Siria

Infobox musical artist
Name = Siria


Img_capt = Endless Summer/I Will Believe It 12" single.
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Origin = Bonn, Germany
Genre = Trance
Years_active = 2004–2005, 2008–Present
Label = Aqualoop (2004-2005), Zooland (2008-Present)
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URL = http://www.manian.de/
Current_members = DJ Manian

Past_members = Natalie Horler (2004-2005)
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The music duo Siria is comprised of singer Natalie Horler of Cascada fame, and one of the DJ/producers from Cascada, DJ Manian. The Siria project has had two singles released into the German and Canadian markets featuring the vocals of Natalie Horler. On July 3, 2008, a cover of Kate Ryan's song Desenchantee was released by Zooland Records featuring a new vocalist.

Career

Endless Summer

Endless Summer was released as the first single of the Siria project. When it was first released to DJ's in December 2004, it introduced the music style that would prove very successful for the Cascada project with Everytime We Touch in 2005. Initially, fans of Cascada assumed that the group had changed their name to Siria due to legal problems with the name Cascada (they had previously been called Cascade until another artist with the same name threatened a lawsuit), though it was soon understood that this was just a side project of Manuel Reuter (DJ Manian) and Natalie Horler, without Yanou.

I Will Believe It

In early 2005, Siria released "I Will Believe It" on the "Endless Summer/I Will Believe It" 12" single. There are two mixes of the song. The first is a Euro-Trance version, which is similar to DJ Manian and Natalie's other single "Reason" released by another one of their projects, Diamond. The other remix is the "Cascada Remix", which has a darker but similar style to the then-recently released Everytime We Touch. The U.S. release of the single comes with eight mixes featuring DJ Lenny B, Solar City and is available through Marian Records, Inc. The single peaked at #23 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Desenchantee

The Siria name was once again used for a new single featuring a new vocalist, a cover of Belgian singer Kate Ryan's hit song Desenchantee, released by Zooland Records in Germany on July 3, 2008.

Mislabelings

Siria's songs have often been mislabelled as Cascada songs, because the styles are very similar because Siria is essentially made up of part of Cascada.

iria's Future

With the immense success of the Cascada project worldwide, DJ Manian had announced that there were no planned Siria singles for the near future. In the United Kingdom, both Siria songs were released under the Cascada name on Cascada's second album, Perfect Day, both in slightly edited forms in 2007. Due to both songs being previously released in the United States by Marian Records under the Siria name, I Will Believe It and Endless Summer were not included on the American release of Perfect Day, which instead featured exclusives songs not initally available in any other markets.

In July 2008, the Siria name was brought back into use with the single Desenchantee, though it does not feature Natalie Horler on vocals.

External links

* [http://www.manian.de/ DJ Manian's official website]
* [http://www.aqualoop.de/ Siria's record label in Germany]