Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Bass Communion
Artist: Bass Communion
Genre(s):
Other
Ambient
Rock
Discography:
Loss
Year: 2006
Tracks: 2
Indicates Void
Year: 2005
Tracks: 4
Ghosts On Magnetic Tape
Year: 2004
Tracks: 5
Bass Communion
Year: 2000
Tracks: 5
Atmospherics
Year: 1999
Tracks: 18
(II) (CD 2)
Year: 1999
Tracks: 2
(II) (CD 1)
Year: 1999
Tracks: 6
3
Year:
Tracks: 8
Steven Wilson is non a man to rest on his accolade -- care his likewise fain No-Man cooperator Tim Bowness, Wilson isn't content to permit one mathematical group or propose be the nitty-gritty of his musical turn. Starting in 1994, Wilson began solo recordings described as "experiments in texture," resulting in his work out below the constitute Bass Communion. Eschewing synths and keyboards, Wilson, in this pretense, works with sampled unrecorded performances of a variety of instruments, sometimes with the help of other musicians like Robert Fripp, to make a serial of fine ambient/electronic pieces. Two self-titled albums appeared by the end of the '90s, the second of which featured a fillip EP including further work and experiments, patch a third, aggregation various recordings over the long time, appeared in 2001.
Besides this work, two further Bass Communion releases ar available, both of exceptional involvement. Together they contain the amount tot of Wilson's turn with noted subway U.K. electronic artist Bryn Jones, aka Muslimgauze, wHO Wilson first-class honours degree observed via the splendid Blue Mosque set. After a meeting and commutation of music, Wilson was surprised to incur a serial publication of remixes from Jones a few days later on -- he later knowledgeable that Jones was constantly compelled to "meliorate" music granted to him. Inspired by the results -- one No-Man remix later appeared on a formal single outlet -- Wilson proposed a collaborative exploit involving swapping tracks back and forth, which Jones merrily agreed to. A full album titled Bass Communion vs. Muslimgauze was completed just did non go through release before Jones' premature decease in 1998. It appeared the following twelvemonth, patch Wilson completed two last-place tracks for a similarly highborn EP released in 2000.
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