Cascade (single)

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Field	Value
name	Cascade
cover	Fsol_cascade_cover.jpg
type	single
artist	Future Sound of London
album	Lifeforms
released	25 October 1993
recorded	Earthbeat Studios
genre	Ambient techno
length	36:31
label	Astralwerks
Cat.
writer	FSOL
producer	FSOL
prev_title	Liquid Insects
prev_year	1993
next_title	Lifeforms
next_year	1993
misc
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| name = Cascade | cover = Fsol_cascade_cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Future Sound of London | album = Lifeforms | released = 25 October 1993 | recorded = Earthbeat Studios | studio = | venue = | genre = Ambient techno | length = 36:31 | label = Astralwerks Cat. | writer = FSOL | producer = FSOL | prev_title = Liquid Insects | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Lifeforms | next_year = 1993 | misc =

"Cascade" is the first single from the British electronic music duo Future Sound of London's second album, Lifeforms (1994). The record entered the Dance Singles Chart at number6 on 6November 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.

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1993) | Peak position | |---|---| | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | 90 | | UK Singles (CIN) | 27 | | UK Dance Singles (CIN) | 6 | ::

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

References

1. "Classic album: The Future Sound Of London on Lifeforms". MusicRadar.com.
2. (1993-11-13). "Eurochart Hot 100".
3. "Cascade by Future Sound of London". [[Official Charts Company]].
4. (6 November 1993). "Dance Singles". Spotlight Publications.
5. "Cascade 2020". FSOLdigital.
6. "Cascade 2020". boomkat.com.

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