The Cataracs

The Cataracs are an American Indie-Pop duo formed in Berkeley, California. Consisting of David “Campa” Benjamin Singer-Vine, a songwriter and vocalist and Niles “Cyrano” Hollowell-Dhar, a songwriter, vocalist, and producer. The duo started out as an independent group, during their years at Berkeley High School. The two were first signed to Indie-Pop label. Their music is considered to be a mixture of genres including rap and pop. They are based in Los Angeles, California.

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. Dhar eventually heard the CD and subsequently created a response to the CD. The “diss” response brought the two together and they soon became friends. In 2003, the two joined together to create The Cataracs (named after Snoop Dogg’s song “What’s my name Pt. 2” after the phrase “Who smoke ‘til your eyes get cataracts”). In the summer of 2006, they released their first album, Technohop Vol. 1. They gained recognition across the bay as they sold their album. Soon they had 2,000 units in only a three month span. 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 such as The Fader, UK’s Hip Hop Connection and XLR8R praised it.

The two graduated from high school in the summer of 2006. Dhar went on to attend San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California and Singer-Vine at Columbia College Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois. But in order to pursue their dreams and career in music, they both decided that they would have to leave school, respectively. The duo then packed their bags and moved to Los Angeles, CA, where they began working on their music full-stream, creating hits like “Club Love” and the smash-hit, “Baby Baby”, 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.

Members

• Cyrano
• Campa

Other Information

• Origin ” Berkeley, California, United States
• Genres : Hip-Hop, Rap, Pop, Electro Hop
• Years active : 2003–present
• Labels : Universal
• Associated acts : Dev, The Pack, Far East Movement, Glasses Malone

Links

• http://www.thecataracs.com/home.html

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