Cascada
is an award-winning German eurodance group. They are most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch" which won them a World Music Award in 2007 as well as becoming the group's first number one single, "What Hurts the Most" which stormed the charts in 2008, and "Evacuate the Dancefloor" which recently became a UK number one. So far the group has sold an estimated 11 million copies of their three albums worldwide. Cascada consists of English-German singer Natalie Horler, and Record producers DJ Manian and Yanou.
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Group Members
Natalie Horler
Natalie Horler was born on September 23, 1981. As the front line singer, she is often presented as Cascada, as opposed to the entire band. When she was just 26, she worked for a number of various DJs. She provided vocals for dance act 2 Vibez with their song "Sometimes", which was released on October 8, 2004. Eventually, she met Yann Peifer and Manuel Reuter . Natalie was born in Bonn, Germany. Horler's parents are English, thus she speaks fluent English with an English accent and states that she has enjoyed a 'very English upbringing'.
Manian
Manuel Reuter, known professionally as
DJ Manian, is a German producer, trance DJ, label owner of Zooland Records. He works alongside fellow DJ Yanou to produce the music and create the sounds. In many of Cascada's songs the Nexus synthesizer generator is used, as stated on the Nexus website. DJ Manian has produced a number of singles under various pseudonyms, and maintains a number of different musical projects, including Tune Up! (with Yanou, now defunct), Bulldozzer, M.Y.C., Ampire, Liz Kay. Manian's songs often feature on the infamous Clubland compilation CDs.. He is well known for his track "Welcome To The Club". Manian stated on his twitter that he is working on his upcoming album and single "Mayday (Ravers in the UK).
Yanou
Yann Peifer, known professionally as Yanou, is a German trance musician and producer. He collaborated with DJ Sammy on the chart-breaking hit "Heaven" with vocalist Do. He produces music for Cascada alongside DJ Manian and Natalie Horler. He has ended Everytime We Touch with his signature "Candlelight Mix" of the title track and Perfect Day with a Candlelight Mix of What Hurts The Most.
Music
Everytime We Touch
(2004–2007)
Cascada has experienced mainstream success in the United Kingdom and the United States almost a year after releasing their second American single, "Everytime We Touch", which interpolates the chorus of a 1992 Maggie Reilly song of the same name.
In total, eight singles were released from the album, four of which have been released in the United Kingdom; "
Everytime We Touch", "
Truly Madly Deeply", "
Miracle" and "
A Neverending Dream". "Everytime We Touch" rose to the number one spot when it was released, in various countries, including the US Dance Chart. It remained at number one in Ireland for several weeks.
"Everytime We Touch" was the best selling dance song of 2006. Despite receiving a number of negative reviews, "Truly Madly Deeply" (the follow up single) also became a huge success. The third release was "Miracle", which became another No. 1 for the group in some areas of Europe and received mainstream chart success in the UK. The song is also one of the best selling songs in Swedish History.
Early on many reviews of Cascada's debut single "Everytime We Touch" branded them as a one hit wonder, however, they soon proved the reviews incredibly wrong. Cascada became the 4th best selling female artist of 2007, only being beaten by global successes,
Leona Lewis,
Amy Winehouse and
KT Tunstall.
Perfect Day
(2007–2009)
Natalie Horler first announced that Cascada were working on their second album during a Japanese interview, which was posted on their blog on
MySpace.
The worldwide lead single, "What Hurts the Most", was released in late 2007 and early 2008, along with its B-side, a cover of
Wham!'s "
Last Christmas".
On June 30, 2008, it was announced that the second single to be released in America will be "Faded" which appears only on the American version of
Perfect Day
.
Also, "Because the Night" became available as a digital download on this date with the physical release being released on August 4, 2008.
In the UK, a Platinum edition of
Perfect Day
was said to be released on October 20, 2008, which was to feature the American tracks plus a DVD with live performances from Clubland Live 2008, Natalie's favorite Cascada music videos, an exclusive interview with Natalie, a photo gallery and an acoustic performance of "Another You" in the studio with Yanou on the piano. It was featured on several websites, but since the release date, it has been listed as 'Out of Stock'. There was no further word about the album being released, and it was later canceled.
