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The story of the real Cascada so far:
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. 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 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 and I
knew at a very, very early age that I wanted to be a
singer. Also, 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 as well." When asked who she
admires, Natalie answers, "I admire just about
anyone who has a set of vocals to die for! Really,
it doesnt matter who it is; if it's Alicia Keys,
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!"
On how Cascada came to be, Natalie explains... "At
eighteen I started doing studio work. Here and there
I'd record some tracks for different DJ's and that's
how I ended up meeting Manuel Reuter (Manian) and
Yann (Yanou). We did a couple of songs together and
they soon became quite successful."
Following the sensational success at the World Music
Awards 2007 , itīs clear: Cascada is the most
successful German act worldwide right now .
Besides artists like Celine Dion, Justin Timberlake,
Rihanna, Shakira and Beyonce, dance pop sensation
Natalie Horler from Bonn/Germany is holding the
desired award in her hands.
Cascada and her team of producers, Yanou and Manian,
are especially proud of this award for "Best Selling
German Act", because this award represents the
amount of records sold and is said to be the most
honest award in the music industry.
This huge success starts in 2005 when their debut
album "Everytime we touch" and their debut single
with the same title takes the world by storm and
reaches top 5 chart entries in countries like
America, Great Britain, France, Canada, South
Africa, Japan, Scandinavia and The Netherlands.
Barely noticed at first, the released singles and
the album reach sales of over 3 million. "Everytime
we touch" has been downloaded several million times
in America only and thus belongs to the top 10 most
downloaded tracks of all time.
Many awards, gold and platinum records follow: for
example, double platinum in the USA, double platinum
in the UK, Gold in France, Scandinavia and South
Africa, the US Napster Award 2006 and the US Dance
Star Award 2006. Fans from everywhere also make
Cascada number one in Germany for the most visited
"MySpace" page. Over 36 million clicks on her songs
speak a very clear language.
With the new single "What hurts the most" , which
will be released worldwide in December, Cascada is
taking the next step. Cascada will once again
present her unusually talented voice; she has
already finished the production of her new video in
Hollywood. All her fans canīt await the release of
her second album titled "Perfect Day", but will have
to be patient until the end of this year.
For more information go to http://www.cascadamusic.de/ |