Cascade (song)

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"Cascade"
Fsol cascade cover.jpg
Single by Future Sound of London
from the album Lifeforms
Released25 October 1993
RecordedEarthbeat Studios
Genre Ambient techno
Length36:31
Label Astralwerks
Cat.
Songwriter(s) FSOL
Producer(s) FSOL
Future Sound of London singles chronology
"Liquid Insects"
(1993)
"Cascade"
(1993)
"Lifeforms"
(1993)
Music video
"Cascade" on YouTube

"Cascade" is the first single from British electronic music duo Future Sound of London's second album, Lifeforms (1994). It is a series of variations on the song "Cascade", all different from the album's version as is customary for most FSOL singles. [1] Garry Cobain said that the band "saw it as a great opportunity to write another album, but based around one song." [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Cascade: Part 1" (7:22)
  2. "Cascade: Part 2" (9:38)
  3. "Cascade: Part 3" (4:24)
  4. "Cascade: Part 4" (4:39)
  5. "Cascade: Part 5" (6:12)
  6. "Cascade: Shortform" (4:16)

Crew

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [3] 90
UK Singles (OCC)27

Cascade 2020

In September 2020 FSOL released "Cascade 2020", an album that is a reimagination of the "Cascade" single from 1993. It includes recreations of "Cascade: Part 1" and "Cascade: Part 4", as well as two new parts of the piece (sixth and seventh) and nine other new tracks that are separately titled. [4]

The result was described as "a sprawl of gloopy acid downbeats, spine-tracing trance arps, intergalactic steppers techno ballistics and a ravishing jungle mix, reconnecting strands of arcane prog rock into dub and computer music". [5]

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References

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  2. "Classic album: The Future Sound Of London on Lifeforms". MusicRadar.com. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 46. 1993-11-13. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  4. "Cascade 2020". FSOLdigital. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  5. "Cascade 2020". boomkat.com. Retrieved 2023-03-08.