Caustic Window Compilation
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| Compilation album by Caustic Window | ||
| Released | 1 June 1998 (UK) 17 November 1998 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1992–1993 | |
| Genre | Acid house/Techno | |
| Length | 58:11 | |
| Label | Rephlex CAT009 | |
| Producer(s) | Richard D. James | |
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| Caustic Window chronology | ||
| CAT 023 (1993) |
Compilation (1998) |
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“Compilation (album)” redirects here. For the compilation albums in general, see compilation album.
Compilation (also known as Caustic Window Compilation) is the first and only acid house-techno album by Richard D. James released under his pseudonym of Caustic Window. The album was released on 1 June 1998 (see 1998 in music).
The album consists of most of the tracks from the Joyrex J4, Joyrex J5 and Joyrex J9 EPs combined onto one CD. The album contains James' signature acid house sensibilities with a more aggressive tone than most. It mostly features repetitive tracks performed on analogue synthesizers and drum machines, becoming more and more frantic as the album progresses.
[edit] Notes
- "Fantasia" allegedly contains samples from the same porn film that was sampled for "COME ON YOU SLAGS!" from James' ...I Care Because You Do album. "Italic eyeball" samples Maria von Trapp from The Sound of Music as she sings "Perhaps I had a wicked childhood", while "Humanoid Must not escape" features distorted samples of David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth (the "Let's fuck!" and "Yeah yeah!") and the Atari 5200 game Robotron 2084.
- "The Garden of LINMIRI" was featured in a television advertisement for Pirelli tires featuring Carl Lewis running around New York City with tire treads on his feet.
- "WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS (HARDCORE MIX)" is a remix (or an entirely new version) of "We Are the Music Makers" from James' debut album, Selected Ambient Works 85-92. The "HARDCORE MIX" is much faster than the original, and features completely new beats (the only thing keeping the two songs related are the equipment the songs were recorded on, and the movie sample.)
[edit] Track listing
On the back cover of the album's booklet each track is listed in James' own handwriting, with punctuation as follows:
- "JOYREX J4" – 4:30
- "AFX 114" – 1:21
- "CORDIALATRON" – 4:44
- "Italic eyeball" – 4:25
- "Pigeon Street" – 0:23
- "ASTROBLASTER" – 5:29
- "ON the Romance tip" – 5:06
- "JOYREX J5" – 6:54
- "Fantasia" – 6:02
- "Humanoid Must not escape" – 5:42
- "CLAYHILL DUB" – 3:24
- "The Garden of LINMIRI" – 6:10
- "WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS (HARDCORE MIX)" – 4:01
