# Cascade (single)

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Cascade
| cover      = Fsol_cascade_cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = Future Sound of London
| album      = [Lifeforms](/source/Lifeforms_(The_Future_Sound_of_London_album))
| released   = 25 October 1993
| recorded   = Earthbeat Studios
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Ambient techno](/source/Ambient_techno)
| length     = 36:31
| label      = [Astralwerks](/source/Astralwerks)<br>''Cat.''
| writer     = FSOL
| producer   = FSOL
| prev_title = [Liquid Insects](/source/Liquid_Insects)
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [Lifeforms](/source/Lifeforms_(single))
| next_year  = 1993
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|WVRAPIXzb1o|"Cascade"}}}}
}}

'''"Cascade"''' is the first single from the British [electronic music](/source/electronic_music) duo [Future Sound of London](/source/Future_Sound_of_London)'s second album, ''[Lifeforms](/source/Lifeforms_(The_Future_Sound_of_London_album))'' (1994). The record entered the [Dance Singles Chart](/source/UK_Dance_Singles_Chart) at number{{nbsp}}6 on 6{{nbsp}}November 1993.<ref name=MwNov93/> [Garry Cobain](/source/Garry_Cobain) said that the band "saw it as a great opportunity to write another album, but based around one song."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/classic-album-the-future-sound-of-london-on-lifeforms-606889|title = Classic album: The Future Sound Of London on Lifeforms|publisher=MusicRadar.com|accessdate=2023-03-08}}</ref>

==Track listing==<!--as per titles printed on the cd itself-->
# "Cascade: Part 1" (7:22)
# "Cascade: Part 2" (9:38)
# "Cascade: Part 3" (4:24)
# "Cascade: Part 4" (4:39)
# "Cascade: Part 5" (6:12)
# "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==
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (1993)
!align="left"|Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|Europe ([Eurochart Hot 100](/source/Eurochart_Hot_100))<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-13.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)|volume=10|issue=46|date=1993-11-13|page=19|access-date=2024-03-24}}</ref>
|align="center"|90
|-
|align="left"|UK [Singles](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) ([CIN](/source/Official_Charts_Company))<ref>{{cite web |title=Cascade by Future Sound of London |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/future-sound-of-london-cascade/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)}}</ref>
|align="center"|27
|-
|align="left"|UK [Dance Singles](/source/UK_Dance_Singles_Chart) ([CIN](/source/Official_Charts_Company))<ref name=MwNov93>{{cite news |title=Dance Singles |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1993/Music-Week-1993-11-06-IDX-32.pdf|editor-first=Steve|editor-last=Redmond|page=24|location=London|work=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week) |publisher=Spotlight Publications |date=6 November 1993}}</ref>
|align="center"|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fsoldigital.com/product/cascade-2020/|title = Cascade 2020|publisher=FSOLdigital|accessdate=2023-03-08}}</ref>

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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boomkat.com/products/cascade-2020|title = Cascade 2020|publisher=boomkat.com|accessdate=2023-03-08}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{discogs release|id=93360|name=''Cascade''}}

{{The Future Sound of London}}

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Category:1993 songs
Category:1994 singles
Category:The Future Sound of London songs
Category:Astralwerks singles

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