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Caustic Window LP probably wouldn’t have left a significant mark, and would have been heard as second-tier James. Twenty years later, though, we’re hearing it with that aura, that extra bit of longing that comes from how scarce music from James has become. And in that light, second tier is still very good indeed.
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A lost Aphex Twin album from the 90s resurfaces for the whole Internet to hear.
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Richard D. James’ Discography #28: Caustic Window LP
So, this is the last Caustic Window project and has been known as one of RDJ’s lost projects for a while. It was supposed to be released in 1994, but Rephlex never got around to releasing it. However, they did release a few test copies at the time, and one of those copies resurfaced for sale on Discogs in 2014. An electronic music forum called “We Are the Music Makers,” worked with Rephlex to create a Kickstarter ... read more
Caustic Window is one of RDJ's countless pseudonyms, and the project's self-titled LP was supposed to release in 1994, which in the Aphex Twin world, those are some good days, with SAW Vol 2 being released that year and ...I Care Because You Do soon to be conceived. You can hear the progression towards the latter here as well with some strange and slightly danceable acid techno beats, albeit without that record's dense string arrangements, as well as some of the hypnotic loops of the first ... read more
I've sailed the 7 seas to find ts. Ts from da 90s and ts lowkirk so tuff. 7 seas. 7/10
Overhated, personally I like this more than some of his released work. It's a great mishmash of his different types of tracks, and brings me back to his earlier work with SAW 85-92.
This was one of the most interesting projects I’ve listened to by James so far due to its sheer variety. The only thing it has not much of is his minimalistic, almost forgettable tracks like Flutey. Pretty much everything here stands out
Knowing the Caustic Window alias, I expected this to be a fully grating, loud album. And it’s close! Even songs like Revpok (probably my favorite abrasive track from James on here because of the melody at 1:30) and Stomper detunekik pale in ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Flutey 8:20 | 69 |
| 2 | Stomper 101mod Detunekik 7:26 | 82 |
| 3 | Mumbly 5:31 | 79 |
| 4 | Popeye 1:19 | 73 |
| 5 | Fingertrips 4:17 | 81 |
| 6 | Revpok 3:43 | 79 |
| 7 | AFX Tribal Kik 1:06 | 74 |
| 8 | Airflow 5:06 | 72 |
| 9 | Squidge In The Fridge 4:09 | 82 |
| 10 | Fingry 4:51 | 71 |
| 11 | Jazzphase 4:23 | 64 |
| 12 | 101 Rainbows Ambient Mix 8:52 | 87 |
| 13 | Phlaps 3:50 | 88 |
| 14 | Cunt 4:16 | 69 |
| 15 | Phone Pranks (Part 1) 1:16 | 60 |
| 16 | Phone Pranks (Part 2) 1:00 | 60 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 9 minutes
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