This Window

This Window (UK) was formed by Peter Bright around 1985; earlier tape experiments exist from 1979 to 1984. These tape experiments formed the basic philosophy of This Window. The analogue tape machine became the main instrument used to create ‘songs’. This interest in experimentation had been nurtured whilst being a member of the Exeter College of Art bands, T.34 (1978 – 1980) and The Urge (1979). The Urge supported Adam And The Ants and Bauhaus (band) and were offered a record contract with 4AD but decided to split up and consequently didn’t sign. In A Glass Darkly (1981) 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 (valve), only a handful of gigs were played in London. This project ended and Peter later joined Finish The Story (1981 -1986) 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 co-operation, with projects being shared and created. This methodology fitted in with This Window's approach to creativity.

This Window released two solo cassette albums ('Hope' & 'Jude The Obscure') in the UK and several albums were released in Europe, the most successful being 'Extraction' & 'Extraction2' (1989 & 1995) both of these were released by EE Tapes (Belgium). Other releases include: Igniton Mix on Old Europa Cafe label, 'En Face' (France) and 'Morning' (Germany). 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.

After a ten year gap a CD was released (together with Finish The Story) in 2005 called 'The Sampler #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 CDR releases in 2007.

Over the years This Window became the pseudonym of Peter Bright.

Articles/Reviews

* Review and interview with the BBC in 2005 about the release of 'The Sampler #05'. [http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/09/26/finish_the_story_profile_group.shtml] There is a link on this page to an audio clip of the interview.

* Review by Mick Mercer: [http://mickmercer.livejournal.com/718772.html] in 2007

Music Production

* Produced the Finish The Story Track on Gunfire and Pianos (SITU 17) released by ZigZag/Situation Two in 1985

* Engineered and remastered The Dancing Did live tracks on Cherry Red Records' release And Did Those Feet (cdmred320) 2007

External Reference

* List of releases and contributions to the mail art and cassette culture scenes: [http://www.discogs.com/artist/This+Window]

Trivia

* The singer songwriter Clifford T. Ward was Peter Bright’s English teacher at North Bromsgrove High School
* Peter Bright helped design and make John Bonham's gravestone
* Peter Bright made page two of The Financial Times on 3rd May 2000 with an Internet project InMemoryOf.co.uk [http://www.inmemoryof.co.uk]