Continuum is a collaborative
ambient
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* Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere
* ''Ambient'' (album), by Moby
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and
drone
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music project between
Bass Communion (
Steven Wilson of
Porcupine Tree) and
Dirk Serries
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(of
Vidna Obmana and
Fear Falls Burning
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). The project looks to expand on the artists' "collective ambition and vision, motivated by their immense passion for a wide-range of musical styles, ranging from spacious ambience to pounding doom metal."
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Discography
The first volume in the collaboration between Bass Communion and Vidna Obmana was originally limited to 25 promotional copies. However, the promotional copies sold quickly, leading to the pressing of a 1,000 copy official release. The album is packaged in a book sized digipack designed by Lasse Hoile
Lasse Hoile (born 1973 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish artist, photographer and filmmaker. He has collaborated with musician Steven Wilson and his projects Porcupine Tree and Blackfield. He has also designed live visuals for US progressive me ...
. The difference between promotional copies and the official release is a small black line through the bar code.[The Complete SW Discography](_blank)
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A second edition of 1,000 copies was released in July 2008.[Bass Communion Discography](_blank)
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Steven Wilson HQ
''The Continuum Recyclings, Volume One'' is a double LP companion release to the first ''Continuum'' album. The album consists of four side-long tracks based on Bass Communion's unreleased "Construct III – Immersion Mix". Each track was expanded upon by Vidna Obmana using ''Continuum I'' as source material.
The album was released on 180 grams marbled vinyl in gatefold picture sleeve and limited to 500 copies.[continuum reclyclings volume one](_blank)
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Part two of a collaboration series between Bass Communion and Vidna Obmana was Limited to 2,000 copies in book sized digipack designed by Lasse Hoile
Lasse Hoile (born 1973 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish artist, photographer and filmmaker. He has collaborated with musician Steven Wilson and his projects Porcupine Tree and Blackfield. He has also designed live visuals for US progressive me ...
.
''The Continuum Recyclings, Volume Two'' is a double LP companion release to the second ''Continuum'' album consisting of a complete album reconstruction by Justin Broadrick
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of Jesu
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** ...
and Godflesh
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Steven Wilson HQ
The album was released on 180 grams marbled vinyl in gatefold picture sleeve and limited to 500 copies.
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External links
Continuum Official MySpace
* Review of ''Continuum I''at Allmusic
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