Bass Communion (Reconstructions and Recycling)

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Reconstructions And Recycling
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Remix album by
ReleasedMarch 2003
Genre Ambient, drone
Length79:20
Label Headphone Dust

Reconstructions and Recycling is a collection of remixes of music from Bass Communion's album Bass Communion II by leading figures from the experimental, electronic and ambient music scenes. Limited to 1000 copies released on CD by Headphone Dust.

Contents

Track listing

#TitleArtistProduced/Mixed bySource materialLocationDateLength
1from 31 minutes Lull Mick Harris Bass Communion II The Box20023:25
2the battle of tetris Monolake Robert HenkeDwarf ArtilleryMonolake at Studio NDApril 20027:37
3bcremix1.2Carbon BoyCarbon BoyWide Open Killingfeld/16 Second SwarmMarch 20027:50
4macrovelux deluxremux Bola The Bolaman Drugged IIIThe BolamachineApril 20026:04
5clandestine report from the netherworld Rapoon Robin Storey
Final mix translation: Steven Wilson
16 Second SwarmPolar StudioJanuary 20008:09
6abyssinian abyssBlack FactionWide Open Killingfeld/Dwarf ArtilleryBlack Magheddo
(using Black Faction Systems)
February 20025:57
7pachydermatous armadaRhinocerosRhinocerosDwarf ArtilleryArtisan Audio, Birmingham, UKFebruary 20024:24
8rebirth Vidna Obmana Vidna Obmana
(Vidna Obmana electric guitar+recycling tools)
Bass Communion II Serenity Studio, BelgiumJanuary 200320:58
9drugged IVJonathan Coleclough + Colin PotterJonathan Coleclough
Colin Potter
Drugged IIIJanuary 200314:56

Credits

Photography and graphic design by Carl Glover for Aleph
Black and white photographs courtesy John Elgar-Whinney


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