Bass Communion I

I (or Bass Communion I) is the first studio album released by British musician, songwriter, and producer Steven Wilson under the pseudonym Bass Communion in 1998. It was reissued in December 2001 through Hidden Art record label.

I
Studio album by Bass Communion
Released	April 1998
Recorded	No-Man's Land 1993; 1995–1998
Genre	Ambient, drone
Length	63:43
Label	3rd Stone
Producer	Steven Wilson
Bass Communion chronology
I (1998) II (1999)

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The basis of both "Drugged" pieces were reused for the title track of No-Man's album Together We're Stranger as well as "Drugged 3" from Bass Communion II. 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 Wild Opera album), recorded by No-Man, a Wilson project and collaboration with singer-songwriter Tim Bowness.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steven Wilson

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shopping"	1:24
2.	"Drugged"	13:35
3.	"Sleep Etc."	13:29
4.	"Orphan Coal"	10:16
5.	"Drugged 2"	24:54

Bonus track on vinyl

• "No News Is Good News – 8:10

Personnel

Bass Communion

• Steven Wilson – instruments

Additional personnel

• Theo Travis – soprano saxophones on "Drugged"
• Robert Fripp - soundscapes on "Drugged 2" (sampled from a tape of soundscapes improvised by Fripp at No-Man's Land in 1993)
• Carl Glover – graphic design and photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	April 1998	3rd Stone	CD	STONE 036CD
	December 2001	Hidden Art	CD reissue	HI-ART 9
UK & Europe	21 April 2018		2x LP	HI-ART 9LP
United Kingdom	1 July 2022		CD reissue	HI-ART 27

External links

• Bass Communion Site Archived 23 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine at Steven Wilson Headquarters