Cascade (William Basinski album)

Cascade
Studio album by William Basinski
Released April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
Studio 2062, Los Angeles, California
Genre Avant-garde, minimal, ambient
Length 40:12
Label 2062 Records
Producer William Basinski
William Basinski chronology
Nocturnes
(2013)		 Cascade
(2015)		 The Deluge
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.4/10[2]
PopMatters[3]
Spectrum Culture3.75/5[4]
Tiny Mix Tapes[5]

Cascade is a studio album by American avant-garde composer William Basinski. It was released on April 28, 2015.[6] The release comes with a download code for The Deluge.[7] It peaked at number 4 on Billboard's New Age Albums chart.[8]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Cascade received an average score of 80% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Ian King of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, saying, "The piece is so gradual that when the curtain finally does fall the phantom of that piano loop lingers in the ears for long after."[3] Meanwhile, Brian Howe of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, saying, "it has endless variation at the micro level, which creates the sense of a paradox—repetition that is impossible to grasp, slipping ceaselessly through your fingers."[2]

Fact listed it as the 40th best album of 2015.[9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Cascade"40:12

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US New Age Albums (Billboard)[8] 4

References

  1. 1 2 "Cascade by William Basinski". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Howe, Brian (July 29, 2015). "William Basinski: Cascade / The Deluge". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  3. 1 2 King, Ian (June 16, 2015). "William Basinski: Cascade". PopMatters. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ Cole, Jake (May 6, 2015). "William Basinski: Cascade/The Deluge". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ Rovinelli, Jeffrey Dunn. "William Basinski - Cascade". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (March 30, 2015). "William Basinski Returns with 'Cascade' and 'The Deluge'". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  7. ↑ Ryce, Andrew (March 31, 2015). "William Basinski readies two new LPs". Resident Advisor. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "William Basinski - Chart history - New Age Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  9. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Fact. December 9, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
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