“With my artist albums, I’m conveying emotion, I’m constructing beats and writing songs that represent me as an artist and a person, so it doesn’t necessarily come out as ‘dance heavy,’” says Kaskade. “A mix CD is about walking the line, and fitting my style in with the DJ side of things. This is a head bobbing mix, something to pop in your car and thump.”
Walking the line? Head bobbing? Thumping? I’m assuming San Francisco House DJ Kaskade isn’t suggesting we try doing all three manoeuvres at the same time. Not whilst driving, eh?
Having moved to Salt Lake City to study at the University of Utah, Kaskade uprooted his massive pile of vinyl, through his record bag over his shoulder and turned both his tables and attention to San Francisco where he became the DJ of choice for the thousands of loved-up Californian househeadz happy to ‘walk the line’ between mainstream house, hip-hop and dance-pop with a big fat bass by way of a balancing pole.
Acclaimed for his forth album, Love Mysterious (2006) his first single from the album, “Be Still“, reached #4 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play. Plaudits followed from Deep Dish and Pete Tong for his song ‘Sorry’ (remixed here by Dirty South) and Kaskade moved over to Ultra.
‘Bring The Night’ is his first album for Ultra Records and only his fourth remix album. And it’s pretty much what you’d expect – 16 or so tracks of slightly poppy, slightly rubbery, slightly loungey, slightly fruity, slightly camp ping-ponging organ heavy party-house. ‘Sorry’ is still a blinder and the Martin Brother’s ‘Stoopit’ is like being pursued by a gang of mutant space aliens with nothing but love to give you: it’s wobbly, it’s fizzy and it’s fit to pop the cork of every man, woman or child in town.
Also featured on ‘Bring The Night’: ‘All Good Things (Come to an End)’ [Kaskade Remix] from Nelly Furtado, ‘NYC Beat’ from Armand Van Helden, a Mousse T Mix of Bob Sinclar ‘s ‘Beat Goes On’ and ‘I’m with Ya’ by Troydon.
Released 19th November 2007.