The Important Records label has posted a gorgeously minimal swath of barren ambient music off a release by Bass Communion (Steven Wilson) and Freiband (Frans de Waard). It is like digital marbles let lose over and over in some dark, dry space, a space whose contours seem to expand and contort as the piece continues. It opens in near silence, and it isn’t so much that it gets louder — though it does — as that the silence gets closer and more consuming.
Track originally posted at [soundcloud.com/importantrecords](https://soundcloud.com/importantrecords/bass-communion-freiband). More on the release, titled simply *Bass Communion / Freiband*, at [importantrecords.com](http://www.importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec423). More from Wilson at [stevenwilsonhq.com](http://stevenwilsonhq.com) and de Waard at [fransdewaard.com](http://fransdewaard.com/).