Cash Cash is an American

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group from

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/ musicians: brothers Jean Paul Makhlouf, Alex Makhlouf and Samuel Frisch. They produce, record, mix and master all their music together as a trio. The group's highest-charting song to date is their RIAA platinum-certified single " Take Me Home", which features vocals by

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. Throughout their career, they have released a wide range of original songs featuring diverse artists such as,

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of the

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, among many others. Over the years, Cash Cash released music on various record labels. They were first discovered in 2008 by

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, where they released their debut full length album. Following their departure from

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in 2010, they released music on various independent labels such as Spinnin’ Records and their own label "Cash Cash Music." From 2013 - 2021, they exclusively released all of their original music through Big Beat Records and

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, a subsidiary of

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worldwide. On August 26, 2022, Cash Cash announced on their social media platforms that they had parted ways with their longtime record label

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and posted a video in the New York

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office signing a new record deal with

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. As of 2022, the group has released five full-length albums, an array of EPs and singles, and co-wrote, produced, and featured on

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charting single “ Can We Pretend.” Aside from their original music, Cash Cash has provided official remixes for worldwide artists such as

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and various others as well as produced and co-wrote Krewella's charting single " Live for the Night."

History

Early years (2002–2007)

Cash Cash members Jean Paul Makhlouf and Samuel Frisch first began playing together under the name The Consequence in 2002. As The Consequence, the band put out three releases independently, ''Your Own Place'' (2004), ''The Consequence'' (2005), and ''By The Bedside'' (2006). The band went through various keyboardists and drummers before solidifying the group with Alexander Makhlouf and drummer Anthony Villacari in 2007.

''Take It to the Floor'' (2008–2010)

In early 2008, the group coalesced under the name Cash Cash, with members Jean Paul Makhlouf, Alexander Makhlouf, and Samuel Frisch. They came up with the name Cash Cash due to legal issues that arose from not trademarking their previous name 'The Consequence'. In an interview Jean Paul stated, ''"''Basically we were in a previous group growing up and never thought to copyright the name because when you're a young local garage band, you don't have the money and don't think it really matters. Well after we signed our first record deal, it kind of did matter. We got hit with a ton of legal notices about it from the person who owned the name, and had this old agent trying to screw us over, so when putting the new group together out of frustration, I was like, we should just name this group 'Cash Cash' because every one is after our cash, and we don't have any yet.''"'' They signed with

and soon after released an EP, which reached number 24 on the '' Billboard'' Heatseekers chart. In 2008, the group toured with groups such as

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, and Forever The Sickest Kids. Their debut full-length album was released digitally on December 23, 2008, on iTunes by Universal Republic Records and physically on January 20, 2009, reaching number 31 on the Heatseekers chart. During the winter of 2008 and 2009, the group did a Hot Topic in-store tour with

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, performing acoustic songs and doing signings. In April 2009, Cash Cash toured with

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on the Let it Rock tour. Cash Cash played the main stage at Bamboozle in May 2009 and then toured the United Kingdom opening for Cobra Starship. That summer they performed on the

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. In fall of 2009 they toured with

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and

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. In late 2009 and 2010, the group released several singles which were not part of an album or EP release, including a cover of

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's single " Everytime We Touch" featuring rapper MC Oz. The group continued to tour through the winter of 2010, playing the Seattle

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show "Jingle Bell Bash" with

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. At the end of February and into the spring of 2010, the group went on their first headlining United States tour, "The Robots in Hightops Tour." On March 9, 2010, Cash Cash released a cover single of the Alphaville song " Forever Young". The band released a new single in mid-November 2010 by Universal Republic Records titled "Red Cup (I Fly Solo)", featuring

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and

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. Jean-Paul Makhlouf performed the opening theme to '' Sonic Colors'' called "Reach for the Stars" as well as the ending theme "Speak With Your Heart" with band member Alex Makhlouf. Both of these tracks would later be remixed for the Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony in 2021 and then used in ''Sonic Colors: Ultimate'' later in the same year.

