Bass Communion

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Real Name:
Steven John Wilson
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Bass Communion is a project of Steven Wilson. The records released under this name are in an ambient, drone, and/or electronic vein. They come about as experiments in texture made from processing instrumental performances and field recordings - with the exception of the first three albums, which include some electronic sources.

Bass Communion has collaborated with many leading experimental musicians, including Robert Fripp of King Crimson, saxophonist Theo Travis, Muslimgauze, and Dirk Serries (on the ongoing Continuum (2) project).
Sites:
stevenwilsonhq.com, Bandcamp, MySpace
Aliases:
Digit (4), I.E.M., JC Camillioni, Linton Samuel Dawson, Mr Jelly, Sebastian Tweetle Blampton III, Sir Tarquin Underspoon, Steven Wilson, The Porcupine Tree, Timothy Tadpole Jones
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stone 036 cd Bass Communion — Bass Communion Bass Communion Bass Communion (Album) 3rd Stone stone 036 cd UK 1998 Sell This Version
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sol 89 cd, sol89cd Bass Communion v Muslimgauze — Bass Communion Bass Communion v Muslimgauze Bass Communion v Muslimgauze - Bass Communion v Muslimgauze (Album) Soleilmoon Recordings, Soleilmoon Recordings sol 89 cd, sol89cd US 1999 Sell This Version
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BRI 53, BRI53, 331 Atmospherics — Bass Communion Bass Communion Atmospherics ‎(CD) Bruton Music, Bruton Music, Zomba Production Music, Zomba Production Music, Bruton Music BRI 53, BRI53, 331 UK 1999 Sell This Version
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hi-art 4, hi-art 4ep Bass Communion (II) — Bass Communion Bass Communion Bass Communion (II) (EP, Album) Hidden Art, Hidden Art hi-art 4, hi-art 4ep UK 1999 Sell This Version
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none Bass Communion (III) — Bass Communion Bass Communion Bass Communion (III) (Album) Burning Shed none Europe 2001 Sell This Version
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BCCD5 Reconstructions And Recycling — Bass Communion Bass Communion Reconstructions And Recycling (Album) Headphone Dust BCCD5 UK 2003 Sell This Version
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icr 39 Jonathan Coleclough • Bass Communion • Colin Potter — Bass Communion Jonathan Coleclough • Bass Communion • Colin Potter Jonathan Coleclough • Bass Communion • Colin Potter - Jonathan Coleclough • Bass Communion • Colin Potter (Album) ICR icr 39 UK 2003 Sell This Version
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HDBCCD9 Ghosts On Magnetic Tape — Bass Communion Bass Communion Ghosts On Magnetic Tape (Album) Headphone Dust HDBCCD9 UK 2004 Sell This Version
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HDBCCD9X Ghosts On Magnetic Tape (Reconstruction By Andrew Liles) — Bass Communion Bass Communion Ghosts On Magnetic Tape (Reconstruction By Andrew Liles) ‎(CD, Ltd) Headphone Dust HDBCCD9X UK 2004 Sell This Version
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TFC 102 Indicates Void — Bass Communion Bass Communion Indicates Void (Album) Tonefloat TFC 102 Netherlands 2005 Sell This Version
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SOLV 011 Loss — Bass Communion Bass Communion Loss (Album) Soleilmoon Recordings, Soleilmoon Recordings SOLV 011 US 2006 Sell This Version
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tf27 The Continuum Recyclings, Volume One — Bass Communion Continuum (2) / Bass Communion & Vidnaobmana* Continuum (2) / Bass Communion & Vidnaobmana* - The Continuum Recyclings, Volume One (Album) Tonefloat tf27 Netherlands 2006 Sell This Version
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imprec193 Molotov And Haze — Bass Communion Bass Communion Molotov And Haze (Album) Important Records (2) imprec193 US 2008 Sell This Version
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Imprec194 Live In Mexico City — Bass Communion Bass Communion / Pig (4) Bass Communion / Pig (4) - Live In Mexico City (Album) Important Records (2) Imprec194 US 2008 Sell This Version
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E=mc16 Pacific Codex — Bass Communion Bass Communion Pacific Codex (Album) Equation Records (2) E=mc16 US 2006 Sell This Version
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hdbccd19 Chiaroscuro — Bass Communion Bass Communion Chiaroscuro (Album) Headphone Dust hdbccd19 UK 2009 Sell This Version
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tf114 Cenotaph — Bass Communion Bass Communion Cenotaph (Album) Tonefloat tf114 Netherlands 2011 Sell This Version
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IMPREC423 Bass Communion / Freiband — Bass Communion Bass Communion / Freiband Bass Communion / Freiband - Bass Communion / Freiband (MiniAlbum) Important Records (2) IMPREC423 US 2015 Sell This Version
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kurzwellen 8 Kurzwellen 8 — Bass Communion Precision Surgery, Bass Communion Precision Surgery, Bass Communion - Kurzwellen 8 Kurzwellen (2) kurzwellen 8 Netherlands 2018 Sell This Version
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TF194 VL Tones — Bass Communion Bass Communion / Freiband Bass Communion / Freiband - VL Tones ‎(3xCD, Ltd, Num) Tonefloat TF194 Worldwide 2019 Sell This Version
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none And No Birds Sing — Bass Communion Bass Communion And No Birds Sing (Album) Coup Sur Coup Records none UK 2021 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
sol106cd Bass Communion v Muslimgauze EP — Bass Communion Bass Communion v Muslimgauze Bass Communion v Muslimgauze - Bass Communion v Muslimgauze EP ‎(CD, EP) Soleilmoon Recordings sol106cd US 2000 Sell This Version
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gg85 Vajrayana / Aum Shinrikyo — Bass Communion Bass Communion Vajrayana / Aum Shinrikyo (Single) Klanggalerie gg85 Austria 2004 Sell This Version
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none Drone Works #6 — Bass Communion Bass Communion Drone Works #6 (EP) Twenty Hertz none UK 2004 Sell This Version
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tf28 Untitled — Bass Communion Bass Communion vs The Use Of Ashes Bass Communion vs The Use Of Ashes - Untitled ‎(12", EP, Lac) Tonefloat tf28 Netherlands 2006 Sell This Version

