Kaskade Returns: “DNCR” and “Imprint” Mark the Dawn of His Most Vulnerable Era
Los Angeles, October 16, 2025
This week, Kaskade opens a new chapter. The GRAMMY-nominated pioneer releases “DNCR” and “Imprint”, the first singles from his forthcoming studio album undux, out this winter via Arkade and Monstercat. Together, the tracks offer a first glimpse into what may be the most personal, emotionally charged body of work of his career.
Rediscovery, Emotion, and the Pulse of Connection
After two decades of redefining the emotional landscape of dance music, Kaskade now turns the focus inward. “DNCR” and “Imprint” explore themes of surrender, reflection, and the invisible threads that connect us; moments when the dance floor mirrors the heart.
“DNCR” channels that precise instant when music pulls you out of your own head and back into the present. Its euphoric vocal refrain, “You make me a dancer,” encapsulates the energy that’s always defined Kaskade’s world: movement as emotion, rhythm as release. The record builds like light through fog: cinematic, soaring, and deeply human.
By contrast, “Imprint” slows the tempo, drifting into introspection. Built around haunting vocals and spacious chords, it’s less about closure and more about the permanence of memory. It asks what stays with us after love, loss, and change, the fingerprints that time leaves on our stories.
“These lyrics come from a place of trying to make sense of a story that didn’t unfold the way you imagined it would,” Kaskade explains. “It’s about the marks people leave on our lives, sometimes permanent, sometimes like ink that fades.”
A Story Still Being Written
Kaskade describes undux as a creative rebirth, a project that blends the melodic warmth of his early work with the maturity of an artist who’s learned to let silence speak as loudly as a drop. “It’s both vulnerable and hopeful,” he says. “It’s me saying, I’m still here, and I’m still being written.”
If “DNCR” embodies collective energy, “Imprint” represents its quiet aftermath, two songs in dialogue, reflecting both sides of what makes Kaskade’s music timeless: connection and contemplation.
The Architect of Emotional Clubbing
Few names carry the weight that Kaskade does. Born Ryan Raddon, he’s become one of the defining architects of modern electronic music. An eight-time GRAMMY nominee, his résumé stretches from club anthems to cultural milestones that have redefined where dance music can live.
In February 2024, Kaskade made history as the first-ever In-Game DJ at the Super Bowl, performing for over 123 million viewers. A month later, he was named Best Male Artist of the Year at the iHeartRadio EDM Awards, while his project Kx5 with deadmau5 earned Best New Group. By May 2024, he became the first DJ to perform on the starting grid of a Formula 1 race, in Miami.
His influence spread through 2024 with standout performances at the X Games, LIV Golf, and even a surprise Central Park set in New York City that cemented his connection to fans old and new. Add to that back-to-back sets with Idris Elba, surprise appearances with John Summit and Alison Wonderland, and a legacy of collaborations spanning Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, and Meghan Trainor, and it’s clear Kaskade remains a creative force constantly in motion.
undux: A Return to Feeling
If his last era was about scale, undux seems poised to be about substance. A meditation on connection, time, and rediscovery, it marks a reflective moment for an artist who’s done it all, and still wants to feel it all again.
Both “DNCR” and “Imprint” are available now on all major streaming platforms via Arkade and Monstercat. undux arrives this winter.
Kaskade has never stopped evolving, only refining what he’s always known: that dance music, at its core, is about how it feels.
Listen to “DNCR” and “Imprint” now.
Out via Arkade & Monstercat.
