This Window


This Window was a British musical group formed by Peter Bright around 1985, although earlier tape experiments existed from 1979 to 1984.

Career

These tape experiments formed the basic philosophy of This Window. The analogue tape machine became the main instrument used to create ‘songs’. Interest in experimentation had been nurtured whilst being a member of the Exeter College of Art and Design bands, T.34 and The Urge. The Urge supported Adam and the Ants and Bauhaus and were offered a record contract with 4AD but decided to split up and consequently did not sign. In A Glass Darkly was a project with the lead singer from The Urge, Russell Young and two ballet dancers who performed to a tape backing track of a dripping tap, only a handful of gigs were played in London. This project ended and Peter later joined Finish the Story as guitarist.
The perfect conduit for This Window’s music and art was the Cassette Culture and Mail Art scenes. These networks of artists and musicians encouraged an early form of open source cooperation, with projects being shared and created. This methodology fitted in with This Window's approach to creativity.

Discography

This Window released two solo cassette albums in the UK and several albums were released in Europe, the most successful being 'Extraction' & 'Extraction2' both of these were released by EE Tapes. Other releases include: Ignition Mix on Old Europa Cafe label, 'En Face' and 'Morning'. This Window were one of the leading exponents of the 'Cassette Underground', with radio play in both Europe and America. Critical acclaim was received from both sides of the Atlantic.
Live performances have been sporadic, a notable one was, the 3rd mail-art festival at OJC Clichee in Sint-Niklaas. This festival was a multimedia event, a combination of a postal art exhibition, live music event and live radio show.
After a ten-year gap, a CD was released in 2005 called 'The Sampler No. 05', which was a collection of old and new material. This CD was received very well in the media and was followed up with two more solo CD-R releases in 2007.
In December 2008, Electro Arc label release ‘Where Is My Jesus’ on their Net.Ware Stimulation compilation album. In January 2009, ‘Cassette Culture 1989–2009’ was released as a commercial download. This project contained remixes of a series of demo recordings made in 2008 and a section of the live Plac.Art.X set that was streamed over the Internet to Regensburg Germany in August 2007. This release also contains a complete remixed version of 'Extraction' which was originally released in 1989. These remixes were by Jake Bright.
Over the years This Window became the pseudonym of Peter Bright.

Articles/Reviews

2007

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