Official Cassette Compilation List 1980s to 1990s

This is not a complete list more can be found on Discogs

Below is a selection of other official releases by This Window, covering the project’s audio‑cassette compilation output during the 1980s and 1990s.

Much of This Window’s early work emerged directly from the cassette‑culture underground, a decentralised, fiercely independent network of artists, labels and home‑recordists who exchanged music through the post. These tapes were often duplicated on domestic equipment, packaged by hand, and circulated via mail‑order lists, fanzines and word‑of‑mouth. The movement blurred the lines between sound, visual art and DIY publishing — a perfect environment for This Window’s experimental, textural approach.

Alongside cassette culture, the project was also connected to the mail‑art movement, where artists traded handmade artworks, collages, sound pieces and ephemera across international postal networks. Releases often travelled the same routes as mail‑art exchanges, reaching listeners, collaborators and small labels in a way that bypassed traditional music‑industry channels entirely. This spirit of open exchange, creative autonomy and global DIY communication shaped both the sound and presentation of many early This Window releases.

The links on this page lead to www.discogs.com, the most comprehensive community‑built database for mainstream, independent and avant‑garde music on the web. We are proud to be listed there. Visit This Window’s Discogs page, which documents most of our releases and includes links to items currently available for sale.

Extraction 2 by This Window - Cover


Releases in USA and Europe

This Window Tracks Appear On:
(Land Of) Hope – Remix…
Mike / Paris Zoo ’77
Paris Zoo ’77
1986
Anna Logge (I.L.Y.)
1987
Pain, Snout
1988
Telephone, Bottle, Spi…
1989
T.Heartbeat 34
1990
Music Lesson No. 1
1990
Music Lesson #1
1990
Notre Dame 5 (Cass, Ltd, C90)
The Long Goodbye
1990
Dada (Cass, C60)
Triumphant Adventure
1991
Poultry / Chow, Test Tone
1994

This Window Appear On:
2007
2007
This Window audio cassette
Location: Europe

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