Kaskade

“Kaskade’s signature sound is as unmistakable as
it is beautiful; a combination of dewy female vocals,tough electronic
underpinnings, and memorable melodies.” — Billboard

The New York Times may have called him the “new
face of electronic dance music” in a recent profile, but Ryan Raddon, known as
Kaskade, has been in the trenches of the EDM scene as an original recording
artist and in-demand DJ for more than a decade. He has released seven studio
albums, including his latest, Fire & Ice, scored nine Top 10 hits on
Billboard’s Hot Dance Airplay Chart, created chart-topping remixes for everyone
from Lady Gaga to Beyoncé, appeared at all the major summer festivals, and has
performed between 150 and 200 headlining shows a year for the last 10 years,
building a name for himself as an innovator of the EDM scene as we know it
today, which has opened doors for the likes of Deadmau5, Tiesto, Skrillex and
more. In doing so, he has helped to lay the groundwork for a titanic musical
and cultural shift: a post-rock EDM revolution that has captured the
imagination of a new generation of music lovers across North America

Kaskade has been named America’s No. 1 DJ by DJ
Times and Pioneer DJ. In 2012, he will appear at this year’s Coachella and will
hit the road in June for his biggest headlining tour ever — 70-plus North
American shows in just over three months. His own live show being a
jaw-dropping spectacle that finds him performing in front of a massive LED
screen that blares images synched with the music while strobe lights scan the
crowd. Kaskade’s belief in the transformative power of dance music to uplift
thousands of people at once has had a significant effect on the U.S. scene. His
ground-breaking double residency in Las Vegas at the Encore Beach Club (which
had not even been built when he signed on) and Marquee has elevated the city’s
status as a premiere club-going destination on par with London, Berlin, and
Ibiza, is another testament to his influence.

Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Raddon was
heavily influenced by New Wave bands like The Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen, and
The Smiths that ignited his love for melody and lyrics and was strongly
impacted by the house music scene that developed in Chicago. Following stints
spinning throughout college and in A&R at OM Records, he began working on
his own music, which includes multiple singles, EPs, and remixes, as well as the
albums: his most recent 2011 release Fire & Ice – – which debuted at No. 1
on the Billboard Dance Chart, No. 3 on the Independent Albums chart, and No. 17
on the Top 200 Albums chart, while the iTunes version debuted at No. 4 on the
overall album chart. The Fire disc contains ten original songs geared firmly
toward the dancefloor, while on the Ice disc, Kaskade delivers the perfect
down-tempo post-club experience by remixing all ten songs. Both discs showcase
the musical versatility tat has characterized his work ever since he began
writing his own songs. This album was preceded by It’s You, It’s Me (2003), In
the Moment (2004), The Calm (2006), Here & Now (2006), Love Mysterious
(2006), Strobelite Seduction (2008), Dynasty (2010) and Dance.Love (2010).