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"Cascade"
Single by Future Sound of London
from the album Lifeforms
Released	25 October 1993
Recorded	Earthbeat Studios
Genre	Ambient techno
Length	36:31
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). The record entered the Dance Singles Chart at number 6 on 6 November 1993. Garry Cobain said that the band "saw it as a great opportunity to write another album, but based around one song."

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

• Written, produced, performed by FSOL
• Artwork by Buggy G. Riphead.
• The first sleeve to feature The Electronic Brain, the model by Olaf Wendt.
• Part 3 is essentially an extended version of "Elaborate Burn", another song on Lifeforms.

Charts

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.

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".

References

1. ^ Redmond, Steve, ed. (6 November 1993). "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. London: Spotlight Publications. p. 24.
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 by Future Sound of London". Official Charts. Official Charts Company.
5. "Cascade 2020". FSOLdigital. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
6. "Cascade 2020". boomkat.com. Retrieved 2023-03-08.

External links

• Cascade at Discogs

• 1993 songs
• 1994 singles
• The Future Sound of London songs
• Astralwerks singles