Kaskade

I freaking love Kaskade. Some explanation is needed.

Kaskade is a DJ formerly of Chicago and currently of Salt Lake City. He's made a name for himself producing and recording the subset of Electronica/Techno music called House. House is basically Techno out of the Chicago area which is heavily influenced by the soul and disco music common to the area. There are a whole mess of musical breakdowns that go into the categorization of House music but I'll keep it simply and say it's funky and midtempo (between 118 and 135 BPM).

Kaskade notably takes House in a slower, more soul-ish direction, adding things like a bassist and acoustic piano to a lot of his mixes. His vocal production is also to die for, deep and lyrical and evoking an emotional connection that a lot of dance misses. It's not exactly club music, but it is great to listen to.

It's great feel-good music and also great chill out stuff. Keeps me sane during my busy theater lifestyle.

Muah!
Lyrinoir