Compilation (Caustic Window album)

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Compilation
Compilation album by Caustic Window
Released	1 June 1998 (UK) 17 November 1998 (US)
Recorded	1992–1993
Genre	Acid house/Techno
Length	58:11
Label	Rephlex CAT009
Producer	Richard D. James
Professional reviews
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Caustic Window chronology
(untitled) (1994) Compilation (1998)

Compilation (also known as Caustic Window Compilation) is the first and only full length 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 EP's Joyrex J4 EP, Joyrex J5 EP, Joyrex J9i and Joyrex J9ii 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.

Contents 1 Notes 2 Track listing 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Notes

• "AFX 114" (track 2) has the same drum rhythm as "Phlange Phace", which can be found on Aphex Twin's early Xylem Tube EP and the Classics compilation.

• "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:

1. "JOYREX J4" – 4:30
2. "AFX 114" – 1:21
3. "CORDIALATRON" – 4:44
4. "Italic eyeball" – 4:25
5. "Pigeon Street" – 0:23
6. "ASTROBLASTER" – 5:29
7. "ON the Romance tip" – 5:06
8. "JOYREX J5" – 6:54
9. "Fantasia" – 6:02
10. "Humanoid Must not escape" – 5:42 (sample (help·info))
11. "CLAYHILL DUB" – 3:24
12. "The Garden of LINMIRI" – 6:10
13. "WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS (HARDCORE MIX)" – 4:01

• Tracks 1-5 originally appeared on Joyrex J4 EP.
• Tracks 6-8 originally appeared on Joyrex J5 EP.
• Track 9 originally appeared on Joyrex J9i and Joyrex J9ii.
• Track 10 originally appeared on Joyrex J9i.
• Tracks 11-13 originally appeared on Joyrex J9ii.

[edit] See also

• Richard D. James discography

[edit] References

• discogs.com entries: [1][2][3]

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