Cascade (song)

"Cascade" is the first single from Future Sound of London's 1994 album Lifeforms. 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]

"Cascade"
Single by Future Sound of London
from the album Lifeforms
Released25 October 1993
RecordedEarthbeat Studios
GenreAmbient techno
Length36:31
LabelAstralwerks
Cat.
Songwriter(s)FSOL
Producer(s)FSOL
Future Sound of London singles chronology
"Liquid Insects"
(1993)
"Cascade"
(1993)
"Lifeforms"
(1993)

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.

Chart Position

Year Chart Position
1993 UK Singles Chart #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.[3]

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".[4]

References

  1. "The Future Sound of London - Cascade". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  2. "Classic album: The Future Sound Of London on Lifeforms". MusicRadar.com. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. "Cascade 2020". FSOLdigital. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  4. "Cascade 2020". boomkat.com. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
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