Bass Communion Quotes

United Kingdom,
1994

Bass Communion is a side project of Steven Wilson, best known for his lead role in the rock band Porcupine Tree. Records released under the name "Bass Communion" are in an ambient or electronic vein - lengthy drone-heavy compositions. They come about as experiments in texture made from processing the sound of real instruments and field recordings.

I've been making Bass Communion music longer than any kind of other music. I don't know if you picked up a copy of a vinyl release I put out a couple of years ago of something called Altamont.

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- Couple
- Communion
We lost the skyline We stepped right off the map Drifted into black space And let the clocks relapse.

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- Black
- Lost
- Clock

Every Bass Communion track is based on a single sound source. Increasingly I find that I'm really interested in taking a particular sound and it's almost like solving a problem. If I have a sound, the problem is how can I create a piece of music from this one sound source?

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- Track
- Particular
You've got a lot pulling at your time already - which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb.

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- Reason
- Green
It was a bit of fun. But of course like anything that starts as a joke, people started to take it all seriously!

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- People
- Fun
- Jokes
Gardening can be a compelling cooperative activity. Your best harvest may be the pleasure you get from working with family and friends. There's never a shortage of things to do, no limit to the lessons that can be learned, especially for children, and there's always plenty of credit to go around, even for the mistakes.

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