Bass Communion is a project dedicated to Steven Wilson's recordings in an ambient and/or electronic vein. Most of the pieces are experiments in texture made from processing recordings of real instruments and field recordings. The atmosphere of the music tends towards the dark and melancholic, but expressed with an almost zen like beauty. So far there have been several full length CDs, vinyl LPs, and singles, many of them issued in handmade or limited edtions (which sell out very quickly) in elaborate packaging. The most recent release was the dark and spectral "Loss" LP, which contained just one 40 minute piece, issued as a limited edition of 450 vinyl LPs packaged in a perfumed cover with a photo album of funeral pictures from the early 20th century. The album is due for reissue on Soleilmoon later this year as a surround sound DVDA.

Bass Communion has collaborated with many leading experimental musicians such as Muslimgauze, Robert Fripp, VidnaObmana (on the ongoing Continuum project), Monolake, Jonathan Coleclough, Colin Potter, Andrew Liles, and several others.

Steven Wilson is also a member of the bands Porcupine Tree, Blackfield and No-Man.


http://www.myspace.com/basscommunion
http://www.swhq.co.uk/


Albums
* I (1998)
* II (1999)
* III (2001)
* Ghosts on Magnetic Tape (2004)
* Indicates Void (2005)
* Loss (2006)
* Pacific Codex (2008)

EPs and Singles
* Atmospherics (1999)
* Vajrayana (2004)
* Dronework (2004)

Collaborations
* Bass Communion V Muslimgauze (1999)
* Bass Communion V Muslimgauze EP (2000)
* Bass Communion (Reconstructions and Recycling) (2003)
* Jonathan Coleclough / Bass Communion / Colin Potter (2003)
* Bass Communion & Vidna Obmana - Continuum 1 (2005)
* BGVSMGCD (2006)
* Bass Communion & Vidna Obmana - Continuum 2 (2007)