''Love or Lust and The Beat Goes On'' (2011–2012)

In 2011, the group parted ways with their drummer Anthony Villacari due to creative differences and continued to operate as a trio. Anthony Villacari continues to play drums in another trio, known as Moa Desert. Their second full-length album, ''Love or Lust'', was released on April 19, 2011, by the Japanese label Twilight Records. Multiple songs off the album were featured on

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'' and ''

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''. Cash Cash then released ''The Beat Goes On'' as an 11-song LP in Japan but a 6-song EP in every other country. Both formats contained the two songs "Michael Jackson" and "I Like It Loud," which were also soon after released as singles by Dutch independent dance label

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. The group headlined a tour in Japan as well as shows in Brazil in 2011 supporting ''Love or Lust'', and returned to Japan in 2012 for another tour supporting their new single "Michael Jackson (The Beat Goes On)", a tribute to the musician

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. "Michael Jackson" appeared on the album ''538 Dance Smash 2012, Vol. 4''. On December 10, 2012, Cash Cash had their remix of "Alive" by

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released on the ''Play Harder Remix EP.'' Throughout the year, Cash Cash had numerous original songs and remixes reach number one on the Hype Machine popular chart. The group's contributions to the ''Sonic'' franchise continued with a number of remixes in both the console and 3DS versions of '' Sonic Generations''.

''Overtime'' and ''Lightning'' EPs (2013–2015)

The group slowly gained exposure in the dance community in 2012 and 2013, particularly via connections with

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and

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and releases on their boutique labels. During

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2013 on behalf of ''

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'', Cash Cash conducted interviews with both musicians. Cash Cash was featured on their respective radio shows, "Protocol Radio," and "Hardwell on Air." On May 20, 2013, Cash Cash released a remix of "Symphonica" by Nicky Romero that was released on Beatport by Protocol Recordings. Romero also invited Cash Cash to perform at a Protocol Recordings showcase during the

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festival on October 16, 2013, at the

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in Amsterdam with

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, Vicetone,

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, and

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. Hardwell included Cash Cash's remix of his track "Dare You" on ''Dare You – The Remixes Part 1'' by

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in February 2014. On April 16, 2013, the group announced on

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that they had signed with Big Beat Records and

and had begun recording new material for an upcoming release. That same date, the group's remix of " Safe and Sound" by

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was released on the ''Safe and Sound Remix EP'' by Lazy Hooks and

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. On July 15, 2013, the group released " Take Me Home", featuring vocalist Bebe Rexha, which became their highest-charting single in the United States and United Kingdom. It peaked at number 14 on the US

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chart and number 57 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and debuted at number 4 on the

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and number 5 on the

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in 2014. An acoustic version of the song, along with a video documenting the recording process, was released in November 2013. In 2013, Cash Cash launched their online podcast/radio show named "Royalty Radio" on their

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page as well as

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channel. Their next release was a

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remix of

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's "Booyah", featuring We Are Loud and Sonny Wilson that was released on November 8, 2013, by

. Following the Atlantic Records signing, the group released two EPs of new material. On October 29, 2013, they released their ''Overtime EP'', consisting of six new songs, including " Take Me Home", "Hideaway", featuring British singer

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and "Here and Now", featuring vocals from Estonian singer

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. On March 24, 2014, the group released the ''Lightning EP'', consisting of a new single "Lightning" and remixes of previous songs off the ''Overtime EP''. "Lightning" features

of the

on vocals and was written by Cash Cash and Rzeznik. A remix pack for "Lightning" was released on July 21, 2014 exclusively on

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containing remixes by

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, EDX, Sex Panther, and Audiobot. Alongside this, the group continued releasing singles and remixes in 2014. On January 21, 2014, Cash Cash and Adrian Lux released a collaboration called "Bullet". On April 9, 2014, ''

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'' premiered the "Cash Cash x Valley" remix of

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's "

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" on their website. The Cash Cash remix of

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" was featured at the end of the song's official music video. The group also continued to tour through late 2013 and 2014, playing several dance music festivals. Cash Cash performed at Winter Galactic with

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and Porter Robinson in New Year's Eve on December 31, 2013, at the

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. They played the Edmonton Canada's Frequency Festival on February 15, 2014. In February 2014, Marquee Las Vegas announced that Cash Cash will take part in a 2014 residency at their nightclub and dayclub. On March 27, 2014, Cash Cash received an IDMA at

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for "Best Break-Through Artist (Group)." Following their appearance at

in Miami, the group played an international show in Montreal, Canada at New City Gas on April 19, 2014. The trio performed at various music festivals in the spring of 2014, including the Avila Beach Party on May 23, 2014, Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) New York on May 24, 2014, Sunset Music Festival (SMF) in Tampa, FL on May 25, 2014,

