All has begun during a long drive to Italy. Norbert Reichart,
producer and mastermind of Imperio, has always been a great fan of old roman movies, such as
"Ben Hur", and he has always loved their monumental sound. He was always fascinated by the
aura, the outfit and the way of living, which prevailed in ancient Rome.
While Norbert was driving on the highway to the south, he grasped for his cigarettes. Suddenly the
print "Veni Vidi Vici" on the packet caught his eye. The idea to make a dancefloor song with
these three words was born!
After having arrived at home, he immediately started working. The instrumental version was finished
soon, but the vocals were still missing. This problem was solved by change. Some days later Norbert
met Manuela Ray in the disco "Dorian Gray" in Frankfurt. Manuela, a girl from Vienna
who was visiting a friend in Frankfurt, was dancing happy and lively to her favourite rhythm, and
Norbert thought: "SHE is the right one!!!".
Then Norbert asked Manuela if she was also able to sing and instead of giving him an answer she
turned round and went away; she thought he had wanted to give the come-on to her in quite a stupid
manner! A lot of persuasiveness was necessary to convince her that Norbert was not joking. Then
Manuela got interested in the whole story and two days later she was already in Norbert` s studio:
she listened to the instrumental version, read her text, started to sing and - wow!- her voice was
perfect!
After that Norbert begun the search for a suitable rapper, what turned to be a quite difficult thing.
Two months later Norbert and Manuela found at last what they were desperately looking for. In a
very big disco in Budapest there was a concert, and they saw Paulo Martins on stage! He was
rapping and dancing wildly and he spread such a charisma all around, that Norbert and Manuela were
immediately fascinated by him!
After the performance they went in the cloakroom and asked Paulo, if he would not like to became
rapper and dancer by Imperio. The answer was fortunately affirmative!
Now the conquest of the discos and of the international charts could begin!!!
Even though everyone thought that Imperio would remain forever with their original members,
Paulo suddenly had to leave the group because of his dedication to his family and to his studies
back in Portugal. It was a great time with Paulo, and we will always stay in contact with him.
The name of the new male part of Imperio is Lawrence Madia, he has already made a
place in the hearts of fans!
Lawrence is a talented dancer and rapper, and he is also very good-looking!
Now Imperio were once again complete!!
Manuela Ray
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| Real Name: |
Manuela Ferisovic |
| Date of birth |
07.08.74 |
| Place of birth: |
Pula/ex Jug. |
| Height: |
1,76 |
| Colour of hair: |
White or dark brown |
| Colour of eyes: |
Brown |
| Address: |
Vienna/Austria |
| Parents: |
Mother Brazilian, Father German |
| Brother/Sister: |
1 Brother |
| Hobbies: |
Bungee-Jumping, Skiing, Water-Ski |
| Musical Career: |
Started to sing at the age of 15 in schoolbands. |
| Personal Regard: |
Believe in yourself and dreams become true! |
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Lawrence Madia
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| Real Name: |
Lawrence Madia |
| Date of birth: |
10.07.71 |
| Place of birth: |
South Africa / Johannesburg |
| Height: |
1,81 |
| Colour of hair: |
Black |
| Colour of eyes: |
Dark Brown |
| Address: |
Linz/Austria |
| Parents: |
Mother South African, Father Austrian |
| Brother/sister: |
1 sister |
| Hobbies: |
Swimming, dancing, roller-skating. |
| Musical Career: |
Professional dancer / rapper and model;
1991 vice-world champion in freestyle dancing;
3x Austrian champion in freestyle dancing;national champion in Lambada |
| Personal Regard: |
Judge nobody if you donīt know him!!! |
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The Producer
In the hour of birth of IMPERIO only one man was present: the Austrian
Norbert Reichart (1970). He is the man, who holds the reins of IMPERIO behind the scenes. You could
think that the producer of IMPERIO has a special liking for Latin and that during his school-days
he loved nothing else as Latin. That's wrong!!! He always had the worst marks in Latin! It would
be better not to say the word "school" in his presence!
He changed a lot of schools ( without finishing his studies), he was the nightmare of all teachers
and his marks were always the worst in the class. He asserts that the teachers did not understood
his jokes and that he could became nothing else as a musician!!
Fortunately his musical career developed better than his school career! At the age of 6 he had his
first piano lessons; at the age of 13 he received his first synthesiser and begun to record self
composed songs. It was a long and difficult way before the first successes came. He begun to make
disco music just for fun and that turned out to be the right decision to do the first steps in the
music world.
In 1994 Norbert (he was 24) had his first big hit! From now on everything went quickly. Half a year
later Imperio was born!