In early January 2009, Clubland TV broadcasted clips from the Clubland Live Tour, with performances from Scooter, Ultrabeat, Darren Styles and N-Trance. This footage was later uploaded onto YouTube. It was suggested that the performances of Cascada were those which were supposed to be included on the Platinum Edition of
Perfect Day
.
On February 17, 2009, the song "Perfect Day" was released as a CD Maxi Single, in North America.
"Because The Night" was not released in America and Canada, as it was replaced by "Faded".
Evacuate the Dancefloor
(2009–present)
On April 10, 2008, Natalie Horler announced on her official blog that work on the third album would soon commence and that the album would be released in 2009. Jo Whiley announced on her Radio 1 show that Coldplay's Chris Martin will work with Cascada, but this was later confirmed false by Natalie herself. Producer Yanou has confirmed that the new single and album will be released around June time and also stated there will be no cover versions on the third album.
Evacuate the Dancefloor
was released on July 6 in the UK and Germany. The lead single of the album is called "
Evacuate the Dancefloor", and released on June 29, 2009. Currently, the single is the top downloaded from
iTunes in the mid-week charts, leading over competition from
Michael Jackson whose sales rose significantly after his death.
On Thursday May 28, an album launch party was held in London, where Natalie performed tracks off the new album; "Breathless", "Draw the Line" and "Dangerous". "Breathless" and "Dangerous" have a typical hands-up "Cascada style", while "Draw the Line" is a ballad.
On Friday June 5, Cascada relaunched their website with a new look for the new album.
Natalie will also make appearances in nightclubs across the globe in the next coming months. All appearances will help promote the release of the album
Evacuate the Dancefloor
.
Previews of the album began to appear on
YouTube on June 23. The album has a completely different feel to the previous two. Different basslines and new instrument sounds contrast to the traditional style of Cascada of which was the only styling used in previous songs. Natalie stated in a recent interview that her favourite tracks from the album are "Fever" and "Draw the Line".
On July 17, it was announced that Cascada would be the opening act for
Britney Spears'
The Circus Starring: Britney Spears tour, at the
O2 World in
Berlin, Germany on July 26, 2009.
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On July 29, Natalie Horler said on her twitter page that she had a videoshoot on the following day, it was not confirmed which single the videoshoot was for, but has been confirmed by Natalie herself as "
Fever
", it will be released in Germany only in October 2009.
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Elsewhere, the second single from the album was also confirmed by Natalie in a concert in Ireland in August. It will be "
Dangerous", which was suggested, because a small clip of the video featured in the television advert for the album "Evacuate the Dancefloor". Although, in an interview with Natalie, when she was asked about the second single, she said she had to keep things quiet at that time..
The video is now available to view on YouTube and on Cascada's website. Also, release dates have also been confirmed for the single. Dangerous will be able to buy as a single at the end of September.
Media
Before Cascada's third album, Natalie didn't receive much media attention. However, due to a recent shift in style towards that of
Lady Gaga and
Britney Spears, she has become, in the words of
Digital Spy, a 'Star'. Her face has appeared in many daily newspapers such as 'The Sun' and the 'Daily Star'.
In the autumn of 2006, Natalie made her first foray into television as the guest host of the viewer request show Back @ Ya on bpm:tv, a Toronto, Canada-based cable channel that broadcasts all across Canada and some parts of the United States. bpm:tv specializes in playing dance and electronica music videos.
Also in 2006, she appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly to promote her album, Everytime We Touch.
She's also presented 'The Clubland Top 50' exclusively to the UK music channel 4Music and also presented the 'MTV Dance Top 50'.
She has performed on countless television shows, mainly in Europe, which include 3 appearances on UK breakfast show
GMTV, first of which to promote the UK version of the Perfect Day album performing Last Christmas live, in December 2007, then on July 28, 2008, performing "Because the Night" live, and again on July 3, 2009 performing
Evacuate the Dancefloor
to promote the new album.
Discography