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on June 20, 2014, and

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in Washington on June 27, 2014. Cash Cash along with

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, and 12th Planet played an event together called "Beach Blanket Bingo" in Wildwood, New Jersey on June 28, 2014. The following day, the group played

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's Ktuphoria event with

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, and

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. Later that summer on July 5, Cash Cash along with

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and

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played a

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paint party event in Texas. That same month, the group headlined a short international Canadian tour djing at Crocks in Thunder Bay on the tenth and Uniun night club in Toronto on the eleventh. On August 1, 2014, they performed at

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in Chicago and then returned to Canada to play a handful of festivals such as Boonstock, Ilesoniq, and Chasing Summer. Throughout 2014, Cash Cash performed on multiple dates of the

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"Made in America" tour. On September 2, 2014, BPM exclusively premiered their new single, "

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", which was released in

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on September 16, 2014. On September 5, 2014, Cash Cash played in

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in San Bernardino, California. As of 2014,

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's website confirms that as songwriters, Cash Cash is currently signed to

, which is now owned by a consortium led by

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. On March 21, 2015,

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made an appearance during a Cash Cash show at Marquee Las Vegas to ignite fireworks off in the DJ booth with the group. On March 30, 2015, Cash Cash performed an acoustic version of "Surrender" accompanied by a string section on VH1's "Big Morning Buzz Live." In April and May 2015, Cash Cash embarked on an overseas tour performing in Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, China, and South Korea. Cash Cash and Tritonal officially released their song collaboration "Untouchable" on iTunes by Big Beat Records on May 18, 2015. The collaboration features the vocals of British-American singer JHart. In support of their collaboration, Cash Cash and Tritonal embarked on a co-headline tour titled "Untouchable Tour."

''Blood, Sweat & 3 Years'' (2016–2019)

Cash Cash started 2016 with the release of their single "Aftershock," featuring

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on January 29. Following some live acoustic performances with Jacquie, a music video was put out. The song was later included on the pre-order for the album '' Blood, Sweat & 3 Years''. In February 2016, the group and

played a show together in Las Vegas that was part of a tour series Cash Cash created called "Make That Cash Cash." Throughout 2016, the tour series played various cities bringing out artists such as

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, Lil Dicky,

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, and

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. '' Billboard'' officially announced the group's fourth full-length album titled, '' Blood, Sweat & 3 Years'' on April 29, 2016. The pre-order went live with the single "How To Love", featuring

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along with a few previously released songs available for instant download. The album includes songs featuring singers Bebe Rexha,

, Dev,

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, Michael "Fitz" Fitpatrick from

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; rappers

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, and

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; and groups Little Daylight, and

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. Upon the album's pre-order, a music video for the single "How To Love" was released online. That same day, the trio also launched their new radio show on Sirius XM's "BPM" channel called "Cash Cash Radio." '' Blood, Sweat & 3 Years'' debuted at number 125 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. On June 20, 2016, they released a music video for "Broken Drum", featuring

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. The music video was filmed throughout Las Vegas and had a guest appearance by

. On August 12, 2016, Cash Cash released a remix for " Make Me..." by

that was included on her official remix package. In 2017, Cash Cash signed an exclusive Las Vegas residency with Hakkasan Group, playing their family of nightclubs including

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, Omnia, Wet Republic, and Jewel. As a reaction to the October 1, 2017, Las Vegas mass shooting, Cash Cash along with Tiesto, Steve Aoki,

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, and

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played a benefit show at Omnia night club on November 7, 2017, raising 1 million dollars for the Las Vegas victims fund. In 2018, the band released a single titled, " Finest Hour" which has gone on to become certified gold in the US. The group worked with American singer

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in 2019 on her song " Can We Pretend". The song peaked at number one on the '' Billboard''

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chart.

''Say It Like You Feel It'' (2020−present)

The group's fifth studio album ''Say It Like You Feel It'' was released on May 14, 2021. Former live guitarist Mike Doerr helped work on the band's album. They released multiple singles for the album including "Mean It" which was released on January 24, 2020 featuring American singer

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. The band hosted the 40th Annual RAMMY Awards Gala in July 2022.

