Kaskade

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Kaskade
Birth name	Ryan Raddon
Also known as	Kaskade
Born	1972
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genre(s)	House Deep house
Occupation(s)	Disc jockey Record producer
Years active	2001 – Present
Label(s)	Om Records Ultra Records
Associated acts	Late Night Alumni, Deadmau5
Website	http://www.kaskademusic.com/

Kaskade (born Ryan Raddon in 1972), is an American DJ and record producer.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Other Projects 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles and EPs 2.3 Mixes 3 Remixes 4 Notes and references 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

Kaskade was born in 1972 in Chicago, Illinois. He later moved to Salt Lake City in 1992 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.^[1]

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.^[2] The fourth single to be released from the album, "Everything," reached #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play.^[2]

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 Play.^[2] 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 did not take his name from the Detroit band the Kaskades, who broke up in late 2006 as many fans believed.^{[citation needed]} He actually took his name from a nature book when he saw a picture of a waterfall and a co-worker agreed "cascade" was a good choice, but Kaskade then changed the spelling.^[3]

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

Most recently Kaskade has 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^[4]. 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.

[edit] 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 of Tiësto's "In Search of Sunrise 5" mix. Late Night Alumni will release their second album sometime in 2009 according to an interview^[3].

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

Kaskade also records all his bootleg material on JTM Records under the alias Members Only

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• It's You, It's Me (2003)
• In the Moment (2004)
• Here and Now (2006)
• Love Mysterious (2006)
• Bring the Night (2007)
• Strobelite Seduction (2008)
• The Grand (2009)

[edit] Singles and EPs

• "What I Say" (2001)
• "Gonna Make It" (2001)
• "I Feel Like" (2002)
• "True" (2004)
• "Keep On" (2004)
• "Steppin' Out" (2004)
• "Soundtrack to the Soul" (2004)
• "The Gift" (2004)
• "To Do" (2004)
• "Sweet Love" (2004)
• "Everything" (2005)
• "Safe" (2005)
• "4AM" ([2005])
• "Be Still" (2006)
• "Stars Align" (2006)
• "In This Life" (2007)
• "Sorry" (Dirty South Remix) (2007)
• "Sometimes" (2007)
• "Move for Me" (with Deadmau5) (2008)
• "I Remember" (with Deadmau5) (2008)
• "Angel on My Shoulder" (2008)
• "Step One Two" (2008)

[edit] Mixes

• Sounds of Om 3 (2002)
• San Francisco Sessions 2 (2003)
• House of Om 3 (2005)
• Bring the Night (2007)
• The Grand (2009)

[edit] Remixes

• Britney Spears - Break the Ice #1 Billboard Hot Dance Play
• Britney Spears - Gimme More #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
• Britney Spears - Womanizer #2 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay
• Colette - Didn't Mean To Turn You On
• Colette - What Will She Do For Love
• Conjure One - Face the Music
• David Morales featuring Tamra Keenan - Here I Am #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
• Floetry - SupaStar
• Haley - This Is How It Goes
• Jes - Imagination #1 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay
• Joslyn - Funk 2 Night
• Justin Timberlake - Lovestoned #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
• Kaskade & Deadmau5 - Move for Me #1 Billboard Dance Airplay (2 weeks)
• LeAnn Rimes - What I Cannot Change #1 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay
• Livvi Franc - Now I'm That Bitch #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
• Mark Farina - Cali Spaces
• Nelly Furtado - All Good Things (Come To An End) #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
• Paris Hilton - Nothing In This World #12 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
• Plumb - In My Arms
• Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play.
• Seal - Amazing #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (two weeks)

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] See also

• Om Records
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Fan site
• Official Kaskade MySpace Page
• Kaskade at Discogs