Continuum (music project)
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Continuum is a collaborative ambient
and drone
music project between Bass Communion
(Steven Wilson
of Porcupine Tree
) and Dirk Serries
(of Vidna Obmana
and Fear Falls Burning). 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."
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
. The difference between promotional copies and the official release is a small black line through the bar code.
A second edition of 1,000 copies was released in July 2008.
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.
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
.
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
of Jesu
and Godflesh
.
The album was released on 180 grams marbled vinyl in gatefold picture sleeve and limited to 500 copies.
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
and drone
Drone music
Drone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics...
music project between Bass Communion
Bass Communion
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...
(Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson
Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
of Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...
) and Dirk Serries
Dirk Serries
Dirk Serries is a Belgian composer and ambient musician. He is best known as Vidna Obmana, a pseudonym he used from 1984 until 2007.-History:Serries began experimenting with electronic music in the late 1980s...
(of Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music...
and Fear Falls Burning). 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."
Continuum Releases
The first volume in the collaboration between Bass CommunionBass Communion
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...
and Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music...
was originally limited to 25 promotional
Promotional recording
A promotional recording, or promo, is an audio or video recording distributed for free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available...
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
Lasse Hoile is an acclaimed artist of mix media, photographer, graphic artist writer, film-maker/director, and cinematographer. Recognized for his unique vintage style intertwined with a modern day twist, Hoile is best known for his close work with Steven Wilson and his projects Porcupine Tree and...
. The difference between promotional copies and the official release is a small black line through the bar code.
A second edition of 1,000 copies was released in July 2008.
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.
Part two of a collaboration series between Bass Communion
Bass Communion
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...
and Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music...
was Limited to 2,000 copies in book sized digipack designed by Lasse Hoile
Lasse Hoile
Lasse Hoile is an acclaimed artist of mix media, photographer, graphic artist writer, film-maker/director, and cinematographer. Recognized for his unique vintage style intertwined with a modern day twist, Hoile is best known for his close work with Steven Wilson and his projects Porcupine Tree and...
.
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
Justin Broadrick
Justin Karl Michael Broadrick is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the band Godflesh, one of the first bands to combine elements of extreme metal and industrial music.-Biography:Broadrick was born in the council estates of inner...
of Jesu
Jesu (band)
Jesu is a post-metal band formed in 2003 by Justin Broadrick following the breakup of Godflesh. Jesu was the name of the last song on the final Godflesh release, Hymns, and Broadrick decided to adopt it as the name of this project....
and Godflesh
Godflesh
Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham, England. Originally known as Fall of Because, they formed in 1988 by Justin K. Broadrick and G.C. Green and disbanded in 2002. Godflesh's innovative music is widely regarded as a foundational influence on industrial metal and post-metal...
.
The album was released on 180 grams marbled vinyl in gatefold picture sleeve and limited to 500 copies.
External links
- Continuum Official MySpace
- [ Review of Continuum I] at Allmusic