Haze Shrapnel is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by 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...

, a side project of 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...

. It contains an out-take from the Molotov and Haze

Molotov and Haze

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 sessions, titled Haze Shrapnel, as well as a remix of the same piece by Freiband (Stage name

Stage name

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 of Frans De Waard), retitled Scherven. It was released as an on-demand 3 inch CDR by My Own Little Label. A companion EP, with the roles reversed, was released under the title Headwind/Tailwind.

Release

Steven Wilson had had become interested in Frans De Waard small record label My Own Little Label, which specializes in the release of bonus and archival material. Wilson had a spare track from his recently completed 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...

 album, Molotov and Haze

Molotov and Haze

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, and suggested De Waard release it. De Waard accepted the offer and added a remix of the track.

The EP was re-released in April 2009 as a 10" LP by Tonefloat, available only a limited bonus disc to the LP release of Molotov and Haze

Molotov and Haze

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Track listing

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Netherlands	June 2008	My Own Little Label	3" CDR Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	MOLL022
Netherlands	April 2009	Tonefloat	10" LP	TF68