Hitting milestone after milestone over the past five years, Kasablanca has quickly risen through the ranks of dance music must-see acts. Launching into the scene with their first singles in 2020, they struck gold early on with their hit collaboration “Run” alongside Lane 8. With now over 40M streams on the track, the duo hasn’t looked back since.
Hailing from Toronto, Canada, the band has been explosive since their first “Human Learning EP” in 2020. Most widely known for their enthralling live performances, Kasablanca has played some of the world’s most renowned venues and festivals, including Printworks, Coachella, Red Rocks, Carnival in Brazil, and The Gorge, to name a few.
Their songs have also been heard worldwide across radio airwaves, including features on BBC Radio 1 and Sirius XM (which brought in their #1 hit with “Run”) as well as thousands of spins from stations across North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Their presence on social media has catapulted them to stages across the globe with their viral “covers” of throwback dance hits by Daft Punk, the Chemical Brothers, and The Prodigy, garnering them tens of millions of views and virality across their socials.
In 2023, the duo sold out their first-ever headline tour focusing on legendary rock venues around North America. Towards the end of the year, their final shows were cut short after revealing that frontman “Micky” had been diagnosed with cancer. Following a brief hiatus from touring and music at the start of this year to seek treatment, the release of their next collaboration with Lane 8, “Remission,” marked the official return of a cancer-free Kasablanca after the pair debuted the track during their LIVE sets at Ultra Music Festivals in Miami, Chile, and Peru.
Following “Remission,” Kasablanca progressed forward at a blistering pace over the past year, releasing three more lead singles, the first side of their Higher Resolution album, over 40 tour dates, of which more than 20 were their own headline shows, all of which helped to double the following of the band.
An album built in two halves, “Higher Resolution” is the culmination of years of work from the duo, who go by their aliases Micky and Viktor Kasablanca. With the release of “Side A” of the album in October 2024, fans saw a wide range of musical influences and tastes converge, from dance floor anthems to home-listening numbers and everything in between. As fans have been clamoring for the release of the rest of the album with “Side B” for the past 9 months, they are finally getting their wish.
Just as “Side A” of the album features some big hits, like Kasablanca’s official cover of “Breathe” originally by The Prodigy, with the full album, fans are finally getting some long-awaited IDs from over the years. Finding viral success on different social media platforms, the lead single release of “Audio Machina” kicks off the second half of the campaign with a song that was first debuted live over two years ago. Looking even further back, “Television” finally gets released, as the highly acclaimed track has long been a fan favorite at live shows for several years.
With much still to come, Kasablanca has no plans to let up on their live front either. With many tour dates still in the calendar to end the year, fans can get more information about upcoming tour dates HERE.
