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Bass Communion & Freiband - VL Tones (2019)

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Bass Communion & Freiband - VL Tones (2019)

Bass Communion & Freiband - VL Tones (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 782 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 389 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Ambient | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Tonefloat (TF194)

Most Porcupine Tree fans already know this, but lead guitarist Steven Wilson is also a keen experimental artist, although he keeps that facet of his activities well separated from his progressive rock career. Starting in 1994, Steven Wilson began solo recordings described as "experiments in texture," resulting in his work under the name Bass Communion.
How does an invitation to create a one minute long piece of music based on a single instrument source become a two and a half hour 3CD epic? Towards the end of 2018 Frans de Waard of Freiband was invited by a Japanese label to create an album of one-minute pieces using only the Casio VL-Tone 1. The VL-Tone is perhaps best known as being the first commercially marketed digital synthesiser, a cheap plastic instrument barely a foot in length…

Bass Communion - Pacific Codex (2008)

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Bass Communion - Pacific Codex (2008)

Bass Communion - Pacific Codex (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 127 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 95 MB | Covers - 818 MB
Genre: Ambient | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Equation Records (E=mc16)

Most Porcupine Tree fans already know this, but lead guitarist Steven Wilson is also a keen experimental artist, although he keeps that facet of his activities well separated from his progressive rock career. Pacific Codex is Wilson's (and his side project Bass Communion's) most avant-garde album to date, one geared at connoisseurs of drone music and electro-acoustic music much more than Porcupine Tree's audience. This album features Wilson and Theo Travis using metal sculptures by Steve Hubback to produce sounds. This source material was later extensively processed and assembled by Wilson into two 20-minute pieces. A percussion album this is not, nor is it industrial-sounding, as some readers might be expecting from the above details…

Bass Communion - Atmospherics (1999)

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Bass Communion - Atmospherics (1999)

Bass Communion - Atmospherics (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 331 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 180 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Ambient | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Bruton Music (BRI 53)

Most Porcupine Tree fans already know this, but lead guitarist Steven Wilson is also a keen experimental artist, although he keeps that facet of his activities well separated from his progressive rock career. Starting in 1994, Steven Wilson began solo recordings described as "experiments in texture," resulting in his work under the name Bass Communion. Atmospherics is a collection of short pieces that are original compositions, remixes, and extracts of pieces from other Bass Communion albums for use in television and radio. Even though these pieces are short, each track has its own unique qualities (in relation to only the other tracks on this album) that result in a listening experience that isn't dulled down by stagnant repetition but is instead a fairly eclectic collection ambient atmospheres…

Bass Communion - Reconstructions and Recycling (2003) [Reissue 2019]

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Bass Communion - Reconstructions and Recycling (2003) [Reissue 2019]

Bass Communion - Reconstructions and Recycling (2003) [Reissue 2019]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 522 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 254 MB | Covers - 2 MB
Genre: Ambient, IDM | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Aquarellist (aquarel 51-19)

Starting in 1994, Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson began solo recordings described as "experiments in texture," resulting in his work under the name Bass Communion.
A limited reissue of the 2003 CD of reconstructions of Bass Communion music by an incredible line-up of artists from the electronic, drone and experimental music scenes. Originally released as a single CD, this new edition on Aquarellist has been expanded to include a second CD containing 2 long remixes by Scorn (17.45) and Experimental Audio Research (10.45) that were omitted from the original version for reasons of space. These and the original interpretations by Lull, Monolake, Carbon Boy, Bola, Rapoon, Black Faction, Rhinoceros, Vidna Obmana…

Bass Communion - Ghosts On Magnetic Tape (2004)

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Bass Communion - Ghosts On Magnetic Tape (2004)

Bass Communion - Ghosts On Magnetic Tape (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 371 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 268 MB | Covers - 2 MB
Genre: Ambient | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Headphone Dust (HDBCCD9X)

Steven Wilson really is a workaholic. Apart from being the singer, guitar player and main songwriter for Porcupine Tree, he has several solo projects and collaborations with others going on. And he's also involved in producing and remixing the work of others. He never takes the easy road. Back in 1989 it wasn't an obvious choice to start a prog rock-psychedelic band, but he did and he managed to make a success out of it. Now it would be easy for him to harvest the success of Porcupine Tree, but instead he puts his energy in less successful side projects.
Bass Communion is his main solo project. It's the oldest one with the most releases, apart from I.E.M. that have been terminated and No-Man, which isn't really a solo project but a collaboration with Tim Bowness…

Bass Communion - Bass Communion II (1999)

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Bass Communion - Bass Communion II (1999)

Bass Communion - Bass Communion II (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 364 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 195 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Ambient | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Hidden Art (hi-art 4)

Starting in 1994, Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson began solo recordings described as “experiments in texture,” resulting in his work under the name Bass Communion. Eschewing synths and keyboards, Steven, in this guise, works with sampled live performances of a variety of instruments, sometimes with the help of other musicians like Robert Fripp, to create a series of fine ambient/electronic pieces. Two self-titled albums appeared by the end of the ’90s, the second of which featured a bonus EP including further work and experiments.