The Black Field

The Black Field
Studio album by PGR/Thessalonians
Released	1989 (1989)
Recorded	April – June 1986 (1986-06)
Studio	Poolside Studios (San Francisco, California)
Genre	Experimental industrial ambient
Length	35:42
Label	Silent
Producer	Kim 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.	Title	Length
1.	"Knots"	2:20
2.	"Latitude"	4:49
3.	"Code"	0:56
4.	"Spherics"	5:50
5.	"Spherics"	5:45

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Appassionata"	1:52
2.	"The Black Field"	9:14
3.	"Tabula Rasa"	4:46

Personnel

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

Thessalonians

• Kim Cascone  – instruments, production
• David Gardner  – instruments
• David James  – instruments
• Kurt Robinson  – instruments
• Larry Thrasher  – instruments

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 . 15. New Wilderness Foundation: 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. ISBN   9783000211614 . Retrieved August 19, 2020.
4. Gunderloy, Mike (1994). "Thessalonians: The Black Field". Factsheet Five (32–36). Mike Gunderloy: 94. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
5. "Thessalonians: The Black Field". Option (30–35). Sonic Options Network: 5. 1990. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
6. The Black Field (sleeve). PGR/Thessalonians. Pacifica, California: Silent. 1989.

External links

• The Black Field at Discogs (list of releases)