The Itself of Itself corresponds to the most obscure and psychoactive abstract and radical tendency of Bass Communion’s music.
Sensory immersion
Steven Wilson is now a commonly cited name when it consists to advocate the sonic realms of ambient music. Over the years he has demonstrated considerable aptitudes and skills in compositional writings, surfing with easiness from one genre to another, always bringing to the fore an expressive progressive mood. Bass Communion is probably his most uncompromising and adventurous musical project to date, whose work is reasonably recommended for followers of doom-gazing drone music. I haven’t listened to his complete catalog but l remember Loss (published in 2006 on Soleilmoon) made a great impression for its versatility in creating outrageously spooky atmospheric music with a ghostly evanescent vibe that won’t deny a sound artist such as Jason Lescallet.
The Itself of Itself corresponds to the most obscure and psychoactive abstract and radical tendency of his music. Influences of Japanoise are not far, also the darkened blurred-out experimental sound approach of Illusion of Safety, Controlled Bleeding, En Nihil, and Organum—nightmarish cinematic ambiences of abstract quality within a sonic engulfment. In its crushing fury, this album can compete with power noise albums such as Cocaine Death by Prurient or The Crystal World by Locrian but without reaching their gloomy self-destructive magnificence. I particularly love the self titled track of this album for its minimal, menacing, and foggy doom organ chordal drone atmosphere—a funereal anthem of the release. If you are more into velveting ambient warmth than in harsh ambient noisescapes, you can pass away. Others might find here a serious consideration and sensory immersion.
The Itself of Itself is available on Fourth Dimension. [Bandcamp | Site]
