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Extraction 1989 by This Window Downloads Extraction — originally released by EE Tapes (ET06) in 1989 — returns here as a digital transfer from the original master tape . The material itself has a strangely archaeological quality: fragments literally gathered from the studio floor, lengths of ¼” tape spliced together , threaded through whatever machines were at hand, and mixed in a semi‑random, instinctive manner. Some of these sounds reach even further back, with source elements dating to 1978 . This download is sourced from the original master. Extraction pt.1 has been edited for language compliance, making this version suitable for all ages. Review of original cassette release: ★ THIS WINDOW – “EXTRACTION” (EE Tapes, Belgium, 1989) C60 / experimental electronics, tape‑manipulation, post‑industrial ambience There’s a peculiar tension running through Extraction , the sort of uneasy stillness you only get when someone has spent far too long alone with a reel‑to‑reel machine. This Win...