Cascade (single)

"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 number 6 on 6 November 1993.^[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
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

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

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3]	90
UK Singles (CIN)[4]	27
UK Dance Singles (CIN)[1]	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.^[5]

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".^[6]