ABYSS

1. Party Line (3:34)
2. Power Struggle (1:56)
3. Beast (3:06)
4. Act Now (3:25)
5. Doing (3:03)
6. Escape (3:06)
7. Takeover (2:15)
8. Thread the Needle (3:45)
9. Noose (4:54)
10. Soundtrack for Decay Parts I - XIII (27:31)

Total Time 56:34

- Mason Jones / guitar, bass, drum machine, metal percussion, vocals, effects

Artist statement excerpt:
"This was the second Trance cassette, and started to go further out into noisy weirdness than "Fatal Blow". It was recorded and released in 1989, after having been in San Francisco for part of a year (which included the big earthquake that spring).

After arriving in SF, I started working with RE/Search and Survival Research Labs, and found an incredibly healthy experimental music scene. I was getting more inspiration from weirder, noisier guitar-based stuff like Stick Dog, Demo Moe, Missing Foundation, and so on. Side B was one long abstract meandering construction ("Soundtrack for Decay"), using lyrics taken from our old roommate Drew's notebooks, which he kindly loaned me for use. His Residents-inspired rants made for fun juxtapositions with my noises."

All lyrics by Mason Jones except "Soundtrack for Decay", written by Drew Shell, and "Party Line", written by Jeff Dauber.

Charnel Music - CHC- 3 (Cassette)