
* 2006 Above & Beyond - For All I Care (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''Anjunabeats''
* 2007 Scooter - Behind the Cow (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''Kontor''
* 2007 Yanou feat. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (S&H Project Remix) / ''Zooland Records''
* 2007 Liz Kay - When Love Becomes a Lie (Kareema Remix) / ''Zooland Records''
* 2007 Tiesto - Carpe Noctum (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''Ultra Records''
* 2007 Yanou - King of My Castle (Spencer&Hill Remix) / ''Zooland Records''
* 2007 Hi Tack - Lets Dance (Dabruck & Klein Remix) / ''Superstar Rec.''
* 2007 Goodwill and Thommy Trah - Its a swede thing (Dabruck & Klein Remix) / ''Superstar Rec.''
* 2007 Noel Sinner - Pullover (Dabruck & Klein Remix) / ''Superstar Rec.''
* 2007 Eyerer & Chopstick - Make my Day (Dabruck & Klein Remix) / ''Superstar Rec.''
* 2007 Erick Morillo ft. P. Diddy - Dance I said (Spencer&Hil Remix) / ''OXYD Records''
* 2007 Axwell - Its true (Dabruck & Klein Remix) / ''Superstar Rec.''
* 2007 Yanou - Sun is Shining (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''Zooland Records''
* 2008 Cascada - What Do You Want From Me (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''Zooland Records''
* 2008 Moby - Disco Lies (Spencer & Hill Remix)
* 2008 Public Enemy vs Benny Benassi - Bring the Noise (Dabruck & Klein Remix) / ''Superstar Rec.''
* 2008 Lorie - Play (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''SonyBMG/Columbia''
* 2009 Paul van Dyk - For an Angel 2009 (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''Vandit''
* 2009 Bob Sinclair feat. Sugarhill Gang - La La Song (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''Vandetta''
* 2009 Dennis the Menace, Bigworld - The First Rebirth (Dabruck & Klein Remix) / ''Axtone Rec.''
* 2009 Royksopp - The Girl and the Robot (Spencer & Hill Remix) / ''EMI France''
External links
(Vengeance Sound)(Manuel Schleis, Discogs profile)(Computermusic interview)(Spencer & Hill official homepage)
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German record producers
1979 births
Living people
German dance musicians