Released by the label Arts & Crafts on March 15, 2017, Cascades received very positive opinions from professional music critics, a common praise being the "distinct blend of the artists’ digital styles," stated PopMatters.

[3] The rework premiered via RBMA Radio on February 21, 2017,[4] and the label Arts & Crafts issued Cascades to digital stores on March 15 and on physical formats on April 14.

[6][3] As Meaghan Garvey wrote, "Immediately, there is something about the way [Michel] plays [the piano], some nameless sense of aching nostalgia for a forgotten memory, that catches in my throat.

[7] In the first two tracks, it "feels like they're establishing their respective spaces rather than moving as a single unit," but by the third song, "they're clicking, and the record has successfully outlined its parameters," wrote Pitchfork reviewer Andy Beta.

[7] “Two Mirrors" revolves around what Beta described as a "repetitive piano line redolent of Philip Glass," as more notes of the higher and lower pitches enter the track.

"[8] As an AllMusic critic stated, "Both artists are so versatile that such a bombastic neo-trance piece ["Hypocrite"] feels completely at home being followed up by a reworking of Cage's "In a Landscape," which starts out slightly distant and scattered before gradually becoming more detailed and harmonic.