Chasms Accord

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

Chasms Accord
Studio album by Rhythm & Noise
Released	1985
Genre	Electronic, ambient
Length	37:05
Label	Ralph
Producer	Frank Harris
Rhythm & Noise chronology
Contents Under Notice (1984) Chasms Accord (1985)

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 four tracks from Contents Under Notice.

Track listing

All music is 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"	Excerpt of side 1 of Contents Under Notice	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"	"Vagues" from Contents Under Notice	3:33
12.	"Remembrance"	Remixed version of the song from Chasms Accord	4:28
13.	"Cellar M"	previously unreleased	7:18
14.	"Lull"	Remixed version of the song from Contents Under Notice	4:42
15.	"Monomonon"	Remixed version of the song from 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
	1989	Asphodel	CD	ASPHODEL 0965

External links

• Chasms Accord at Discogs (list of releases)

References

1. Mills, Ted. "Rhythm & Noise: Chasms Accord > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
2. Robbins, Ira (2007). "Rhythm & Noise". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
3. Chasms Accord (sleeve). Rhythm & Noise. San Francisco, California: Ralph Records. 1985.CS1 maint: others (link)