Steven Wilson Headquarters
Bass Communion is a project dedicated to SW's experimental and drone based recordings, sometimes in collaboration with other artists. With the exception of the first 3 albums, which include some electronic sources, most of the music is created from processing instrumental performances and field recordings.
There is an extensive interview with SW explaining many of the ideas behind the project here.
(Third Stone CD - STONE 036CD) DELETED
(Reissued in Dec 2001 on Hidden Art - HIART9)
1. Shopping (1.24)
2. Drugged (13.35)
3. Sleep Etc (13.29)
4. Orphan Coal (10.02)
5. Drugged (24.55)
(Hidden Art double CD - HIART4) DELETED
(Single CD reissue in Sept 2002 drops "Snakebird" - Headphone Dust CD - BCCD3) DELETED
CD ONE
1. Advert (0.56)
2. 16 Second Swarm (10.58)
3. Grammatic Oil (10.11)
4. Drugged 3 (17.00)
5. Dwarf Artillery (7.14) ยป
6. Wide Open Killingfeld (13.01)
CD TWO
1. A Grapefruit in the World of Park (12.10)
2. Snakebird (10.59)
CD 2 track 1 is based on soundscape material provided by Robert Fripp.
CD 2 track 2 is a remix by The Square Root of Sub.
(Soleilmoon CD - SOL89CD) DELETED but available from Itunes
First edition - limited edition of 600 copies.
Second edition issued in Sep 2000 - black text instead of white on cover.
1. One (8.36)
2. Two (7.16)
3. Three (13.04)
4. Four(4.58)
5. Five (10.38)
Collaboration with percussionist and sonic terrorist Bryn Jones, who died in January 1999. Recorded in 1996/97.
(Soleilmoon CD - SOL106CD) DELETED but available from Itunes
The second and final part of the collaboration with Bryn Jones.
1. Six (9.30)
2. Seven (9.02)
(Burning Shed CDR) DELETED
Made to order CDR in card sleeve with printed insert.
1. Amphead (13.14)
Three Pieces for Television:
2. Sonar (2.15)
3. Lina Romay (2.40)
4. Grammatic Fog (2.08)
5. Slut 2.1 (9.54)
6. 43553E99.01 (14.06)
7. Sickness (11.12)
8. Reformat Spiders (7.50)
Leftover pieces, TV music, and failed experiments recorded between 1995-99.
(Headphone Dust CD - BCCD5) Limited to 1,000 copies. DELETED
1. BC:[LULL] - from 31 minutes (3.25)
2. BC:[MONOLAKE] - the battle of tetris (7.37)
3. BC:[CARBON BOY] - bcremix1.2 (7.50)
4. BC:[BOLA] - macrovelux deluxremux (6.04)
5. BC:[RAPOON] - clandestine report from the netherworld (8.09)
6. BC:[BLACK FACTION] - abyssinian abyss (5.57)
7. BC:[RHINOCEROS] - pachydermatous armada (4.24)
8. BC:[VIDNA OBMANA] - rebirth (20.58)
9. BC:[JONATHAN COLECLOUGH+COLIN POTTER] - drugged IV (14.56)
Reconstructions and recycling of music from Bass Communion (II) by other artists.
(ICR double CD - ICR39)
Limited to 500 copies. Second edition of 500 copies issued in January 2005.
CD ONE
1. Passed (12.53)
2. Yossaria (24.13)
3. Raiser (8.48)
4. Pethidine (27.51)
CD TWO
1. Epidural (73.57)
Collaboration that grew out of the Bass Communion remix project. Yossaria is Bass Communion remixing JC+CP, the other tracks are JC+CP remixing Bass Communion.
(Headphone Dust CD - HDBCCD9)
In vinyl replica gatefold card sleeve. Later pressings also include the Andrew Liles reconstruction disc (see below).
1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape I (12.45)
2. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape II (7.02)
3. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape III (10.15)
4. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape IV (8.17)
5. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape V (18.48)
The fourth Bass Communion album, created primarily from processing 78rpm records and piano sources.
