After multi-platinum smash Evacuate The Dancefloor, dance royalty CASCADA return with San Francisco, the most stunning record of their career. CASCADA’s up and coming track San Francisco from her brand new album Original Me marks a fresh start for one of the world’s most successful dance acts, and looks likely to dominate the airwaves this summer. Building on the Europop sound CASCADA pioneered, the single is a playful, sexy pop stamper that brings slinky 70ies hippie flavour, soulful R&B and rap elements together for the first time. The track is a euphoric, arms-in-the-air dancefloor anthem, its moves are sophisticated, its sonic tricks clever and vocalist Natalie Horler’s vocals both powerful and personal.

“We have definitely developed the CASCADA sound,” says Natalie. “With San Francisco, we’ve taken all we learnt over the last couple of years and moved on. It’s refreshing and fun. I’ve always loved the 70ies and of course R&B and I’ve always had a soulful voice, but I didn’t have much opportunity to show that off. I can’t wait to take it to the clubs and I guess people’s jaws are going to hit the floor when they hear it.”

Bonn-based Natalie grew up in Germany. The daughter of David Horler, an acclaimed jazz musician and arranger who worked with likes of Quincy Jones, Stan Getz and Tony Bennett, Natalie grew up around music, though was more influenced by stars like Maria Carey and Whitney Houston than her dad’s trombone playing. At age 18 she started doing studio work and recorded several tracks for different DJs.

In 2004, through her studio work, she met Cologne-based producers Yann Peifer (Yanou) and Manuel Reuter (Manian) who invited her to front their new project, CASCADA. Within 18 months, together they found international fame with their huge debut hit Everytime We Touch. A smash in the States before the band even toured there, the song quickly caught on across the globe, followed by a multiplatinum selling album of the same title. It spawned eight singles, including the massive Miracle and a dance cover of Savage Garden’s Truly, Madly Deeply.

The success of the album gained the World Music Award in the category World's Best-Selling German Artist. The second album Perfect Day (2007), led by hit single What Hurts The Most, continued CASCADA’s reign as one of the world’s Top 10 selling dance acts.

In 2009, the trio began to work on CASCADA’s third album Evacuate The Dancefloor. After one efficient year of writing and recording Natalie, Manian and Yanou succeed in developing their dance-pop-style into something new. “It was lovely to be able to take our time. I think we really progressed”, Natalie remembers. “It was an amazing success, and it felt like a reward for our hard studio work and especially for our courage to change the typical CASCADA sound, as Evacuate The Dancefloor was our first track heavily influenced by Rap, R&B and Soul”. The single reached sensational fame across the globe and collected top chart entries in more than 20 countries worldwide. Fans even made the single No #1 in England where Natalie overthrew Michael Jackson, who dominated the top of the charts shortly after his death. The success of the single gained among others a nomination for the MTV Video Music Awards, it went platinum in the US, gold in Germany and the UK etc.

Last summer, Yanou (responsible for melodies and most of the lyrics) and Manian (the man behind the beats) started their work on the fourth album. “We tried to give variety and to show our multi-faceted abilities. You can hear it directly how much heart we put into our new songs. Some of them are pure pop, not overly dance. Others have house beats or guitars”, explain both producers.

For 2011 CASCADA are back with their thrilling new album Original Me that includes in addition to San Francisco other promising dance-pop songs. The stunning video for San Francisco, a high-budget production shot in Toronto (Canada), will be released in May 2011. Directed by Lisa Mann, who recently worked for Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears, and supported by the currently most sought-after choreographer of the States, Luther Brown (working with stars like P. Diddy, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys) the hippie-styled video features Natalie surrounded by a 50-strong troupe of acrobatic dancers.