This Window

This is an early preview of a forthcoming album planned for late Autumn or early Winter — a collection of new tracks shaped around memory, place and the small moments that stay with you long after they’ve passed. This collection looks back at ideas and half finished projects that have never been resolved, cast aside - half lost across the decades. Gathering fragments that were never dramatic or life‑altering, but quietly significant. These are the moments that nudged the work forward: a photograph, a walk, a sound, a fleeting encounter that somehow became part of a lifetime. Samantha Takes Photos grew out of a short story I wrote years ago. It recalls a simple walk in a Devon wood — the kind of place where trees feel more like stone, where time folds in on itself and the ancient becomes shorthand for now. During that walk, a sheepdog appeared from nowhere, joined us without hesitation, and gently escorted us back through a farm, all the way back to the car park. ...

How 4-Track Tascam 144 Cassette Recorders Changed Our Recording Adventures The Tascam 144 series (the compact 4-track cassette recorders built for straightforward home recording) helped shrink the distance between “having songs” and “having something you could share.” Instead of needing studio time, engineers, and expensive multi-track setups, bands, non-music creators, and songwriters could capture vocals and instruments where they rehearsed—then overdub their way toward fuller arrangements. That mattered culturally as much as technically: a rough demo stopped being something you kept in a drawer and became material you could trade at shows, send to collaborators, shop around with more confidence, and iterate on between practices. Because the recording process was simple, the 144 encouraged experimentation. You could commit to an idea, hear it back quickly, and fix performances—or re-record parts—without waiting for a scheduled studio block. That sped up song w...

Making Music When It Feels Like a Chore Sometimes making music feels less like fun and more like a chore. The process should be satisfying—something that pulls you forward and leaves you lighter but instead, it can feel heavy, like effort without the reward. I hate music. I hate making music. I’d rather sleep. I’d rather disappear into quiet, into rest, into the kind of peace that doesn’t ask me to be creative on command. And yet I can’t stop. It’s strange how the mind can complain loudly. I sit down, tell myself this is pointless—somewhere underneath the complaining—there’s a rhythm that won’t let me stop— press play . I open the project. I stare at the empty space where sound is supposed to be and then it happens. Maybe it isn’t enjoyment. Maybe it’s survival. Maybe it’s my oxygen— press play again . Boundaries, Breath, and Survival Strategies Art dissolves when you stop treating it like a category. Ducha...

In a world top 50 Alternative Artists Chart A Veteran of the Underground, Still Breaking Ground For decades, This Window has operated far from the mainstream — born in cassette‑culture DIY networks, shaped by lo‑fi experimentation, and defined by a refusal to follow trends. Across eras of post‑industrial noise, minimal synth, darkwave atmospherics and digital textural work, the project has always prioritised mood, texture and emotional weight over commercial polish. That history matters. Because today’s chart success isn’t luck — it’s the long arc of an artist who has quietly outlasted entire movements. Breaking Into a Global Alternative Top 50 Recent chart data confirms that This Window has climbed into a World Top 50 Alternative Artists Chart , based on website views and track plays — a rare achievement for a fiercely independent project with deep experimental roots. It’s a reminder that alternative music stil...

Why not drop by our Bandcamp page , sink into more tracks, and pick up our free albums to take away. More noise, more texture, more This Window — yours for nothing. Every download, every listen, every share helps keep the project moving forward. It’s still DIY, still independent, still exactly what it’s always been. Explore the  Hopeless series and download the compilations for free on Bandcamp : https://thiswindow.bandcamp.com/music A Free Introduction to the World of This Window These free five‑track digital compilations on Bandcamp serve as an introduction to the world of This Window, gathering material recorded across nearly four decades. It traces the project’s evolution from its earliest cassette‑culture experiments to its current digital work. Thanks for being part of it, This Window Warum nicht einmal auf unserer Bandcamp‑Seite vorbeischauen, in weitere Tracks eintauchen und unsere kostenlosen Alben ...

The Free Download Series from This Window A Quiet Archive of Four Decades of Experimentation For more than forty years, This Window has operated as one of the UK’s most quietly persistent experimental projects — less a traditional band than a shifting creative framework where sound, image and idea are treated as interchangeable materials. From the cassette‑culture underground of the early 1980s to today’s digital releases, the project has remained fiercely independent, guided by a DIY ethos and a refusal to settle into any single method or aesthetic. The Hopeless series on Bandcamp distils that long, unruly history into something generous: a set of free digital compilations designed as open doors for new listeners and reflective spaces for long‑time followers. Each five‑track volume gathers material recorded across several decades, mixing early tape‑based fragments with later digital constructions, recovered sessions, sketches and fully realised pieces. Explore the series and...