The Cataracs

David "Campa" Benjamin Singer-Vine and Niles "Cyrano" Hollowell-Dhar combined their songwriting, vocal, and production talents in 2003, while they were attending high school in Berkeley, CA. Three years later, after taking their name - the Cataracs - from a line in Snoop Dogg's "What's My Name, Pt. 2," they released an independent album, Technohop, Vol. 1, and produced the sparse and booming track "Blueberry Afghani" for fellow Berkeley-based group the Pack.

The duo released a handful of low-key albums and mixtapes and broke through with "Like a G6," a collaboration with Far East Movement and vocalist Dev that topped the Billboard Hot 100 in late October 2010. Dev herself released a Cataracs-produced single, "Bass Down Low," which reached the chart by the end of the year. The Cataracs maintained their hit-making streak with Snoop's "Wet" - yet another stripped-down, bass-heavy track - which was made for Prince William's bachelor party and charted in early 2011.

The blazing hot production team just dropped the new single "All You," featuring Kaskade and Waka Flocka Flame, on iTunes and other digital retailers. "All You" is simply a prelude to the group's forthcoming EP, Gordo Taqueria, available online later this summer. Named for a hometown taco spot The Cataracs would frequent while in high school, Gordo Taqueria is seven songs long and strong.

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