• Kaskade Premieres Ridiculous 'A Little More' Video With John Dahlbäck & Sansa [WATCH]

    Kaskade, otherwise known as Ryan Raddon, has released the music video for his latest single, "A Little More," featuring a pair of Scandinavians -- producer / DJ John Dahlbäck and Finnish singer Sansa. The video finds a lone vacationer who believes he is on his way to his beloved Hawaii (as evidenced by the touristy "I Love Hawaii" shirt) ends up somewhere very, very far away from the warm and easy-going Hawaii islands. Instead his flight takes him to a cold place where people do not respond to his many "Alohas" and his attire of Hawaiian shirts and shorts leave him grossly under equipped for the weather.
  • Kaskade Launches New Label Arkade

    American dance music icon Ryan Raddon, better known as Kaskade has launched his own label Arkade. He launched the label with his own single "A Little More" alongside Swedish DJ / producer John Dahlbäck and Finnish songstress Sansa. He recently released the single "I Just Want You" from his first newly signed talent, Fairchild, signaling a shift away from his own music and towards fostering the growth of other artists. Now Kaskade has penned a note on Tumblr to we give us a fuller picture of what the "Atmosphere" producer is looking to do with his label as a creative outlet for himself and for new talent
  • Kaskade Announces Redux Show At Pier 36 On Dec. 30

    Kaskade was not able to play his main stage headlining slot on day three of Electric Zoo because the festival was rained out during the afternoon, which forced organizers to cancel the rest of the festival. The American born producer / DJ promised to make it up to his New York City fans and he is doing so in a big way. Kaskade is bringing the Redux live show concept to the big stage at Pier 36 in Manhattan during Big Week NYC the night before New Years Eve, Dec. 30.
  • Mysteryland USA Set To Increase Size From 7,500 To 20,000 in 2015

    After its debut this year at Bethel Woods, New York, Mysteryland USA will be getting be getting even bigger this year. According to a local paper, the Record Online, the festival was given the permits to expand the festival from 7,500 people to 20,000 people. The festival organizers, ID&T were given unanimous approval, something Electric Forest was not given, for its new site plan during a Tuesday planning board meeting with the town.
  • Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Tiësto and Avicii Top Forbes Highest-Paid EDM Performers List

    Music Times caught Calvin Harris at Lollapalooza during the first weekend of August and noted that it seemed the DJ had invested his earning from last year-$46 million-into his elaborate and bright stage set. If our hypothesis that the size of his set directly reflects his earnings, next year's concerts will be off the charts: Harris topped Forbes' list of the highest earning electronic musicians for the second straight year, bringing a whopping $66 million over the last 12 months.
  • Kaskade's Ex-Label Ultra Suing Michelle Phan

    Michelle Phan has built a makeup-based empire for herself stemming from her YouTube video series on how to best utilize beauty products. It's not all just makeup knowledge however: Phan knows how to make an eye-catching video as well, including a soundtrack to go along with it. One performer that's made multiple appearances in the video series is EDM star Kaskade. And his former label, Ultra, ain't too happy about it. The imprint is pressing charges against the YouTube star for copyright infringement.
  • Toronto EDM News: Good and Bad

    There's good news and bad news for the Toronto electronic music scene from this week. We'll get the bad news out of the way first.
  • Disney Soundtracks Go Digital for EDM Album 'DCONSTRUCTED'

    Disney is the most recent company to buy into the burgeoning popularity and profitability of electronic dance music. The film company announced it would release the album DCONSTRUCTED, which will feature soundtrack songs from Disney films re-imagined and remixed by EDM musicians, on April 22.
  • Electric Daisy and Mysteryland Face Off for New York EDM Fans Memorial Day Weekend

    It's bad enough when you've got to figure out which music festival you're going to drop a lot of money on this summer. It's worse when two music festivals appealing to the same fan base are going down on the same day. It's the worst when both of those music festivals are going on within 100 miles of each other. Such is the case between the Electric Daisy Carnival New York and the Mysteryland Festival are both going down this Memorial Day weekend.
  • Calvn Harris, Tiësto Highest Paid DJ's of 2013

    The increasing profitability of EDM has been a theme throughout the year in both Music Times as well as numerous financial publications. Many businessmen and promoters are looking to make a buck off the trend, but one the producers themselves are definitely cashing in, as Forbes' list of the highest paid DJ's indicates. Calvin Johnson topped the list for 2013, bringing in more than $46 million (a total that topped Jay Z's earnings for the year).
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