Kaskade
Kaskade
Ryan Gary Raddon, better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer. On October 20, 2011, DJ Mag announced the results of their magazine, with Ultra Music, Kaskade placed at No. 30. DJ Times voted Kaskade "America's Best DJ 2011" and "America's Best DJ 2013"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDJ
Date of Birth25 February 1971
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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The art of DJing is sharing music with one another... The technology's definitely taking it into a new direction to where it's really becoming performance-based.
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People don't listen to terrestrial radio. They don't find their music that way. They don't get their news that way. They go to blogs. They go through Sirius/XM. They go through all these different places.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.
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I studied communications, only because I could get my own show on the campus radio station. I never thought of it as a career. Music was always a really passionate hobby - it was like collecting DVDs or stamps.
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Mix CDs are interesting. I'm known more for my artist albums and less for my mix CDs.
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Music leaves such a big impression. I always wondered, 'Man, if I grew up in Nashville, would I be making Country records now?' I honestly feel like Chicago had such a big impact on me.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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I travel a lot. I spend close to 300 days a year on the road.
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When I can control my own show, I want the price to be affordable so fans can actually see me. It's a challenge because I have to do a lot of navigating to make the production stellar but do it on a realistic budget.
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I think people in electronic music are trying to get these big features: 'Oh my gosh, I'm gonna get the biggest pop star to feature on my track.'
borderline electronic music
I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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Club culture is about leaving your cares behind, and I am trying to create that environment.