Kaskade

Not to be confused with KASCADE or Cascada.
Kaskade
Background information
Birth name Ryan Raddon
Born February 25, 1971 (1971-02-25) (age 40)
Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres House, Electro House, Progressive House, Deep House
Occupations Disc jockey, record producer
Years active 2001–present
Labels Om Records, Ultra Records, mau5trap
Associated acts
Website www.kaskademusic.com

Ryan Raddon (born February 25, 1971 in Evanston, Illinois), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ and record producer. On October 20, 2011, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records, Kaskade placed at #30.[1] On September 9, 2011, a DJ Times poll voted Kaskade "America's Best DJ 2011".[2]

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History

Kaskade was born in 1971 in Evanston, Illinois. He grew up in nearby Northbrook, IL and attended Glenbrook North High School. He is the brother of Rich Raddon, an entrepreneur and film producer. He attended Brigham Young University in Provo, UT from 1989-1990 honing his DJ skills in his dorm room. At age 19, Raddon served a two year full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan. Following his mission, in 1992, he moved to Salt Lake City to attend the University of Utah. During this time he owned and operated a local record store, Mechanized Records. In May 2000, Kaskade moved to San Francisco and began working as an A&R assistant for Om Records. Releasing his first single "What I Say" on the label in 2001.[3] Ryan is from Chicago, has lived in New York, LA, Tokyo, and San Francisco which earned him the nickname "Big City". Ryan is fluent in Japanese, and is married to Naomi Raddon.

In the Moment saw Kaskade's first top 10 single with "Steppin' Out" reaching #5 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play chart and #6 on Dance Radio Airplay.[4] The fourth single to be released from the album, "Everything," reached #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play.[4]

Kaskade's fourth solo album Love Mysterious was released in September 2006. The first single from the album, "Be Still", reached #4 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Playboy.[4] The single features vocalist Sunsun, and includes remixes by Jay-J and Robbie Rivera. Follow up single "Stars Align" hit number #8 on "Billboard Magazine" Hot Dance Airplay chart and just missed the top ten, #11, on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. His third single released from "Love Mysterious", "Sorry", was his third consecutive top ten hit on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay Chart, at #9. Dirty South provided a remix for "Sorry." The remix was nominated for a 2008 Grammy for Best Remixed Recording.

Kaskade took his stage name from a nature book when he saw a picture of a waterfall and a co-worker agreed "cascade" was a good choice, but he then changed the spelling.[5]

Upon signing with Ultra Records in late 2006, Kaskade subsequently left Om Records and now only releases with the former.

Kaskade worked with Canadian house/electronic DJ/artist deadmau5 to produce tracks on Strobelite Seduction, including the first single (released as an EP) Move For Me. The single became his fifth top ten hit on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay Chart, reaching the number one position in its September 6, 2008 issue.[6] It also gave Kaskade his first number one single on this chart. The dance single has become a crossover hit, managing to reach number 71 on the Canadian Hot 100 as of February 14, 2009. The follow-up single, "Angel On My Shoulder", also found success on the dance chart, placing at number 5 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay Chart. "I Remember", another collaboration with Deadmau5, became his first UK hit, peaking inside the top 15 on the Uk Singles Chart. The video-clip which accompanied "I Remember" was filmed in Manchester, England. The single became his second chart topper on the Billboard dance chart.

In 2010, he added another number one Billboard Hot Dance Airplay track to his credit with "Dynasty", featuring Haley Gibby on vocals.

Other projects

Kaskade is also an active member of Summer Of Space, Late Night Alumni and The Sellars. Remixed Late Night Alumni's "Empty Streets", which is found on Tiësto's "In Search of Sunrise 5" mix. Late Night Alumni released their third album in February 2011 titled "Haunted".

Kaskade is one of 9 artists who participated in thetruth.com’s Remix Project, where he remixed the Sunny Side song “Smaller Babies”.

Kaskade also had a comprehensive video outlining his creative process and musical background created about him. It was featured on an online television show called The Craft [1].

On May 30, 2010 Kaskade became a resident DJ for daytime pool parties at the Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas, NV. The parties are entitled "Kaskade Sundays." [2][3]

Kaskade's song "I Remember" with deadmau5 is played on a level of Golden Eye for the Wii. On the level, you are at a night club in Europe. "I Remember" and "Move For Me" were also featured in DJ Hero 2 and are credited as being performed by deadmau5 & Kaskade

Kaskade also produced Haley's album All This Love released by Ultra Records.

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[7]		 US Dance
[7]		 US Digital
[7]		 US Indie
[7]		 US Heat
[7]
It's You, It's Me — — — — —
In the Moment
  • Released: May 18, 2004
  • Label: Om Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — —
The Calm
  • Released: March 30, 2006
  • Label: Om Records
  • Formats: digital download
 — — — — —
Here & Now
  • Released: May 9, 2006
  • Label: Om Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — —
Love Mysterious
  • Released: September 26, 2006
  • Label: Ultra Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — 18 — — —
Strobelite Seduction
  • Released: May 20, 2008
  • Label: Ultra Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — 7 — 36 12
Dynasty
  • Released: May 11, 2010
  • Label: Ultra Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 104 4 13 17 1
Dance.Love
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Ultra Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 175 4 — — 7
Fire & Ice
  • Released: October 22, 2011
  • Label: Ultra Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 17 1 6 3 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles and EPs

Mixes

Remixes

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. http://www.djmag.com/top100. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  2. ^ http://djtimes.com/djt/blog/
  3. ^ [httpartists/kaskade "Om Records: Kaskade"]. om-records.com. httpartists/kaskade. Retrieved January 7, 2008. 
  4. ^ a b c "Billboard.com". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=477686&model.vnuAlbumId=777530. Retrieved March 17, 2007. 
  5. ^ "On the roof with producer/DJ Kaskade". http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/blogs/off-the-record/2009/apr/03/roof-producerdj-kaskade/. Retrieved April 3, 2009. 
  6. ^ "Billboard.com - Current Hot Dance Airplay". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Dance+Airplay. 
  7. ^ a b c d e "US albums positions for Kaskade". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kaskade-p521285/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 

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