Cascada




History:

Cascada is a German Eurodance group most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor".
Cascada is a group of three musicians: Natalie Horler, DJ Manian, and Yanou, founded in 2004, and are widely considered one of the leaders in bringing euro-dance music stateside and in recent years worldwide, aiding in the transition to a more electro-pop oriented mainstream sound.
Cascada has sold over 20 million albums worldwide and estimated 15 million digital downloads, their most successful album being their debut and most successful song being Evacuate The Dancefloor which went platinum in the USA.




Early years (2004-2005)
When Natalie Horler was 17, she was doing studio work for various DJs. Eventually she met Yanou and DJ Manian. Originally, they released music under the name Cascade, but due to Kaskade, another artist with a similar name, threatening a suit, they changed it to Cascada. Simultaneously they released music under the names of Siria and Akira as well, but ended those projects due to the success of Cascada.
Under Andorfine Records, they produced their debut and hit single, "Miracle", and its follow-up, "Bad Boy", in Germany. This caught the attention of the American dance label Robbins Entertainment. They negotiated a contract and "Miracle" was released in 2004. However, it did not attract much attention, so Cascada offered them "Everytime We Touch".



Original Me (2010-Present)
Taking note of the criticism their previous album received, mainly the lack of cohesiveness linking the album as a whole, Cascada decided to experiment with a new release strategy, planning to produce and release different singles and then attempting to bind them all into an album. A new single "Pyromania" was released in 2010, continuing their new electro-pop sound. A second single, "Night Nurse", was the released along with a music video featuring Natalie in full body paint of various colors in many scenes. This song never got a commercial release but was featured on a compilation CD in the UK.
A new song titled "Enemy" was featured in a documentary, and there were talks of the group wrapping up production and presentation meetings of their next album. On the weekend of March 26, Cascada shot two music videos for upcoming singles "San Francisco" and "Au Revoir". Both videos were directed by Lisa Mann and choreographed by Luther Brown. The new single "San Francisco" will be released on 6 June 2011 and the album Original Me will be released on 19 June 2011 (UK) digitally.