Solaristics
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Solaristics
| type = studio
| artist = Thessalonians
| cover = Thessalonians - Solaristics.jpg
| venue =
| released = {{Start date|2005|5}}
| recorded = Springs {{Start date|1992}} – {{Start date|1996}}
| studio = {{Collapsible list|title=Various|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;background:transparent;text-align:left|{{Plainlist|
- {{small|(Berkeley, California)}}
- {{small|(San Francisco, California)}}
}}}}
| genre = {{hlist|Ambient|experimental|trip hop}}
| length = 60:04
| label = Noh Poetry Records
| producer = Kim Cascone
| prev_title = Soulcraft
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Solaristics is the second studio album by Thessalonians, released in May 2005 by Noh Poetry Records.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000670098|pure_url=yes}}|title=Thessalonians: Solaristics > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=August 19, 2020}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.znrcds.com/osc/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5537&osCsid=74a4a7405975ce239888f2d42b5c8f11 |title=Thessalonians "Solaristics" |journal=ZNR Records |publisher=osCommerce |date=2003 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}} The album comprises recording sessions that were completed between 1992 and 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.nohpoetryrecords.com/thessalonians.html |title=Thessalonians Solaristics |publisher=Noh Poetry Records |date=2005 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}}
Reception
Backroad Music called Solaristics "a great lost recording" and noted the lead track "Solaristics" as being a highlight of the sessions.{{cite journal|first=Lloyd |last=Barde |url=http://www.backroadsmusic.com/catalog/download/hbcat05.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060118223154/http://www.backroadsmusic.com/catalog/download/hbcat05.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 18, 2006 |title=2004-2005 Music-By-Mail Catalog: Featured Vocals & World Chants: Thessalonians "Solaristics" |journal=Backroads Music |date=2005 |page=10 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}} Stefaan Van Ryssen of Leonardo On-Line gave the album a mixed review, stating that composers Kim Cascone and Larry Thrasher have created higher quality work elsewhere but noting that "each piece brings its own atmosphere, ranging from pensive to thoughtful, or from melancholy to gloomy." The critic went on to conclude that the album is an "interesting release for historic reasons but very dated for contemporary ears."{{cite journal|first=Stefaan |last=Van Ryssen |url=https://www.leonardo.info/reviews_archive/june2006/solar_ryssen.html |title=Solaristics |journal=Leonardo On-Line |publisher=The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology |date=June 2006 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_music = Kim Cascone, Don Falcone, Paul Neyrinck and Larry Thrasher, except as noted
| title1 = Solaristics
| length1 = 8:14
| title2 = Bridge 1
| note2 = Neyrinck
| length2 = 0:59
| title3 = E-Space
| length3 = 8:32
| title4 = Bridge 2
| note4 = Neyrinck
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = Dust
| length5 = 6:39
| title6 = Bridge 3
| note6 = Falcone
| length6 = 0:35
| title7 = Drowning Weather
| length7 = 7:09
| title8 = Bridge 4
| note8 = Cascone
| length8 = 0:32
| title9 = Mining Camel
| length9 = 5:37
| title10 = Bridge 5
| note10 = Falcone
| length10 = 1:06
| title11 = Thinking Mouse
| length11 = 3:57
| title12 = Bridge 6
| note12 = Cascone
| length12 = 0:30
| title13 = Enharmonik
| length13 = 3:15
| title14 = Bridge 7
| note14 = Thrasher
| length14 = 1:05
| title15 = 360
| length15 = 11:12
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Solaristics liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Solaristics |title-link=Solaristics |others=Thessalonians |year=2005 |type=booklet |publisher=Noh Poetry Records |location=San Leandro, California}}
Thessalonians
- Kim Cascone – instruments, production
- Don Falcone – instruments
- Paul Neyrinck – instruments
- Larry Thrasher – instruments
Additional credits
- Karen Anderson – graphic design
Release history
References
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