This Window

Creating strategic alliances between companies or individuals enables shared goals to be achieved for mutual benefit. You don’t need to be a large organisation to gain from cooperation; sometimes big fish need smaller fish to help develop ideas and strategies. Get out there and find a partner. During the summer of 2009, Windows and ReverbNation formed a strategic alliance that enabled independent musicians and artists to give away their music for free while still being paid through sponsorship. This was a radical “win–win” business model: the sponsor, Windows , embedded advertising into the cover artwork of the downloadable MP3, and the artist received payment. Although the payment per download was lower than platforms such as iTunes or Amazon, the value in exposure and reaching a wider audience was generous compensation. Participating artists were later given the opportunity to allow their “Sponsored Song” to continue as a free download in a new arch...

Homeless Under a Bridge  forms part of III Convocatoria Internacional Morada Sónica 2026: Escuchas para una Ciudad Mecánica , a wide‑ranging international project that invites artists to rethink the modern city as a living, grinding, malfunctioning machine. Within this framework, This Window’s contribution becomes more than a standalone track — it becomes a sonic document of urban neglect, a dispatch from the underside of the mechanical metropolis. The piece channels an observational intensity born from a hurricane‑struck trip to Miami: the way infrastructure groans under pressure, the way the most vulnerable are pushed into the literal gaps of the city, the way a bridge becomes both shelter and indictment. In the context of Morada Sónica’s call for listening practices that expose the hidden rhythms of urban life, This Window’s work stands as a stark reminder that the city’s machinery is not just steel and concrete — it is also the bodies it forgets. La semilla de la pieza proviene...

  The Goat — A Study in Outsider Compilation Culture Buy On Discogs A Various‑Artists Release With a Curatorial Edge Although technically a “Various Artists” release, The Goat feels curated rather than assembled. Each track contributes a distinct texture — from abrasive electronics to lo‑fi guitar sketches, from rhythmic experiments to atmospheric drift pieces. The sequencing is deliberate: the compilation moves like a mixtape made by someone with a deep affection for the obscure and the overlooked. Rather than smoothing the edges, the release celebrates them. The result is a portrait of a scene that doesn’t quite exist in one place, but emerges through shared sensibilities: independence, experimentation, and a refusal to conform to commercial expectations. Side A   A1. Mike Shirra with P.B. – Tonight A2. This Window – A Collection Of Pieces Of Tape Edited Together Side B   B1. Selfs Without Shells – Lived You Before B2. Selfs Without Shells – 2000 Years B3. S...