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GruenerTee

GruenerTee

November 11, 2022
edited 7 months ago
Bass Communion is timeless ambient to me. Listening to Drugged 3 more than 20 years after its release is still a nice experience and should still recruit more cadets to USS-Ambient. Just like it did get me in, 20 years ago.

But from a vinyl collectors perspective it's a bit frustrating:
- The work with Muslimgauze is split on two CD releases
- The Coleclough/Potter cooperation has never been on vinyl
- Pacific Codex on vinyl remains in the state of Test Press
- All the Drugged parts deserve a release, compiling them
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formavelkerotokritos

formavelkerotokritos

December 22, 2021
Steven Wilson is great musician!!!Amazing works under the project Bass Communion.
flowerbed

flowerbed

June 25, 2020
As a postlude to the other reviewers recommendation of listening to 'II' as an entry point to Bass Communion, I would also suggest chucking your other portable devices, screens and anything that is likely to distract into another room and close the door. Allow yourself to be immersed without reaching for the internet as a 'companion activity'. Allow the music to do its thing.

Even better, wait till the sun goes down and switch off ALL the lights.
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Chalkers

Chalkers

April 27, 2020
Steven Wilson's Ambient alter-ego. His music is more recently delving into drone and 'musique concrète' territory; earlier albums being more traditionally 'ambient'. I certainly prefer the more ambient side to Bass Communion but it's all interesting stuff, even if not always to my tastes. All Bass Communion music is melancholic but some of it is very unsettling - casual listeners who enjoy Steven's solo career or Porcupine Tree's will not necessarily understand this body of music. I recommend newcomers start with 'Bass Communion II' and if they enjoy that, move to the much darker (but fantastic) 'Ghosts On Magnetic Tape'. If 'Bass Communion II' isn't your thing and you still want to hear what all the fuss is about I'd suggest listening to the individual tracks: 'Glacial', 'Drugged', 'Ghosts On Magnetic Tape II', 'Piano/Soprano Saxophone' and 'Conflux'.

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