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American experimental musician known for his solo work, his band SubArachnoid Space, and his earlier work as Trance. Currently active with Numinous Eye, Collision Stories, and the noise trio Dodge Jones Rage.
Also runs the Charnel Music label.

ALBUMS


Mason Jones
Permanence, Perseverance, Persistence
2021, LP, Charnel Music
Mason Jones
Unreleased Themes For Caged Heat 3000
2007, CDr, Charnel Music
Mason Jones
Dimly Recalled
2006, CDr, Foxglove
Mason Jones
Quiet Sparks
2005, CDr, Cafe Independants
Mason Jones
The Crystalline World Of Memory
2002, CDr, Public Eyesore
Mason Jones
Midnight In The Twilight Factory
1999, CD, Album, Monotremata Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Mason Jones
Floating Hotel
1999, Cass, Freedom From
Mason Jones
International Incident
1998, CD, Charnel Music, ,
Noise/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Ambient
Mason Jones & Kawabata Makoto*
Within A Golden Moment
1998, CDr, Album, Ltd, Num, Acid Mothers Temple
SubArachnoid Space
The Red Veil
2005, CD, Album, Strange Attractors Audio House
Torture Chorus
In The Land Of Lullabye
1994, CD, Charnel Music, Vanilla Records
Trance
Contents Under Pressure (Live Recordings 1991-1993)
1994, ,
Noise/Experimental
Various
Neurot Recordings I
2004, CD + DVD + Comp, Neurot Recordings, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Industrial/Modern Classical/Noise/Ambient/Acoustic/Doom Metal/Experimental
Culper Ring
355
2003, ,
Post Rock/Experimental/Ambient
Collision Stories
Avant L'Obscurité
2021, LP, Charnel Music
The Noise Birds
The Dark Sea Hides A Bright Light
2020, ,
Experimental/Psychedelic Rock
Numinous Eye
Clockwork Moon
2013, LP, Album, Ltd, Nod and Smile Records
Suishou No Fune & Numinous Eye
Black Flowers Of The Forest In The Cosmos
2013
Numinous Eye
Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est
2009, CDr, Architect Records
Transitional Phase
Transitional Phase
2006, CD, Last Visible Dog
The Gay Barbarians... And Or The Jaurwaurs
Untitled
1999, 7", Cle, Not On Label, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Survival Research Laboratories
Illusions Of Shameless Abundance
1989, Cass, Charnel Music
Dodge Jones Rage
West Coast Power Outage VI
2023, Cass, Ltd, PRESSORTAPE
Dodge Jones Rage
West Coast Power Outage I
2022, Cass, Ltd, C10, Absurd Exposition
Dodge Jones Rage
West Coast Power Outage II
2022, LP, Ltd, Charnel Music
Dodge Jones Rage
West Coast Power Outage III
2022, CD, Ltd, Phage Tapes
Collision Stories
Those Missing Will Complete Us
2017, CD, Album, Public Eyesore
Numinous Eye
It's Coming Down
2008, CDr, Not On Label
Numinous Eye
Time's Stolen Thoughts
2008, CDr, Not On Label
Flue
Beyond The Edge Of Nowhere
2007, CD, Album, Diophantine Discs, ,
Industrial/Experimental/Ambient
Numinous Eye
With A Little Help
2007, CD, Album, aRCHIVE
Numinous Eye
The Farthest Thing
2007, CDr, Charnel Music, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Numinous Eye
Live / Studio
2007, LP, Ora, Little Mafia Records
SubArachnoid Space
Also Rising
2003, CD, Strange Attractors Audio House, ,
Post Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Space Rock
SubArachnoid Space
Play Nice
2002, CDr, Ltd, Num, Not On Label (SubArachnoid Space Self-released)
Glacier
Glacier
2000, CD, Album, Not On Label
SubArachnoid Space
These Things Take Time
2000, CD, Album, Release Entertainment, ,
Avantgarde
SubArachnoid Space
A New And Exact Map
2000
Flue
Once Upon A Time In A Quazar
1999, 7", Ltd, Num, OBUH Records
Spirits Burning
New Worlds By Design
1999, CD, Album, Gazul Records, ,
Space Rock/Experimental
SubArachnoid Space
Endless Renovation
1998, CD, Album, Release Entertainment
SubArachnoid Space
Almost Invisible
1997, CD, Album, Release Entertainment
SubArachnoid Space
Ether Or
1997, CD, Album, Unit Circle Rekkids
SubArachnoid Space
Char-Broiled Wonderland
1996, 7", Single, Ltd, Num, Charnel Music
SubArachnoid Space
Delicate Membrane
1996, CD, Album, Charnel Music, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation
Chaos Of The Night
Live At KFJC
1995, CD, Endorphine Factory, ,
Noise/Experimental/Industrial
Dada Fish
Means By No Means
1988, Cass, Charnel Music, ,
Experimental
Dada Fish
Limpin' Gazelle
1987, Cass, Not On Label
Mason Jones
Solo Performances 1951 - 1954
CDr, Mono, Sotone

APPEARANCES +


Mason Jones
Droneuary IX - The Giants Hold The Key To Other Stars
2019, File, ALAC, Silber Records
Cameron Michael Nichols-Rage
Let's Play!
