Windowpane & The Snow was a CD released by the band Coil

Coil (band)

Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...

. This release compiles the two EPs, Windowpane

Windowpane (album)

Windowpane was a single released by the band Coil in 1990. It was released on 12" vinyl and CD. A video was created by Peter Christopherson for this song. "Windowpane" appears here truncated, missing the backwards vocals as they appear on the end of the song on Love's Secret Domain. The "Astral...

 and The Snow

The Snow

The Snow is a track by the British group Coil, available on the album Love's Secret Domain and also released as a 12" vinyl, cassette and CD EP. A music video of "The Snow " was directed by Peter Christopherson....

. The original versions of the songs "Windowpane" and "The Snow" appear on the album Love's Secret Domain

Love's Secret Domain

Love's Secret Domain is the third album by Coil and was released in 1991. The album marked a departure from the brooding synthesizers and melodies of their first two albums, focusing more on acid house sampling. The singles released from the album were "Windowpane" and "The Snow"...

.

"The Snow (As Pure As?)" remix is credited to John Balance

John Balance

John Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...

 and Drew McDowall

Drew McDowall

Drew McDowall is a Scottish musician, most notably as a member, collaborator and remixer for influential music groups...

. "The Snow (Driftmix)" and "The Snow (Out In The Cold)" remixes are by Peter Christopherson

Peter Christopherson

Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....

. "The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams I)" and "The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams II)" were remixed by Jack Dangers

Jack Dangers

Jack Dangers is an electronic musician, DJ, producer, and remixer best known for his work as the primary member of Meat Beat Manifesto. He lives in San Francisco.-Career:...

, also known as Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK...

, and are something of a departure for Coil

Coil

A coil is a series of loops. A coiled coil is a structure in which the coil itself is in turn also looping.-Electromagnetic coils:An electromagnetic coil is formed when a conductor is wound around a core or form to create an inductor or electromagnet...

, expressing a rather more mainstream Acid House feel. These two remixes frequently repeat a sample of the introductory elephant

Elephant

Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...

s from Jean-Michel Jarre's

Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...

 Zoolook

Zoolook

Zoolook is the fourth overall mainstream studio album by Jean Michel Jarre, and released on Disques Dreyfus in 1984. It makes extensive use of digital recording techniques and sampling. It is considered by many fans as one of Jarre's most experimental albums to date...

album, and prominently feature a house-style bass organ and breakbeat.

Danny Hyde and Steven Thrower are also credited on the sleeve notes.

Track listing

1. "Windowpane (Minimal Mix)" - 5:38
2. "Windowpane" - 5:48
3. "Windowpane (Astral Paddington Mix)" - 5:39
4. "The Snow (Driftmix)" - 2:34
5. "The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams I)" - 5:50
6. "The Snow (Out In The Cold)" - 7:50
7. "The Snow (As Pure As?)" - 6:42
8. "The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams II)" - 5:56
9. "The Snow" - 6:43