Loss in the name of the sixth studio album released by British

United Kingdom

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 musician, songwriter and producer 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...

 under the pseudonym 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 was limited to only 450 copies on vinyl.

The album consists of a title track split in two parts. It was re-issued shortly after, in a CD+DVD-A edition containing both Stereo

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 and 5.1 Surround

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 mixes. In February 2009, it was also re-issued as a limited edition 12" picture disc

Picture disc

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 vinyl version of 500 copies.

Track listing

Vinyl and picture disc
Side A

1. Loss Part 1 (19.52)

Side B

1. Loss Part 2 (19.11)

CD (stereo mix)

1. Loss Part 1 (19.52)
2. Loss Part 2 (19.11)

DVDA (5.1 surround sound mix)

1. Loss Part 1 (19.52)
2. Loss Part 2 (19.11)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	January 2006	Soleilmoon Soleilmoon Soleilmoon Recordings is an American record label that began in 1987 as a cassette label, operating from the back of a record shop called the Ooze in Portland, Oregon, USA. The first releases were by Smegma, Muslimgauze, Coil, and Nocturnal Emissions. Compact discs releases soon followed in...	12" LP	SOLV11
United States	November 2006	Soleilmoon Soleilmoon Soleilmoon Recordings is an American record label that began in 1987 as a cassette label, operating from the back of a record shop called the Ooze in Portland, Oregon, USA. The first releases were by Smegma, Muslimgauze, Coil, and Nocturnal Emissions. Compact discs releases soon followed in...	CD 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 ,...  / DVDA DVD-Audio DVD-Audio is a digital format for delivering high-fidelity audio content on a DVD. DVD-Audio is not intended to be a video delivery format and is not the same as video DVDs containing concert films or music videos....	SOL 155 CD/ SDVD5
United States	February 2009	Soleilmoon Soleilmoon Soleilmoon Recordings is an American record label that began in 1987 as a cassette label, operating from the back of a record shop called the Ooze in Portland, Oregon, USA. The first releases were by Smegma, Muslimgauze, Coil, and Nocturnal Emissions. Compact discs releases soon followed in...	Picture Disc	SOLV11p

Credits

Created by Steven Wilson

Special thanks to 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...

Sleeve Design by Carl Glover for Aleph

External links

• Bass Communion Site at Steven Wilson Headquarters