''Chasms Accord'' is the second and final

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ensemble Rhythm & Noise, released in 1985 through

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Ted Mill of

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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." Ira Robbins of the ''

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'' 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." In 1996,

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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''.

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Personnel

Adapted from the ''Chasms Accord'' liner notes. ;Rhythm & Noise *

Naut Humon Naut Humon is a San Francisco-based composer, curator, performer, and leader in experimental electronic music and audiovisual projects such as Rhythm & Noise, Sound Traffic Control. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Recombinant Media Labs ...

– sampler, vocals,

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*Rex Probe – guitar *Desmond Shea – percussion, keyboards,

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Z'EV Z'EV (born Stefan Joel Weisser, February 8, 1951 – December 16, 2017) was an American poet, percussionist, and sound artist. After studying various world music traditions at CalArts, he began creating his own percussion sounds out of indu ...

– sampler,

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;Additional musicians *Alaric –

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, keyboards, drums,

*Michael Belfer – guitar (A6) *

Diamanda Galás Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is a Greek American musician, singer-songwriter, and visual artist. She has campaigned for AIDS education and the rights of the infected. Galás's commitment to addressing social issues and her involvemen ...

– vocals *Paul Hagain – backing vocals,

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;Production and additional personnel *Roger Bayless –

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