8 top hits in succession.
In Austria all 8 songs became top ten hits! Norbert is a record-holder!!! He produces his successes
in his NR-Recording studios in the near of Wels (A). He works mostly alone. He composes, arranges
and produces! He is a perfectionist and workaholic! If he is not 100%ing convinced of a product, he
doesn`t leave this studio.
Success proves that he is right!
Except for a few music projects and remixes Norbert devotes himself entirely to Imperio. He
used to say:
"This is my baby and I want that one day it becomes very very big!"
Norbert was right!!! 
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| Title: |
Veni Vidi Vici |
| Released: |
1994 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4. |
Veni Vidi Vici (Radio Mix)
Veni Vidi Vici (Extended Mix)
Veni Vidi Vici (Catacom Mix)
Veni Vidi Vici (Legion Mix) |
3:48
5:49
3:54
4:42 |
| Title: |
Quo Vadis |
| Released: |
1995 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4.
Track 5. |
Quo Vadis (Video Mix)
Quo Vadis (Extended Version)
Quo Vadis (Gladiator Mix)
Quo Vadis (Return to Space Mix)
Quo Vadis (Acappella) |
3:56
5:40
3:13
4:22
0:11 |
| Title: |
Nostra Culpa |
| Released: |
1995 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4. |
Nostra Culpa (Single Mix)
Nostra Culpa (Extended Mix)
Nostra Culpa (Instrumental Mix)
Bach's Return |
4:07
5:20
4:07
1:16 |
| Title: |
Amor Infinitus |
| Released: |
1995 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4.
Track 5. |
Amor Infinitus (Radio Version)
Amor Infinitus (Club Mix)
Amor Infinitus (Venus Mix)
Amor Infinitus (Capido Mix)
Amor Infinitus (Album Version) |
4:09
5:25
5:20
4:54
4:53 |
| Title: |
Cyberdream |
| Released: |
1996 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4.
Track 5. |
Cyberdream (Cyber Video Mix)
Cyberdream (Cyber Club Mix)
Cyberdream (Alpha Centory Mix)
Cyberdream (Beta Centory Mix)
Cyberdream (Dream Version) |
4:43
7:07
6:05
5:30
5:15 |
| Title: |
Atlantis |
| Released: |
1996 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4. |
Atlantis (Radio Mix)
Atlantis (Club Mix)
Atlantis (DJ Dado Mix)
Atlantis (Dolphin Mix) |
3:56
6:04
6:10
2:50 |
| Title: |
Return to Paradise |
| Released: |
1996 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4. |
Return to Paradise (Video Mix)
Return to Paradise (Club Mix)
Return to Paradise (Time Warp Mix)
Return to Paradise (Mission Paradise Mix) |
4:00
5:38
5:46
6:10 |
| Title: |
Wings of Love |
| Released: |
1997 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4. |
Wings of Love (Radio Mix)
Wings of Love (Club Mix)
Wings of Love (Bluejay Mix)
Wings of Love (Peacock Mix) |
3:59
5:58
5:26
6:20 |
| Title: |
Voices of Eternity |
| Released: |
Never Released |
| Tracklisting: |
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n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Title: |
Veni Vidi Vici |
| Released: |
1995 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4.
Track 5.
Track 6.
Track 7.
Track 8.
Track 9.
Track 10.
Track 11.
Track 12.
Track 13. |
Introductio
Nostra Culpa
Veni Vidi Veci
Exodus
Agnus Dei (Conquest of Space)
Amor Infinitus (Don't Fade Away)
Phantasia (Fantasy Beast Reality)
Octopus
Luna Noctis (A Promise of Eternity)
Manuela & Michael ID
Quo Vadis
Finis
Samples of Imperio |
1:30
4:07
4:42
4:00
1:02
4:53
3:50
4:40
4:15
0:20
5:40
1:00
2:00 |
| Title: |
Return to Paradise |
| Released: |
1996 |
| Tracklisting: |
Track 1.
Track 2.
Track 3.
Track 4.
Track 5.
Track 6.
Track 7.
Track 8.
Track 9.
Track 10.
Track 11.
Track 12.
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Intro
Atlantis
Wings of Love
Secrets of Life
Cyberdream
Kill Me (With Your Love)
There is a Dream (Part 1)
The Night is Magic
Brainstorm
There is a Dream (Part 2)
Never Go Away
Return to Paradise
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2:00
3:56
4:30
6:06
4:49
4:10
6:15
4:36
4:00
5:10
4:20
4:30
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Biography © NR-Music/Dancelab 1996
Discography & Additional Information © Niklas Adolfsson 1997-2001
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