Thessalonians (also known as PGR/Thessalonians) were a

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-based

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group founded by

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and

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. Originally, their compositions focused on infusing

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and experimental music and later integrated elements of ambient, industrial and psychedelic music. Their final line-up was Cascone, Thrasher,

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, and Paul Neyrinck.

History

Thessalonians were formed as a collaborative project in 1986 by keyboardist

and percussionist

. They were joined by David Gardner, David James and Kurt Robinson to form a quintet. This line-up released four albums, three under the name PGR/Thessalonians (the former being the name of an ambient music project by Cascone). Two of the albums were released by Silent Records, the label run by Cascone. The last release by this line-up was the PGR/Thessalonian album '' The Black Field''. In 1990, Cascone, Thrasher, and James were joined by

on synthesizer, Doug Murdock on

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, and Paul Neyrinck on sampler. They recorded the 1993 album ''

Soulcraft ''Soulcraft'' the debut studio album of Thessalonians, released in October 1993 by Silent. The album has been described as musically stunning and groundbreaking. Track listing Personnel Adapted from the ''Soulcraft'' liner notes. Thessalonia ...

'' for Silent. In 1996, Thessalonians disbanded and Cascone sold Silent. Twelve years after their previous album, the band released ''

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'', which comprised music recorded by Cascone, Falcone, Neyrinck, and Thrasher between 1992 and 1996.

Members

Final line-up

* Paul Neyrinck *

Previous members

* David Gardner * Pejman Hakimi * David James * Doug Murdock * Kurt Robinson

Discography

Studio albums * PGR/Thessalonians: '' The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion'' (1986, Banned) * Thessalonians: ''

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'' (1986, Silent) * PGR/Thessalonians: '' Imbrication 2: An Investigaton Into Documenting Change Systems'' (1988, Angakok) * PGR/Thessalonians: '' The Black Field'' (1989, Silent) * Thessalonians: ''

'' (1993, Silent) * Thessalonians: ''

'' (2005, Noh Poetry)

References

External links

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