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
dawned music musician saw
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.
albums best stories
I'm not the best singer in the world, but the albums have always been personal. They're stories about me and what I'm going through.
close spend travel year
I travel a lot. I spend close to 300 days a year on the road.
albums best gone life people putting shots singing vulnerable wrote
Once I wrote 'Atmosphere,' I thought, 'This is my story; it's me and my life and what I've gone through to get to where I am.' I'm not the best singer, but still. All of my albums are personal, but putting myself out there and singing is one more thing that makes me vulnerable - one more thing that people can fire shots at.
crazy moving night
I remember last time I played Nocturnal Wonderland I dropped that 'Move 4 First Aid' mashup and people ripping their hair out... crazy night.
people way twists
Music is not disposable, people. We can twist it, sample it, mash it and experience it in endless ways. Open up.
people flavor week
A lot of people see electronic music as a flavor of the week, but it can be more than that - has to be more than that.
past impossible states
It's impossible to recreate music from the past. Music always states the truth.
stars becoming producers
The producers and writers of dance music are becoming the stars, not so much the DJs.
world-love people around-the-world
Dance music will always be around. People around the world love to dance.
needs helping factories
I don’t need the factory behind me. I just need help getting my music heard.
uplifting spiritual hymns
Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. Its far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, its not a big stretch from hymns.
block kids thinking
It's an honor for me to close out Mysteryland. In American music history this is hallowed ground. I think electronic music has a lot in common with the spirit of rock and roll and what Woodstock had going on at the time. We are kind of the new kids on the block and this music isn't accepted by everyone so we are still kind of getting into pop culture and I think its appropriate that this festival is here and kicking down the door.
letting-go moving
You don't have to move on to let go.