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Christian Scharnweber

German DJ

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ109325
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Christian Scharnweber (born 1972) is a German electronic music producer and DJ. He records under the name DJ Mellow D and Mellow Trax; it is under this name that he had his hits.

His first song, Phuture Vibes, was a domestic hit, charting at #15 on the Austrian Singles Chart. However, his next song, "Outa Space", was an international smash, charting at #14 in Austria as well as #42 in Switzerland, #27 in France, #41 on the UK Singles Chart and #43 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart in the US. His final hit, coming two years later, was a remix of Shaft's "(Mucho Mambo) Sway", which charted at #43 in Austria.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Christian Scharnweber” as german DJ. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1972-11-09. The account is most persuasive where Christian, Scharnweber and German can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from Christian Scharnweber” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.