Cascada Life

Cascada Life



Cascada(CAS-CAH-DA) is making a sharp impression on the American charts
with her hit single “Everytime We Touch” from the debut album of the
same name. With its aggressive and energetic dance-pop beat, “Everytime
We Touch” stands out from its Top 40 counterparts. Cascada’s dramatic
and passionate vocals add a fine polish to the package alongside
DJ/producers, DJ Manian and Yanou, who provide the musical backing.
“Everytime We Touch” has been impressing CHR/Pop radio stations across
the country – climbing up their play lists, even on stations that
usually turn down dance songs. It’s a bright contrast to all the rap
and R&B dominating radio, and music listeners are taking notice.

“I think the track´s popularity in America is amazing!” says the
German/British born Cascada. “It’s so wonderful how people connect to
it; they seem to identify with the words of the song and feel the song
as I do. I imagine English speakers have the advantage of really
understanding the words, so it’s also easier for them to sing along!
But I can’t really explain why Americans enjoy the song so much, I just
know I’m loving every minute of it!” The producers Yanou and Manian had
first noticed the song, originally done by Scottish vocalist Maggie
Reilly, and decided to re-do it. They kept the chorus but changed the
verses, and Cascada really personalized it with her vocal
interpretation.



Cascada was born Natalie Horler in Bonn, Germany on September 23, 1981,
and is of English descent. As she explains it, “As my parents had moved
from England to Germany a year earlier, I grew up here with them and my
two sisters and still enjoyed a very English childhood. My mother
Christine is a foreign language teacher and my father David is a jazz
musician with the WDR Big Band in Cologne. It is, of course, from him
that I’ve inherited my passion for music. He taught himself everything
he knows from a young age and has made such an enormous success of
himself that I can only hope to achieve what he has today. When I was
very young I would often do recordings in my father’s studio at home, a
lot of the time jazz and Disney songs. I could never really say when I
started singing. I just enjoyed it so much, that I knew at a very, very
early age that I wanted to be a singer. Apart from singing, I’ve always
taken different kinds of dancing lessons, like step dance, jazz dance,
hip-hop and street dance, and have acted in a few amateur plays as a
teenager. As my father often directed the music of these plays, I also
helped him with the vocal recordings and rehearsals. Next to dance
music, I also love soul music and due to my father, I love jazz.”

When asked who she admires, Natalie answers, ”I admire just about
anyone who has a set of vocals to die for! Really, it doesn’t matter
who it is; if it’s Alicia Keyes, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, Boyz II Men
or just someone I happen to hear singing gospel music in church-- I’ll
listen and love it! At eighteen I started doing studio work. Here and
there I’d record some tracks for different DJs. That’s how I ended up
meeting Manuel Reuter (DJ Manian) and Yann (Yanou). We did a couple of
songs and they soon became quite successful.”

Among those recordings was Cascada’s first single “Miracle” which was
released in Germany in March 2004. It would go on to be a success in
that country and consequently grab the attention of Robbins
Entertainment, the American label responsible for breaking European
club and rhythmic artists like DJ Sammy, Lasgo, Ian Van Dahl, Narcotic
Thrust and D.H.T. onto the US pop market. In November of that same
year, a maxi-single of the song was released in America. Cascada would
go on to release three more singles in Germany: “Bad Boy,” “Everytime
We Touch,” and a cover of the 1992 Roxette song “How Do You Do!”

The full album, also titled Everytime We Touch, features 14 diverse
cuts, including all four singles as well as covers of Savage Garden’s
“Truly Madly Deeply” and Kim Wilde’s new wave nugget “Kids In America.”
“I cannot wait to hear people’s reactions to the album!” says Natalie.
“It´s loaded with really great, upbeat Cascada-style tracks including
two or three ballads also. I’m absolutely in love with a certain track
called "Another You" which Yann wrote and I sincerely hope the fans
love it (and the others as well!) as much as I do.”

A new music video of “Everytime We Touch,” features Natalie in a
library trying to loosen up her uptight librarian boyfriend, and ends
up creating a musical ruckus in the process with the library patrons
dancing on top of tables. The video is being added into rotation at MTV
Hits and other national outlets and can also been seen at Robbins
Entertainment’s website.

Cascada has been busy touring America as well as Austria, Ireland and
Germany. She has been impressing crowds and getting great reviews. USA
Today (3/1/06) says “you couldn't ask for a more insanely infectious
concoction” while the New York Times (3/2/06) says, “a bright female
voice, a hard and ruthless beat, a tune catchy enough to ruin your
day…She is, in this country, a world-music singer, and a reminder that
world music doesn't always sound like ‘world music’ Despite its
cheerful tune and thumping beat — no, because of those things —
‘Everytime We Touch’ just might be the most exotic-sounding song in the
Top 40.”

As Natalie puts it: “It’s fantastic that you guys like listening and
partying to my music. I hope DJ Manian, Yanou and I can continue to put
smiles on your faces, can't wait to see you at the upcoming shows!
Performing for such great fans is so much fun and makes all the hard
work worth it!” And with the success of “Everytime We Touch,” may the
musical good times continue!