This Window

...from Extractivism , track released April 28, 2026. An excerpt from This Window, recorded at Morgue Studios in 2026. “Gone Like the Whispers of Silent Clouds” Musically, it occupies the borderlands where darkwave, minimal synth, post‑industrial and experimental gothic overlap. The foundation is a slow, deliberate pulse: brooding synth beds, cold atmospheres, and vocals that lean toward spoken word rather than song. The arrangement stays sparse and intentional — minimal electronics, icy textures, and non‑pop structures that echo the ethos of the 1980s cassette‑culture underground. Extractivism by This Window Listen on Bandcamp “Gone Like the Whispers of Silent Clouds” unfolds like a drifting, half‑remembered dream — a fragment that feels discovered rather than composed, as if recovered from a damaged tape. The video blends AI‑generated imagery with Super 8 home‑movie fragments, forming a collage that ...

This track is about how, when relationships turn sour, criticism sometimes becomes the weapon of choice. When relationships turn sour, criticism often mutates into something far more corrosive than simple disagreement. It stops being a way to understand each other and becomes a way to score hits, a quiet kind of warfare waged in kitchens, bedrooms, and text threads. What once was tenderness turns tactical; every flaw becomes evidence, every misstep a chance to reclaim ground that feels lost. People who once protected each other’s soft spots start aiming for them instead, not always out of malice but out of fear — fear of losing control, fear of being the one who cared more, fear of admitting the hurt underneath. And so criticism becomes the weapon of choice: easy to reach for, quick to deploy, and devastating in its accuracy, because no one knows where to cut like someone who once loved you. ...

This snippet from an interview reveals the experimental methodology of This Window. Early encounters with Roxy Music’s art‑school disruption and The Faust Tapes ’ radical tape collage showed that sound could be treated as raw material — something to manipulate, fracture, and rebuild. These moments shaped a way of working where process mattered as much as outcome. As the project developed, modest home‑taping equipment became central to that approach. A reel‑to‑reel and budget cassette recorder encouraged experimentation through limitation, turning noise, accidents, and mechanical quirks into creative tools. This introduction sets the stage for understanding how those formative influences evolved into the distinctive, hands‑on methods explored throughout this article. Extraction 1989 by This Window Published on: The Living Archive of Underground Music " If you sat me down and asked me what were the main reasons for getting involved in this emotionally draining and so...

“The Dark Ages” began life as nothing more than a test track—an excuse to fire up the studio’s evolving synth setup and see how the new modular configuration behaved under pressure. What started as a technical experiment quickly grew into something far more evocative, with the patching centred around two modular Eurorack banks loaded with Moog, cre8audio, Datapoint and Doepfer modules, each adding its own flavour of instability, warmth, and controlled chaos. A revised version of this track is due for release in 2027 There has always been a darker side to This Window ’s music, perhaps influenced by its association with the Goth scene and being in a support band for Bauhaus . The Dark Ages The track is a nostalgic look back to the old days—some of them good, and quite a few of them best forgotten. Alongside the modular synth sat the Panasonic SX‑KC600, a humble keyboard/synth that had been dragged out of retirement. Despite its budget‑friendly origins, the SX‑KC600 still de...

Limited Edition Sampler CD — Finish The Story & This Window — Only £5.00 Factory‑Pressed CD — Not a CDr • Limited Edition of 50 Available on eBay This scarce sampler CD brings together archive material from Finish The Story (FTS) and This Window , two projects rooted in the UK’s early 1980s post‑punk and cassette‑culture underground. Finish The Story formed in Evesham in 1981 and quickly became known for their intense, unpredictable live shows. Their debut performance at The Phoenix Club, supporting The Dancing Did, was reviewed in ZigZag magazine: “Finish the Story’s debut gig was better than the second coming of Jesus Christ.” Despite only a handful of gigs, FTS headlined in cities like London, Birmingham, Bristol and Exeter, and supported The Cure at Hammersmith Odeon . Their first official release appeared on Gunfire and Pianos (SITU 17), alongside Psychic TV, Jazz Butcher and All About Eve. A version of this release, Like ...

Free Download Albums from This Window Hopeless 1989 – 2026 is a free five-track digital compilation from This Window, offering an accessible introduction to the UK-based project’s distinctive world of experimental electronics, darkwave, synthwave, and cassette-inspired sound. Download For Free Spanning recordings made between 1989 and 2026, the release brings together early analogue experiments, tape-based fragments, and newer digitally produced material. Tracks such as “Sweet Charity,” “I Shimmer,” “Between Two Waves,” “Gone Are the Days of You and I,” and “Morning” reveal a project shaped by shifting technologies and decades of creative exploration. Rather than presenting itself as a conventional greatest-hits collection, Hopeless 1989 – 2026 works as a sonic cross-section of This Window: part archive, part sketchbook, and part contemporary statement. The contrast between tape hiss, saturation, atmospheric textures, and cleaner digital production gives t...

Snake Oil? Modular synthesis promises freedom, but it also hides a minefield of inflated pricing, brand-driven hype, and unnecessary premium modules. Morgue Studio in Devon—home of This Window— has spent decades navigating those traps, choosing a hybrid path that blends affordable modern Eurorack with rugged CV/Gate machines from the 1980s. Brand Tax and Overpriced Utilities One of the biggest problems in modular synthesis is the extortionate pricing some companies attach to simple utilities. A module that does nothing more than split a signal, invert a CV, or provide a basic mixer can cost several times more than an equivalent unit from a smaller manufacturer. This isn’t about quality; it’s about branding. Many boutique makers charge premium prices for modules that are functionally identical to cheaper alternatives. The Illusion of Exclusivity Some manufacturers cultivate exclusivity through limited runs, artist panels, or modules marketed as essenti...