(Klanggalerie 7 inch single gg85) SOLD OUT
Limited to 200 copies.
SIDE A : Vajrayana (6.46)
SIDE B : Aum Shinrikyo (6.33)
(Headphone Dust CD - HDBCCD9X) SOLD OUT
200 copy special art edition with inserts, signed by both musicians. The reconstruction is also available in the 2CD version of HDBCCD9.
1. Part 1 (9.17)
2. Part II (11.04)
3. Part III (9.56)
4. Part IV (10.18)
5. Part V (16.33)
(Headphone Dust CDR - HDBCCD14) DELETED
New CD edition released August 2008 (Headphone Dust CD - HDBCCD14X).
1. Dronework (20.16)
Originally released as an on demand CDR. Later edition is factory pressed CD with new mini LP sleeve artwork.
(Soleilmoon CD - SOL136 CD) 1,000 copies in book sized digipack designed by Lasse Hoile. Second edition of 1,000 copies July 2008.
1. Construct 1 (19.54)
2. Construct II (21.30)
3. Construct III (19.45)
Part one of a collaboration series between Bass Communion and Dirk Serries (VidnaObmana / Fear Falls Burning).
(ToneFloat "C" 12 inch LP - TFC102)
Limited to 300 copies in hand made sleeves - 100 copies in a silver sleeve, 100 copies in a gold sleeve, and 100 copies as part of a box set of the first 5 "C" releases.
1. guitar (10.40)
2. clarinet (8.21)
3. voice / musical box (11.16)
4. piano / soprano saxophone (9.18)
The fifth Bass Communion album consists of 2005 recordings based primarily on one instrument source each, except for track 4 which was recorded with Theo Travis in 1998.
(Soleilmoon 12 inch LP - SOLV11)
Limited to 450 copies in hand made embossed scented-paper cover and inner sleeve, with an eight page photo album.
1. Loss part 1 (19.34)
2. Loss part 2 (18.52)
The sixth Bass Communion album. Recorded 2004-05.
(Tone Float 2LP - TF23)
Includes bonus out-take on Side D.
SIDE A
1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape I (12.45)
2. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape II (7.02)
SIDE B
3. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape III (10.15)
4. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape IV (8.17)
SIDE C
5. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape V (18.48)
SIDE D
6. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape out-take (16.04)
(Soleilmoon CD - SOL146CD)
Reissue of both the Bass Communion / Muslimgauze collaborations on a single disc in 6 panel digipack cover.
1. One (8.33)
2. Two (7.23)
3. Three (13.04)
4. Four(4.57)
5. Five (10.38)
6. Six (9.29)
7. Seven (9.03)
(Soleilmoon CD+DVDA - SDVD5 / SOL 155CD)
Previously issued on vinyl. This 2 disc digital version contains of the sixth BC album as both a stereo CD and a 5.1 DVDA containing a surround sound mix. Packaged in miniature card gatefold sleeve.
CD : Loss (stereo mix)
DVDA : Loss (5.1 surround sound mix)
(ToneFloat 2LP - TF27)
Companion release to Continuum 1 CD (Soleilmoon Recordings).
1. (19.34)
2. (19.41)
3. (19.35)
4. (19.48)
Double LP of recylings from the first Continuum CD by Dirk Serries (VidnaObmana / Fear Falls Burning).
(Soleilmoon CD - SOL159 CD) Limited to 2,000 copies in book sized digipack designed by Lasse Hoile.
1. Construct IV (22.45)
2. Construct V (17.28)
3. Construct VI (18.31)
Part two of a collaboration series between Bass Communion and Dirk Serries (VidnaObmana / Fear Falls Burning).
(Tone Float 2LP - TF42)
Includes exclusive bonus material on Side D.
SIDE A
1. Advert (0.57)
2. 16 Second Swarm (10.55)
3. Grammatic Oil (10.11)
SIDE B
1. Drugged 3 (17.00)
SIDE C
1. Dwarf Artillery (7.15)
2. Wide Open Killingfeld part 1 (12.57)
SIDE D
1. Wide Open Killingfeld part 2 (5.52)
2. Wide Open Killingfeld part 3 (13.04)
(Equation E=-mc16)
Deluxe CD and 5.1 surround sound DVD-A set housed in a heavy slipcase/box containing gatefold sleeve and perfect bound book with insert card. Limited to 975 copies.
