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Roger Shah / Biography
Roger Shah (formerly known as dj shah) is an electronic music producer in Germany.
Roger-Pierre Shah has released multiple singles and albums under the following aliases: Roger Shah, Sunlounger, dj shah, Black Pearl, Magic Island, High Noon At Salinas, Global Experience, Savannah, Endless Blue, Alongshore, Samara, Balearic Session, Purple Mood and Magic Wave.
He started his career in 1996 and year after year he reaches the top 10 dance charts in Germany.
In 1999 he released his first solo single, the Roger Shah - Claps which went on the top 5 of all dance charts and got attention from the most important DJs in Europe. He later released Roger Shah - Commandments and Roger Shah - Riddim both of which reached top 3 positions in all dance charts. His latest productions have been supported by Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten, tiesto and many more leading DJs of the scene.
In October 2005 he debuted on tiesto's label Blackhole with 'Shah & Laruso pres. Global Experience'. After releasing various other tracks on multiple international 1st class labels such as Ministry Of Sound UK and Ultra Music USA, he reached #23 in UK's sales charts with the project Commander Tom.
Roger Shah is the only German producer who has collaborated with tiesto's compilation In Search of Sunrise 5 (ISOS5).
Later on he signed a deal with Armada for his solo single Roger Shah - Beautiful as well as a second project Sunlounger. It was under the latter that he released the Roger Shah - Another Day on The Terrace album in 2007, which reached No.1 on Dutch iTunes' 'all-musicgenres' chart.
Besides the follow up single of Global Experience, Black Hole also signed his project Savannah for the world.
He collaborated with Armin van Buuren. Together they made the tune "Going Wrong" featuring the vocals of Chris Jones which entered the Dutch singles chart at No. 5 in the first week, right after he performed the single live at 'Armin Only' 2008 which is Armin van Buuren's solo concert.
Together with Pedro del Mar he ran the German radio show "Mellomania". dj shah has released 14 double-CD compilations under the name Mellomania together with Pedro Del Mar up to date.
Roger Shah was recently named #58 on DJ Mag's list of the 2008 Top 100 DJs . He is currently ranked #33 on the Global DJ List.
On December 18 2008, it was announced that shah's single Roger Shah - Lost won the title of A State of Trance Tune of the Year 2008.
Magic Island was founded by shah in 2008 and functions as a sublabel of Armin van Buuren's Armada. Magic Island will in the future release several upcoming productions and collaborations Roger Shah is doing with the artists in the international EDM scene. As a solo artist Shah and his Sunlounger project are signed to Armada. Armada manages all of his activities such as marketing, promotion, releasing and licensing.
- Purple Mood and Magic Wave
