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After multi-platinum smash Evacuate The Dancefloor, dance royalty CASCADA present Summer Of Love, their brand-new effortlessly summer-flavoured tune.
Since the release of their first album eight years ago, CASCADA have taken a jet-fuelled rocket pack to the top, wowing fans with smash hits like Everytime We Touch, Miracle, Evacuate The Dancefloor or San Francisco. Front singer Natalie Horler and her producer team Yann Peifer (Yanou) and Manuel Reuter (Manian) have topped charts in more than 20 countries with their irresistible dance-pop songs.
Following the chart-topping success of their latest singles and Natalie’s TV appearance in the German “Pop Idol” Jury, the 30-year old popstar and her team of producers spent the last few months focusing on new songs. Their first up-and-coming track Summer Of Love is a euphoric, arms-in-the-air dancefloor anthem, building on the Europop sound, which CASCADA pioneered. Its moves are sophisticated, its sonic tricks clever and vocalist Natalie’s vocals both powerful and personal.
Bonn-based Natalie grew up in Germany. The daughter of David Horler, an acclaimed jazz musician and arranger who worked with the likes of Quincy Jones, Stan Getz and Tony Bennett, Natalie grew up with music, though she was more influenced by stars like Maria Carey and Whitney Houston than by her dad’s trombone playing. At age 18 she started studio work and recorded several tracks for various DJs.
In 2004, through her studio work, she met Cologne-based producers Yann Peifer (Yanou) and Manuel Reuter (Manian) who invited her to front their new project, CASCADA. Within 18 months, together they reached international fame with their huge debut hit Everytime We Touch. A smash in the States before the act even toured there, the song quickly caught on across the globe, followed by a multi-platinum selling album of the same title. It spawned eight singles, including the massive Miracle and a dance cover of Savage Garden’s Truly, Madly Deeply. The success of the album gained the World Music Award in the category World's Best-Selling German Artist. The second album Perfect Day (2007), led by hit single What Hurts The Most, continued CASCADA’s reign as one of the world’s Top 10 selling dance acts.
In 2009, the trio began to work on CASCADA’s third album Evacuate The Dancefloor. After one efficient year of writing and recording, Natalie, Manian and Yanou succeeded in developing their dance-pop-style into something new. “It was an amazing success, and it felt like a reward for our hard studio work and especially for our courage to change the typical CASCADA sound, since Evacuate The Dancefloor was our first track heavily influenced by Rap, R&B and Soul”. The single reached sensational fame across the globe and collected top chart entries in more than 20 countries worldwide. Fans even made the single #1 in England, where Natalie beat even Michael Jackson, who dominated the top of the charts shortly after his death. The success of the single gained among others a nomination for the MTV Video Music Awards, it went Platinum in the US, Gold in Germany and the UK etc.
In 2011 CASCADA released their fourth album Original Me, which in addition to the first single, San Francisco, includes other energetic dance-pop songs. Yanou (responsible for melodies and most of the lyrics) and Manian (the man behind the beats) developed great variety and once again showed their multi-faceted abilities. Songs on the album were diversified from pure pop, not overly dance, to house beats and guitars.
For 2012 CASCADA are back with thrilling new songs. „We’ve done what feels right for us artistically. We just think that it's time for us to go in a way where we came from, back to the roots”, Natalie says of her next single. “We’re very inspired at the moment, and so we’re gonna follow our hearts as we always have and hopefully people will like it!” And while she wouldn't give away too many details about the follow-up, Natalie did say that she couldn’t wait to tour the world again. “Summer Of Love is refreshing and fun. I can’t wait to take it to the clubs and I guess people’s jaws are going to hit the floor when they hear it.” The stunning video for Summer Of Love, shot on the Canary Islands, will be released in March 2012.
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