CD : Pacific Codex - stereo mix (40.21)
DVDA : Pacific Codex - 5.1 surround sound mix (40.21)
The seventh Bass Communion album. All sounds generated from recordings of Steve Hubback's metal sculptures, played by SW and Theo Travis.
(MOLL 3 inch CDR - MOLL22)
Track 1 is an out-take from the Molotov and Haze sessions, track 2 is a remix of the same piece by Freiband. Available as an on-demand CDR from My Own Little Label.
1. Haze Shrapnel (12.49)
2. Scherven (8.00)
(Important Records CD - Imprec193)
1. Molotov 1502 (15.30)
2. Glacial 1602 (13.10)
3. Corrosive 1702 (12.26)
4. Haze 1402 (23.10)
The eighth Bass Communion album. Multi-layered (and sometimes very noisy) pieces generated from guitar.
(Important Records LP - Imprec194)
Limited edition of 500 copies in screen printed covers. 5 different colour cover/vinyl combinations, 100 of each.
SIDE A
1. (2.29)
2. (17.12)
SIDE B
3. (18.54)
Live recording of a performance with Mexican noise/improv group Pig, in Laboratorio De Arte Alameda, Mexico City on 27th Feb 2008.
(ToneFloat 7 inch single TF57)
Split 7 inch single given away to attendees of the Fear Falls Burning / Bass Communion concert in Antwerp on 1st Nov 2008. Packaged in white spot varnish sleeve design by Carl Glover.
SIDE A : BASS COMMUNION - Fusilier (7.55)
SIDE B : FEAR FALLS BURNING - Pulse on Fire (7.14)
(Beta-Lactam Ring double CD - mt182)
Remastered reissue of second and third Bass Communion albums combined in mini LP gatefold sleeve.
CD ONE - Bass Communion (II)
1. Advert (0.56)
2. 16 Second Swarm (10.58)
3. Grammatic Oil (10.11)
4. Drugged 3 (17.00)
5. Dwarf Artillery (7.14)
6. Wide Open Killingfeld (13.01)
7. A Grapefruit in the World of Park (12.10)
CD TWO - Bass Communion (III)
1. Amphead (13.17)
Three Pieces for Television:
2. Sonar (2.15)
3. Lina Romay (2.43)
4. Grammatic Fog (2.09)
5. Slut 2.1 (10.02)
6. 43553E99.01 (14.10)
7. Sickness (11.12)
8. Reformat Spiders (9.39)
Bass Communion (III) was previously only available as an on demand CDR - this remastered version features a slightly longer version of Reformat Spiders.
(Headphone Dust CD - HDBCCD19)
Title track was recorded live in Antwerp in November 2008. Fusilier taken from the split 7 inch given away to attendees of the concert. Packaged in mini LP gatefold sleeve edition of 1,000 copies.
1. Chiaroscuro (37.50)
2. Fusilier (7.55)
(ToneFloat 12 inch EP - TF71)
1000 copies on black vinyl, 250 copies on coloured vinyl
SIDE A - litany 1-403-1204 (6.23)
SIDE B - litany 2-923-0402 (15.25)
(MOLL 3 inch CD - MOLL30)
Companion release to "Haze Shrapnel" on which Freiband remixed Bass Communion, this time the roles reversed.
Track 1 recorded by Freiband June 2009. Track 2 created on 15th July 2009 by Bass Communion using the Freiband track as the only source material.
1. Headwind (10.30)
2. Tailwind (10.26)
(Tone Float - TF114)
CD + 2LP (vinyl edition contains alternate mix and is limited to 700 copies)
1. Citadel (q) (19.09)
2. Carrion (u) (21.19)
3. Cenotaph (r) (19.01)
4. Conflux (n) (17.49)
The ninth Bass Communion album.