''I'' (or ''Bass Communion I'') is the first studio album released by British musician, songwriter, and producer

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under the pseudonym

Bass Communion Bass Communion is a solo project of English musician 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 compo ...

in 1998. It was reissued in December 2001 through Hidden Art record label. The basis of both "Drugged" pieces were reused for the title track of

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's album ''

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'' as well as "Drugged 3" from ''

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''. Brief distorted extracts from the suite can also be heard on the 1996 song "Urban Disco," a b-side from the "Housewives Hooked on Heroin" single (of the ''

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'' album), recorded by

, a Wilson project and collaboration with singer-songwriter

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Track listing

Bonus track on vinyl

*"No News Is Good News" – 8:10

Personnel

Bass Communion

* Steven Wilson – instruments

Additional personnel

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– soprano saxophones on "Drugged" *

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– soundscapes on "Drugged 2" (sampled from a tape of soundscapes improvised by Fripp at No-Man's Land in 1993) * Carl Glover –

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and photography

Release history

References

External links

Bass Communion Site
at Steven Wilson Headquarters 1998 debut albums Bass Communion albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub