New York, NY (Top40 Charts) deadmau5 and
Kaskade - known jointly as Kx5 - have had much success with their 2022 single "
Escape" featuring Hayla. Currently the track is sitting at #32 on Top 40 U.S. radio, a first for either artist.
On the heels of "Escape," the duo announce a new single with "Take Me High" which will be released on
September 16. The song made its debut at EDC Las
Vegas this past spring as a surprise play during their festival headlining set and along with "Escape," will be featured on Kx5's album that will be released in 2023. "Take Me High" is available now for pre-save here: https://kx5.ffm.to/takemehigh
In addition to its Top 40 success driven by spins at such notable stations like KIIS-LA, B96 Chicago, SIRIUSXM Venus, MC Hitlist, WKSC, WLKT, WNRW, KALV, KENZ, KUDD, KMXV, WPLW, WNFN, WSPK, WDOD, KIOA and more, "
Escape" is the number one most-played song on US Dance
Radio this year and in the UK was made MistaJam's Jam Hot Record of the Week on Capital Dance and
Danny Howard's Hottest Record in the World on
Radio 1. The song has topped almost 35 million streams on Spotify alone with over 55 million total plays across DSPs.
deadmau5 and
Kaskade first paired together in 2008 on "
I Remember" - a genre-defining anthem which recently appeared on Rolling Stone's '200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time' list, with the rock bible stating, "…a collaboration between two of the biggest dance stars to emerge in the late 2000s — has an appealing modesty about it, even as it induces mass singalongs at festivals (still)." Since then, they have collaborated on tracks but with Kx5 they have solidified it into a wholly new artistic project, one which will consist of more studio releases in the coming months leading into an album, as well as a greatly anticipated live show set for December 10 at Los Angeles' Memorial Coliseum. Tickets for Kx5 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on December 10 are available now here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0A005C84F8FB9271
As a household name in electronic music for over two decades, multi GRAMMY Award-nominated musician
Kaskade needs no introduction. His list of achievements is a mile long: 12 studio albums, seven GRAMMY nominations, the first solo electronic dance artist to sell out both Navy Pier in
Chicago and the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the first DJ to ever secure a Las
Vegas residency, the only DJ to have played the Grand Canyon West Skywalk, the only musician to conceptualize and create an entire season of music for video game giant Rocket League, headlining multiple live streams during quarantine, a Fortnite feature concert, and the first electronic artist to ever headline Coachella.
Less tangible but even more important has been his influence on dance music tastes and culture for generations of listeners. Often
Kaskade is one of the artists who introduced now-veteran listeners to the genre, and such fans typically become evangelical fans for life. In 2019, he worked with multi-award winner
Meghan Trainor on "With You," Cheat Codes "Be the One" and
Gorgon City on "Go Slow," and official remixes for the likes of Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, and
Gwen Stefani earlier. In 2020
Kaskade leaned into the mandatory time off from touring by releasing the most consecutive music, back-to-back of his career. Stay tuned for more moves from the original curve bender Kaskade.
Joel Zimmerman, more commonly known as deadmau5 (pronounced 'dead mouse'), is one of the world's most respected electronic music producers of modern times. Enjoying international chart success with his 2x platinum-certified single "Ghosts 'n' Stuff," as well as "Professional Griefers," "Sofi Needs A Ladder" and "I Remember," he has also released seven critically acclaimed albums. The multiple JUNO Award-winning and GRAMMY®-nominated artist's ability to push the boundaries of his talent grows at an equal rate to his fan base, which counts 15 million and more over his combined social media channels. His latest music offerings include "Pomegranate" with The Neptunes, "Bridged By A Lightwave" with Kiesza, "Channel 43" with Wolfgang Gartner, "Hypnocurrency" with REZZ, "When The Summer Dies" with Lights, "Hyperlandia" featuring Foster The People, this is fine." with Portugal.The Man, instrumental "XYZ" and "My
Heart Has Teeth" featuring Skylar Grey. In the live realm, his 2019/20 U.S. cubev3 tour featuring production of his own design and implementation ranked in the Top 10 of Pollstar's top tours globally. Beyond his music career, he is also a co-founder of gaming venture PIXELYNX and is an executive of HD streaming platform StreamVoodoo.
