Untitled (Bass Communion Box)

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Untitled
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Released20 May 2014
Recorded1998 - 2012
Genre Ambient, Experimental, Drone
Length245:57
Label Tonefloat
Producer Steven Wilson
CompilerSteven Wilson
Bass Communion chronology
Cenotaph
(2011)
Untitled
(2014)

Untitled (or box set) is a box set compilation of songs released by British musician, songwriter, and producer Steven Wilson under the pseudonym Bass Communion. It contains many rarities from the last 15 years of Steven's ambient and drone work, especially from vinyl-only editions of Bass Communion albums. It also features the previously unreleased track "Temporal", recorded in 2012 as a homage to composer Harrison Birtwistle and his 1971 composition "Chronometer" – both pieces are created entirely from the sounds of clocks and other timekeeping devices.

Contents

Only 2000 copies were made, with each disc housed in a mini LP cover with inner sleeve, and a 64-page booklet. The set is a mail order exclusive to Headphone Dust and ToneFloat. [1] [2] [3]

Track listing

Disc One: Vajrayana / Indicates Void
No.TitleLength
1."Vajrayana (2001)"8:46
2."Aum Shinrikyo (2001)"9:11
3."Ghosts On Magnetic Tape - Outtake (2003)"16:04
4."Indicates Void I (2005)"10:40
5."Indicates Void II (2005)"8:21
6."Indicated Void III (2005)"11:16
7."Indicates Void IV (1998)"9:18
Disc Two: Pacific Codex
No.TitleLength
1."Pacific Codex (2006)"40:21
Disc Three: Reconstructions
No.TitleLength
1."After Dark (2003)"9:30
2."Mousehill (2006)"10:00
3."Behind These Silent Eyes (2006)"18:48
4."537171NR848492C (2007)"19:42
5."Wvndrkmmer (2008)"8:30
Disc Four: Litany / Temporal
No.TitleLength
1."Litany 1 (2009)"6:43
2."Litany 2 (2009)"15:25
3."The Flight of Song (2009)"22:17
4."Temporal A (2012)"10:10
5."Temporal B (2012)"10:25

Credits

Steven Wilson - All instruments, except as noted
Ben Castle - Clarinets on "Indicates Void II"
Theo Travis - Saxophone on "Indicates Void IV"

All tracks written by Steven Wilson, except:
Source material for "Pacific Codex" written and performed by Theo Travis and Steven Wilson using Steve Hubback's metal sculptures
Source material for "After Dark" written and performed by Darkroom
Source material for "Mousehill" written and performed by The Use of Ashes
Source material for "Behind These Silent Eyes" written and performed by Theo Travis
Source material for "537171NR848492C" written and performed by Andrew Liles
Source material for "Wvndrkmmer" written and performed by Pyramids
Source material for "The Flight of Song" written and performed by 3 Seconds of Air. (Dirk Serries, Martina Verhoeven, Paul Van Den Berg)

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