Style

While playing as The Consequence and early under the name Cash Cash, the group used a more traditional band setup, with use of live guitars, bass guitar, drums, keyboards,

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es, and electronics. Hip Online referred to the group's early releases as

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, while

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classified ''Take It to the Floor'' as

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and

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.Review of ''Take It to the Floor''

. AllMusic further described the album as " lled with rocessedvocals, old-school synths, singalong choruses, ndslick-as-oil vocal harmonies." ''

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'' noted the album's "standard emo-pop elements" and opined that the group's style "suggest Fall Out Boy with some synthy window dressing."Review of ''Take It to the Floor''

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. Jean-Paul described the band's early style as an attempt to "Bring back some of that 70s funk guitar, mixed in with the life and fun of the 80s." ''

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'', in a later assessment, noted that the group's early work "has always had a dance-music sensibility, but starting out, they were lumped into the alt-rock scene." Over the course of the early 2010s, the group began moving away from standard band instrumentation and began incorporating more elements of electronic dance music. In an interview with EDM Sauce, they talk about their transition being facilitated by frequent production and remixing on the side. Cash Cash stated, ''"I think for us it was a slow evolution, because we were always remixing and producing for other artists and doing outside production."'' In another interview with Only The Beat, the group stated, ''"When we first started as a band our sound was "poppy", but we always had underlying electronic elements to our music. Once we started changing and growing, our sound slowly began evolving."'' The group's 2011 album ''Love or Lust'' was described by Under the Gun Review as "dance/power pop...full of bass rhythms, synthetic claps, techno beats, and dance/party/club themes". Following releases and remixes were also received as electronica and electropop. Cash Cash's first RIAA certified song " Take Me Home" has been categorized by as a

dance song.

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described the ''Overtime EP's'' electro house qualities by stating the group is "gracing the world with a dose of electro house and dubbed-out tunes." Songs off the ''Overtime EP'' such as "Here and Now" and "Satellites" have been classified as

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or its subgenre

electro house Electro house is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by heavy bass and a tempo around 130 beats per minute. The term has been used to describe the music of many ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs, including Benny Benassi, Skrillex, Steve Aok ...

further elaborated on the sound of the release by stating, "The EP continues with a bright feel, boosted by the unique blend of fluorescent synths and dirty bass." Other Cash Cash originals such as "Kiss The Sky" and "Overtime" along with their remix of "

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" by

have been labeled by electronic music blogs as nu-disco and glitch hop. Throughout 2014, the group's subsequent singles "Lightning" and "

" were also reviewed as progressive house and electro house.

Production equipment and software

In 2013, Cash Cash stated in their ''

'' interview that they produce their music using Steinberg's Cubase as their

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. In another interview with EDM blog "Notable Dance," the group stated "We use Cubase as a host for everything but we mess around in Ableton." In a studio video released in May 2013, the group discussed various equipment and gear they use, including a vintage Roland Juno-D, Avalon AD2022 preamp, Empirical Labs Distressor, Joe Meek Twin Q, and Neumann TLM 49. During the video they speak about owning a few discontinued Samson D-1500 real time analyzers. Their speaker set up consists of Adam A8X's and a pair of mix cubes that are A/B controlled by a PreSonus Central Station. The producer trio recently added a Neuman U87 to their studio set up as well.

Members

During the group's early days as a band, they operated & signed their first record deal as a four-piece band. For their first three years signed to Universal Republic Records they also toured with a live touring musician on guitar & back up vocals. Around mid 2011, the group shifted their focus to electronic production, collaborating with outside artists, remixing songs, and using electronic drums instead of a drummer which ultimately led to the departure of their original drummer Anthony Villacari. ;Current * Jean Paul Makhlouf – vocals, guitar, production (2002–present) * Alexander Luke Makhlouf – keyboards, vocoder, talk box, production, programming (2002–present) * Samuel Warren Frisch – bass guitar, backing vocals, production, programming (2002–present) ;Former * Anthony Villacari – drums (2007–11) ;Former touring musicians * Mike Doerr – guitar, backup vocals (2007–09)

Discography

Studio albums * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Love or Lust'' (2011) * '' The Beat Goes On'' (2012) * '' Blood, Sweat & 3 Years'' (2016) * '' Say It Like You Feel It'' (2021)

Awards and nominations

International Dance Music Awards

Radio Disney Music Awards

References

External links

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