2014, CD, Readymades Tapes - Quality Since 1893, Readymades Tapes - Quality Since 1893, ,
Experimental/Noise/Free Improvisation/Psychedelic Rock
Remora
My Brother's Guns & Knives
2011, 14xFile, MP3, EP, Silber Records
Aarktica
In Sea Remixes
2010, CD, Album, Num, Silber Records, Silber Records, ,
Indie Rock/Avantgarde/Drone/Ambient/Dark Ambient/Experimental
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Columbia Stereo Collection 1964-1983
2025, 94xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Classical,
Choral/Baroque/Romantic/Modern
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
The Complete Columbia Album Collection
2023, 12xCD, Mono, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Classical,
Classical/Modern/Baroque
Trance
Ancient History
2021, CD, Troniks, Helicopter
Damo Suzuki With Numinous Eye & Steve Eto
High School Pharmacy​!​!​!
2021, LP, Charnel Music, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Trance & Turbo Messiah & Allegory Chapel Ltd.
Live On KPFA
2020, 2xFile, FLAC, Not On Label, ,
Experimental/Tribal
Instagon
Planets: Mars
2019, CDr, ,
Space Rock/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Noise
Various
The Pain Factory (A Public Access TV Noise Show 1995-1997)
2018, 4x DVD, ,
Interview/Spoken Word/Ambient/Abstract/Drone/Comedy/Experimental/Speech/Sound Collage/Musique Concrète/Harsh Noise Wall/Power Electronics/Minimal/Noise/Sound Art/Therapy/Sound Poetry/Industrial/Political/Poetry/Leftfield/Dialogue/Monolog
Instagon
Black Cactus
2016, 10x File, ,
Alternative Rock/Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz/Fusion/Space Rock/Free Improvisation
Happiness Forever, AJR*
Happiness Forever AJR
2015, Cass, EP, Ltd, C30, Readymades Tapes - Quality Since 1893, Readymades Tapes - Quality Since 1893
irr. app. (ext.) + Blue Sabbath Black Cheer
Discordant Convergence
2013, CD, Album, Ltd, Phage Tapes
At Jennie Richie
Halo Blinko
2013, Cass, Ltd, C24, Readymades Tapes - Quality Since 1893
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer
Scum Tapes Vol. 2
2013
Astromason + Blue Sabbath Black Cheer
Endless Black
2012, Cass, Ltd, C31, Worthless Recordings
Various
Complication Compilation
2012
Astromason / Blue Sabbath Black Cheer
Astromason / Blue Sabbath Black Cheer
2011, Cass, Ltd, C75, Gnarled Forest
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer & The Rita
Drowning Witches
2011, CDr, Debacle Records
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer
Witches
2011
We've Come For What's Ours
Aura Recall Day
2010, CDr, Not On Label
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer
Doom Mantra
2009, LP, Album, Ltd, Doom-Mantra Records
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer / Rubber (O) Cement*
Split
2009, ,
Noise
Trance
Compiled
2008, CD, Comp, RM, Monochrome Vision
Francisco López
Absolute Noise Ensemble
2006, 2xCD, Album, Blossoming Noise
Daevid Allen & Don Falcone
Glissando Grooves
2006, CD, Album, Ltd, Bananamoon Obscura, ,
Leftfield/Ethereal/Experimental/Prog Rock/Ambient
Various
Hall Of Mirrors
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Emperor Jones, ,
Space Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Sleeping Dogs
Beware
2004, CD, Comp, Broken Rekids
Various
The Invisible Pyramid
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Last Visible Dog, ,
Abstract/Drone/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Folk/Lo-Fi
SubArachnoid Space / Bardo Pond
Tigris / Euphrates
2002, Vinyl, ,
Space Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Fluorescent Tunnelvision
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Submergence, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Post Rock/Experimental
Various
Land Of The Rising Noise Vol. 3
1999, CD, Comp, Charnel Music
Various
Mar/Ino: The Complication Series
1999, CD, Comp, Mar/ino Recordings, ,
Abstract/Noise/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Live From The Devil's Triangle Volume 2
1999, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Ltd, KFJC, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Art Rock/Punk/Avantgarde/Experimental
Mystic Sensorium
Psychedelic Atmosphre Beatnik
1999, CDr, Album, La Musica Records
SubArachnoid Space And Walking Timebombs
The Sleeping Sickness
1999, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Six Hours One Week
1998, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Six Hours One Week
不失者* = Fushitsusha
Gold Blood
1998, CD, Album, Charnel Music
Mystic Sensorium
Empty Skulls Space
1998, CDr, Album, La Musica Records, ,
Experimental
狼の時間*
Psychedelic Atmosphre Beatnik KFJC Radio Show 98
1998, CDr, MiniAlbum, La Musica Records, ,
Experimental
Various
Night Of Dark Tokyo Psychedelica
1998, CDr, Comp, La Musica Records,
狼の時間*
Psychedelic Atmosphre Beatnik USA Tour 98
1998, CDr, Album, La Musica Records
Various
Space Radiation
1998, CDr, La Musica Records, ,
Experimental
Various
Steal Underground Space
1998, 10xCDr, La Musica Records
Various
Land Of The Rising Noise Vol. 2
1997, CD, Comp, Charnel Music, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Arrhythmia III
1996, CD, Comp, Charnel Music
Tel Basta
Lickerish
1996, CD, Album, Circular Reasoning
Various
The Japanese / American Noise Treaty
1995, 2xCD, Comp, Release Entertainment, ,
Noise/Experimental/Industrial
Null*
Ultimate Material III
1995, CD, Manifold Records, ,
Noise/Experimental
Trance
Augury
1995, ,
Experimental
Masonna
Noskl In Ana - Rare Tracks Collection
1994, CD, Comp, Alchemy Records (2), ,
Noise
Hybryds
The Rhythm Of The Ritual
1994, CD, Album, Charnel Music, ,
Tribal/Ambient
Various
Usenet: Mind / Body
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Atomic Novelties
Allegory Chapel Ltd.
