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
Released1985
GenreElectronic, ambient
Length37:05
LabelRalph
ProducerFrank Harris
Rhythm & Noise chronology
Contents Under Notice
(1984)		 Chasms Accord
(1985)

Release and reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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.TitleAlbumLength
1."Lingering Fingers"Chasms Accord1:25
2."Filament in Strata"Chasms Accord4:59
3."Delirium Tremens"Chasms Accord3:00
4."Bent Metal Forest"Chasms Accord4:08
5."Schismatic"Chasms Accord4:19
6."Delve"Chasms Accord2:19
7."Current Slaughter"Excerpt of side 1 of Contents Under Notice3:30
8."Spyral I"previously unreleased3:11
9."Bilge"previously unreleased1:37
10."Slug Path"previously unreleased7:33
11."Alazarn K""Vagues" from Contents Under Notice3:33
12."Remembrance"Remixed version of the song from Chasms Accord4:28
13."Cellar M"previously unreleased7:18
14."Lull"Remixed version of the song from Contents Under Notice4:42
15."Monomonon"Remixed version of the song from Contents Under Notice9:17
16."Pluramin"previously unreleased3:29
17."Without Your Eye"previously unreleased4:03

Personnel

Adapted from the Chasms Accord liner notes.[3]

Release history

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

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)
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