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Kaskade
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Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, singer, songwriter, music producer and remixer. DJ Times voted Kaskade as "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1971-02-25
Discography
- It’s You, It’s Me2003
- In the Moment2004
- The Calm2006
- Love Mysterious2006
- Strobelite Seduction2008
- Dynasty2010
- Fire & Ice2011
- Atmosphere2013
- Automatic2015
- Kaskade Christmas2017
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- Listeners
- 1,150,607
- Total plays
- 22,330,622
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Kaskade is the stage name for Ryan Raddon, a DJ/producer/remixer/artist who was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1972. He went to college at BYU Provo prior to serving a church mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Japan, and when he came back he transferred the University of Utah and lived in Salt Lake city Utah. He now resides in Los Angeles, CA. Prior to being a recording artist, he was a record store owner and a club DJ at a nightclub in Salt Lake City as a way to make
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- Musical artist.name
- Kaskade
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- non_vocal_instrumentalist
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- Kaskade at Collision 2017 in New Orleans, May 2017
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Ryan Gary Raddon
- Musical artist.alias
- Kaskade
- Musical artist.origin
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1995–present
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- Kx5
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- Kaskade signature, Billboard Open Letter 2016.png
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- Official website
- www.kaskademusic.com
- Image
- Kaskade (34323227671) (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1971-02-25
- Commons category
- Kaskade
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- social media followers
- 1077086
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 1995–2000: Early beginnings
- 2001–2006: Debut single
- 2006–2009: Ultra Records and Deadmau5
- 2010–2015: Headlining UMF and Grammy nominations
- 2015–present: ''Automatic'', ''Kaskade Christmas'' and Kx5
- Other projects
- Personal life
- Discography
- Official tours
- Awards and nominations
- Grammy Awards
- America's Best DJ Award
- See also
- References
- External links
Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, singer, songwriter, music producer and remixer. DJ Times voted Kaskade as "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013. DJ Mag named Kaskade fifty-first on its 2009 list of Top 100 DJs.
==Early life== Born in Chicago, Kaskade grew up in nearby Northbrook and attended Glenbrook North High School. As a teenager, he bought music at Gramaphone Records on Clark Street in Chicago. His brother, Rich Raddon, became an entrepreneur and film producer. Ryan attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah from 1989 to 1990, working on DJ skills in his dorm room. At age 19, Ryan Raddon went on a two-year full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan. Next he went to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, eventually graduating with a degree in communications. While attending school, Kaskade and his close friend Jodi Call ran a record store in Salt Lake City called Mechanized.