The Black Field

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The Black Field
PGR-Thessalonians - The Black Field.jpg
Studio album by
PGR/Thessalonians
Released1989 (1989)
RecordedApril – June 1986 (1986-06)
StudioPoolside Studios
(San Francisco, California)
Genre
Length35:42
LabelSilent
ProducerKim Cascone
Thessalonians chronology
Imbrication 2
(1988) 		The Black Field
(1989) 		Soulcraft
(1993)

The Black Field is the third split album by PGR/Thessalonians, released in 1989 by Silent.[1][2][3]

Reception[]

Factsheet Five awarded The Black Field five out of five stars and said described the music as "spare, almost minimal in much of its sound, with a "late night experimental radio" appeal"[4] Option described the music as "not a noise fest, it is usually low key, sparse in a way, and nearly ambient" and the "ebb and flow of rumbling guitar feedback opens things up as zips and drips irregularly occur."[5]

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Jorge Luis Borges.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Knots"2:20
2."Latitude"4:49
3."Code"0:56
4."Spherics"5:50
5."Spherics"5:45
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Appassionata"1:52
2."The Black Field"9:14
3."Tabula Rasa"4:46

Personnel[]

Adapted from the The Black Field liner notes.[6]

Thessalonians

Additional performers

  • Gary Weisberg (as G. Richard Weisberg) – spoken word

Production and design

  • Jorge Luis Borges – text
  • Kathleen Cascone – typography
  • Leonard Marcel – engineering

Release history[]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1989 Silent LP SR8905

References[]

  1. ^ "Thessalonians: The Black Field > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Gunderloy, Mike (May 1990). "Thessalonians: The Black Field". Ear. New Wilderness Foundation. 15: 47. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Gaertner, Joachim (2007). They Could Have Been Bigger Than EMI: A Discography of Now Defunct Independent Record Labels That Released Vinyl. J. Gaertner. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Gunderloy, Mike (1994). "Thessalonians: The Black Field". Factsheet Five. Mike Gunderloy (32–36): 94. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  5. ^ "Thessalonians: The Black Field". Option. Sonic Options Network (30–35): 5. 1990. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  6. ^ The Black Field (sleeve). PGR/Thessalonians. Pacifica, California: Silent. 1989.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links[]

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