Ghosts on Magnetic Tape is the name of the fourth 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...

. It was created primarily from processing 78rpm records and piano sources. There was a limited edition of 300 copies available as a double CD including Andrew Liles

Andrew Liles

Andrew Liles is a UK based sound artist and multi-instrumentalist. He has a vast output of recordings that he has released since the mid-1980s, covering a variety of styles as experimental music, dark ambient music, progressive rock and even hints at hard rock....

 reconstruction disc.

Track listing

1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape I (12:45)
2. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape II (7:02)
3. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape III (10:15)
4. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape IV (8:17)
5. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape V (18:48)

Limited edition

CD 1

1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape I (12:45)
2. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape II (7:02)
3. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape III (10:15)
4. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape IV (8:17)
5. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape V (18:48)

CD 2 - Andrew Liles Reconstruction

1. Part I (9:17)
2. Part II (11:04)
3. Part III (9:56)
4. Part IV (10:18)
5. Part V (16:33)

2LP
Side A

1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape I (12:45)
2. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape II (7:02)

Side B

1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape III (10:15)
2. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape IV (8:17)

Side C

1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape V (18:48)

Side D

1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape out-take (16:04)

Personnel

• Steven Wilson – All Instruments
• Theo Travis
  Theo Travis
  Theo Travis is a British saxophonist and flautist.Travis received his degree in flute and saxophone from the University of Manchester and has worked among others with Robert Fripp, Gong, Porcupine Tree, The Tangent, Bill Nelson, Bass Communion, No-Man, Steven Wilson, David Sylvian, Harold Budd,...
  
   – Flute on 5
• Jonathan Coleclough - Additional sample
  Sampling (music)
  In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
  
   material

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	February 2004	Headphone Dust Headphone Dust Headphone Dust is the name of a record label set up by British musician and audio engineer Steven Wilson to issue music by his solo projects. Many of them are one-off limited editions. The label primarily distributes music by Bass Communion, IEM and Wilson's "Cover Version" singles...	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 ,...	HDBCCD9
United Kingdom	February 2006	ToneFloat	Double LP	TF23

External links

• Bass Communion Site at Steven Wilson Headquarters