DeepCentral
OriginBucharest, Romania
GenresElectro, house, pop
Years active2009-present
LabelsUniversal Music Romania
MembersGeorge Călin (DJ)
Doru Todoruț (vocalist)
Websitewww.deepcentral.ro

Deepcentral is a Romanian pop duo with house music 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.[1] 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 Romania[2] 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 in the period March to May that year,[3][4] 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. The band was also featured in Xonia'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" becoming an international hit for him in a song featuring Alexandra Stan.

Discography

Albums

Year Album and details Notes
2009 Deepcentral
  • Date released: 3 August 2009
  • Format: Digital album
  • Record label: Universal Music Romania
 Track list
  1. "Undercover" (4:19)
  2. "Lost in You" (3:49)
  3. "Cry It Away" (3:26)
  4. "Is It Real" (4:51)
  5. "Play Again" (4:16)
  6. "High" (feat. Miss DJ Vika Jigulina) (4:00)
  7. "I Can't Live Without You" (3:37)
  8. "Russian Girl" (4:08)
  9. "A Lot of You" (4:01)
  10. "Tell Me" (4:30)
  11. "In & Out" (5:11)
  12. "Cry It Away" (Liquid Remix) (5:36)

Russian Girl (Summer Mix) - 3:37

2013 O Stea
  • Date released: 3 June 2013[5]
  • Format: Digital album, CD
  • Record label: Universal Music Romania
 Track list
  1. Raindrops
  2. In Love
  3. Cocaine
  4. O stea
  5. Speed of Sound
  6. So Divine
  7. Music Makes Me Free
  8. Back 2 Life
  9. In urma ta (vs. Sistem)
  10. My Way (feat. Ivan Martin & Tom Chaos)
  11. O stea (Killing Time Remix)
  12. Music Makes Me Free (RLS Remix)
  13. Shooting Star
  14. I F***ed Up

Singles

Year Single Peak
position		 Album
RO RU
2008 "Cry It Away" — — Deepcentral
2009 "Russian Girl" 10 35[6]
2010 "In Love" 1 65[7] O stea
"Music Makes Me Free" 3 —
2011 "Speed of Sound" 8 —
2012 "So Divine" 58 —
"O stea" 35 —
2013 "Sus Pana La Cer" — — non-album singles
2014 "Troublemaker"[8] — —
"Hey Girl (Dreaming of Moscow)"[9] — —
2015 "Noapte Albă"[10] — —

References

  1. ↑ Urban Romania: Remember: DEMMO - Cantecul Meu (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ Websorks.ro: Deepcentral isi lanseaza primul album in format digital (in Romanian)
  3. ↑ Muzica9.ro: Deepcentral domina topurile romanesti! (in Romanian)
  4. ↑ PrimaTV.ro: Deepcentral "In love" de #1 ! Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
  5. ↑ "Ascultă noul album DEEPCENTRAL – O STEA". Zonga. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Deepcentral — Russian Girl". Tophit.
  7. ↑ "Deepcentral feat. Yuri Usachev — in Love". Tophit.
  8. ↑ "Troublemaker - EP by Deepcentral on Apple Music". iTunes. January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Hey Girl (Dreaming of Moscow) - Single by Deepcentral on Apple Music". iTunes. January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Noapte Albă - Single by Deepcentral on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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