Bass Communion – aka ambient, drone, noise artist Steven Wilson – returns with a brand new album, the 7-track release “The Itself Of Itself”. This new album by Wilson in solo electronic mode is his first in 12 years and will be released on May 24th via Fourth Dimension/Lumberton Trading Company.

Bass Communion is a solo project dedicated to exploring Wilson’s deviations into the realms of ambient, drone, noise and other sub-genres. This has resulted in ten Bass Communion albums to date, plus numerous collaborative projects.

Steven Wilson previously also recorded material in Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, Storm Corrosion, No-Man, and also release solo records under his own name.

“The Itself Of Itself” album is housed in a Carl Glover designed sleeve that also includes a 24 page booklet of his photographs and an obi strip.

An exclusive new Bass Communion track, the nine minute “To The Ship Now Underwater”, appears on “When Worlds Collide”, a 2xLP compilation also due in May via Fourth Dimension/Lumberton Trading Company. Other artists included on the limited edition set include Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots, Alternative TV, Final, Sion Orgon, Splintered, Kleistwahr, Ashtray Navigations and more.

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Out on May 24 via Fourth Dimension / Lumberton Trading Company is the all new album by Bass Communion aka Steven Wilson: “The Itself Of Itself”. Wilson previously was active in other projects such as Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, Storm Corrosion, No-Man, next to solo records under his own name, plus much more.

Begun in the mid-90s, Bass Communion is a solo project dedicated to exploring his deviations into the realms of ambient, drone, noise and other sub-genres. This has resulted in ten Bass Communion albums to date, plus numerous collaborative projects. The 7-track album “The Itself Of Itself” represents his first all-new work under the name for more than 12 years.

In other news, an exclusive new Bass Communion track, the nine minute “To The Ship Now Underwater”, appears on “When Worlds Collide”, a 2xLP compilation also due in May via Fourth Dimension/Lumberton Trading Company. Other artists included on the limited edition set include Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots, Alternative TV, Final, Sion Orgon, Splintered, Kleistwahr, Ashtray Navigations and more.

Bernard - Side-Line Staff

Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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The Blackfield team has announced that the Blackfield Festival 2015 will be the last festival at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen.

In a message on their website they say the following:

This decision was a very hard one to make since we have all put a lot of energy and commitment into this festival within the last 8 years. Although we are emotionally still very committed to the festival, economic aspects force us to take this step. Expenses have continued to increase and thus we only have the opportunity to either increase ticket prices accordingly and tremendously or find a different venue. Making tickets more expensive is out of the question for us and unfortunately we are not sure yet if we will be able to find a suitable venue for the festival in the future. We would like to thank all of you for the great support you have shown us through the years and make the last Blackfield Festival from 12. – 14. June 2015 at the Amphitheater a memorable event for you and our artists.

Performing this year at Blackfield will be such bands as Mesh, Project Pitchfork, Deine Lakaien and so on.

Bernard - Side-Line Staff

Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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