Soulcraft

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Soulcraft

| type = studio

| artist = Thessalonians

| cover = Thessalonians - Soulcraft.jpg

| venue =

| released = {{Start date|1993|10}}{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpFLAAAAYAAJ |title=Thessalonians: Soulcraft |journal=R.E.D. MusicMaster ... Deletions |publisher=Retail Entertainment Data Publishing |date=2001 |isbn=9781900105217 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}}

| recorded = {{Start date|1990}} – {{Start date|1992}}

| studio = Poolside Studios
{{small|(San Francisco, California)}}

| genre = {{hlist|Ambient|electronic|experimental}}

| length = 57:12

| label = Silent

| producer = Kim Cascone

| prev_title = The Black Field

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Solaristics

| next_year = 2005

}}

Soulcraft is the debut studio album of Thessalonians, released in October 1993 by Silent.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000646637|pure_url=yes}}|title=Thessalonians: Soulcraft > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=August 19, 2020}}{{cite book |first=Joachim |last=Gaertner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ex05AQAAIAAJ |title=They Could Have Been Bigger Than EMI: A Discography of Now Defunct Independent Record Labels That Released Vinyl |publisher=J. Gaertner |date=2007 |isbn=9783000211614 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}} The album has been described as musically stunning and groundbreaking.{{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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nohpoetryrecords.com/thessalonians.html |title=Thessalonians Solaristics |publisher=Noh Poetry Records |date=2005 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_music = Kim Cascone, Don Falcone, David James, Larry Thrasher, Doug Murdock and Paul Neyrinck, except for Soulcraft, which was written by Cascone. The lyrics for Be Here Now were written by Falcone

| title1 = Absolute Equinox

| length1 = 9:37

| title2 = Astronaut Voices

| length2 = 5:08

| title3 = Shellac

| length3 = 5:35

| title4 = Liquid Legs

| length4 = 8:14

| title5 = Serious Ancient Rhythm

| note5 = Blood Red Crescent Moon Mix

| length5 = 6:37

| title6 = Poverty and Solitude

| length6 = 5:33

| title7 = Be Here Now

| note7 = Red Devil Mix

| length7 = 4:54

| title8 = Soulcraft

| note8 = Astral Mix

| length8 = 6:35

| title9 = Be Here Now

| note9 = 707 Mix

| length9 = 4:59

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Soulcraft liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Soulcraft |title-link=Soulcraft |others=Thessalonians |year=1993 |type=booklet |publisher=Silent |location=Pacifica, California}}

Thessalonians

Release history

class="wikitable"

! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

United States

| 1993

| Silent

| CD

| SR9334

References

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