The Cataracs
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Berkeley, California, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop, synthpop, hyphy, electronic, dance, house |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboard, drums, guitar, synthesizer, programming |
| Years active | 2003–2014 |
| Labels | Universal Republic, Republic, Indie-Pop, Carrillo Music, Spinnin' Records |
| Associated acts | Far East Movement, Dev, New Boyz, Waka Flocka Flame, Kaskade, Luciana, Martin Solveig, Selena Gomez, Enrique Iglesias |
| Website | thecataracs |
| Past members | David Benjamin Singer-Vine Niles Hollowell-Dhar |
The Cataracs were an American hip hop record production project and duo formed in Berkeley, California, United States, consisting of songwriter, vocalist and record producer Niles "Cyranizzy" Hollowell-Dhar (born 6 October 1988) and formerly songwriter and vocalist David "Campa" Benjamin Singer-Vine (born 9 March 1988). The duo started out as an independent group, during their years at Berkeley High School. The two were first signed to the label Indie-Pop. Singer-Vine left the group in August 2012 with Hollowell-Dhar continuing on with the name The Cataracs despite David's departure. Hollowell-Dhar also released materials starting 2014, under the name of KSHMR.
The duo met in their sophomore year while attending Berkeley High School. Singer-Vine was featured in a rap CD that was being passed around campus. When Dhar eventually heard the CD, he subsequently created a response. However, the “diss” response brought the two together and they soon became friends. In 2003, the two joined together to create what is now The Cataracs (named after the phrase “Who smoke ‘til your eyes get cataracts” from Snoop Dogg's song “What's my name Pt. 2”). In the summer of 2006, they released their first album, Technohop Vol. 1. In August 2006, the group joined with The Pack to make the single “Blueberry Afghani”. The song soon became a hit and was chosen as a “Download of the Week” by 106 KMEL and many music sites such as The Fader, UK’s Hip Hop Connection and XLR8R praised it.
Singer-Vine attended Columbia College Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois. Niles Dhar is also a member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity at San Francisco State University. But in order to pursue their dreams and career in music, they both decided that they would have to leave school. The duo then packed their bags and moved to Los Angeles, CA, where they began working on their music full-time, creating songs like "Club Love" and “Baby Baby", the latter which went on to be featured on the hit reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians in early 2010. By 2007, they released their second album, Technohop Vol. 2, and in 2008 they released their third album The 13th Grade.
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