Chasms Accord

Chasms Accord
Studio album by Rhythm & Noise
Released	1985
Genre	Electronic, ambient
Length	37:05
Label	Ralph
Producer	Frank Harris
Rhythm & Noise chronology

Chasms Accord is the second and final studio album by experimental ensemble Rhythm & Noise, released in 1985 through Ralph Records.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Ted Mill of Allmusic noted that Chasms Accord is mellower than the previous record, saying that this "keyboard-heavy album throbs darkly, but rarely jumps out at you, content instead to muse upon murky, half-completed ideas."^[1] Ira Robbins of the Trouser Press described Chasms Accord as being "high on drama and low on intentional ugliness, making it a vivid and apropos match for the stress of modern life" and that it "could serve as the soundtrack to any number of offbeat films."^[2]

In 1996, Asphodel Records re-issued the album on CD as a compilation. In addition to various tracks from Chasms Accord, it contains early unreleased compositions and two tracks from Contents Under Notice.

Track listing

All music composed by Rhythm & Noise.

Frontside Titles
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lingering Fingers"	1:23
2.	"Filament in Strata"	1:37
3.	"Delirium Tremens"	6:42
4.	"Sequitur"	0:26
5.	"Bent Metal Forest"	4:26
6.	"Schismatic"	2:46

Backside Titles
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Delve"	2:20
2.	"Miasma"	1:36
3.	"Night's Deadly Leaning"	1:03
4.	"Storms Through the Deck"	1:09
5.	"Remembrance"	4:23
6.	"Last Vestige"	4:01
7.	"Andonandon"	5:13

CD Version
No.	Title	Album	Length
1.	"Lingering Fingers"	Chasms Accord	1:25
2.	"Filament in Strata"	Chasms Accord	4:59
3.	"Delirium Tremens"	Chasms Accord	3:00
4.	"Bent Metal Forest"	Chasms Accord	4:08
5.	"Schismatic"	Chasms Accord	4:19
6.	"Delve"	Chasms Accord	2:19
7.	"Current Slaughter"	previously unreleased	3:30
8.	"Spyral I"	previously unreleased	3:11
9.	"Bilge"	previously unreleased	1:37
10.	"Slug Path"	previously unreleased	7:33
11.	"Alazarn K"	previously unreleased	3:33
12.	"Remembrance"	Chasms Accord	4:28
13.	"Cellar M"	previously unreleased	7:18
14.	"Lull"	Contents Under Notice	4:42
15.	"Monomonon"	Contents Under Notice	9:17
16.	"Pluramin"	previously unreleased	3:29
17.	"Without Your Eye"	previously unreleased	4:03

Personnel

Adapted from the Chasms Accord liner notes.^[3]

Rhythm & Noise

Naut Humon – sampler, vocals, illustrations
Rex Probe – guitar
Desmond Shea – percussion, keyboards, engineering
Z'EV – sampler, drum machine

Additional musicians

Alaric – Moog synthesizer, castanets, keyboards, drums, engineering
Michael Belfer – guitar (A6)
Diamanda Galás – vocals
Paul Hagain – backing vocals, slit drum

Production and additional personnel

Roger Bayless – illustrations, art direction
Frank Harris – production
Polyploid Sam – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1984	Ralph	LP	RN 8555
United States	1989	Asphodel	CD	ASPHODEL 0965

External links

Chasms Accord at Discogs (list of releases)

References

1 2 Mills, Ted. "Rhythm & Noise: Chasms Accord > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ Robbins, Ira (2007). "Rhythm & Noise". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ Chasms Accord (sleeve). Rhythm & Noise. San Francisco, California: Ralph Records. 1985.

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[allmusic-1] 1 2 Mills, Ted. "Rhythm & Noise: Chasms Accord > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2015.

[trouserpress-2] Robbins, Ira (2007). "Rhythm & Noise". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 17, 2015.

[linearnotes-3] Chasms Accord (sleeve). Rhythm & Noise. San Francisco, California: Ralph Records. 1985.

Rhythm & Noise
Naut Humon Nik Fault Rex Probe Desmond Shea Z'EV
Studio albums	Contents Under Notice Chasms Accord