When Angels Fall
1994
Various
Land Of The Rising Noise (Music From Japan)
1993, CD, Comp, Charnel Music
Various
Must Be Musique 2
1993, CD, Comp, Dark Vinyl Records, ,
Industrial/Experimental/Ambient
Trance
Notre-Dame De L'Oubli
1993, 7", Ltd, Fourth Dimension Records
Trance
Emergence Of Buried Truths
1993, Cass, OBUH Records
Nada
Awkward Y Borracho Core Del Todo
1993, CD, Album, Flying Esophagus Productions
Trance / Macronympha
Audio Image Assault
1993
Trance
Audiography
1993
Trance
Guitar Noise EP
1993
Neurosis
Enemy Of The Sun
1993
Hijokaidan & Trance & Allegory Chapel Ltd.
Live At The Starlight Furniture Company
1992, 7", Ltd, Num, Blu, Charnel Music
Various
Dead Tech 3 (New Music From Japan)
1992, CD, Comp, Charnel Music, ,
Noise/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Various
Must Be Musique
1992, ,
Industrial/Experimental/Ambient
Trance
Automatism
1991, CD, Album, Charnel Music
Various
Altered States Of Consciousness
1991, CD, Comp, UPD Organization, ,
Noise/Experimental
Various
Wakened By Silence
1991, 2xCass, Comp, Ltd, Num, Charnel Music, ,
Noise/Experimental
Survival Research Laboratories
The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess
1991, VHS, NTSC, Survival Research Laboratories
Various
Arrhythmia
1990, CD, Comp, Charnel Music, ,
Tribal/Industrial/Experimental
Trance
Mesmerism
1990, Cass, Charnel Music
Trance
Abyss
1989, Cass, Charnel Music
Trance
The Beaten Track
1989, Cass, Charnel Music, ,
Experimental
Trance
Fatal Blow
1988, Cass, Charnel Music
Shostakovich* - Bernstein*, Previn*, Rostropovich*, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra*, Eugene Ormandy
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Cello Concerto No. 1
1988
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
First-Chair Encores Vol. I (Showpieces For Philadelphia’s First-Chair Virtuosos)
1965
Various
Droneuary 2024
2024, 53xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Silber Records, ,
Dark Ambient/Drone/Noise/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Industrial/Ambient/Techno/Tribal
Various
QRD - The Guitarists
2014, 55xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Silber Records, ,
Experimental
Various
The Big California Noise Compilation
2014, 143xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Thee Instagon Foundation, ,
Noise/Experimental/Power Electronics/Musique Concrète
Various
Locked Grooves
2004, 2x7", Ltd, Num, Little Mafia Records
Various
Eld Rich Palmer Off-Line
2004, CDr, CD-ROM, Comp, Eld Rich Palmer, ,
Industrial/Abstract/Noise/Minimal/Free Improvisation/Ambient/Downtempo/Experimental
Various
Deprogramming Music Volume One
2002, CD, Sacred Noise, ,
Noise/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Hand/Eye
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Hand/Eye, Hand/Eye, ,
Neofolk/Acoustic/Experimental/Folk/Minimal/Post Rock/Psychedelic/Appalachian Music/Medieval/Renaissance/Celtic/Ethereal
Various
lockERS
2000, 12", Comp, ERS, ,
Abstract/Noise/Experimental
Various
Sweet, So What's Up For Tonight? A Nice Pooper Compilation
2000, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Nice Pooper, ,
Folk Rock/Alternative Rock/Noise/Breakcore/Abstract/Psychedelic Rock/Ambient/Experimental
Various
Moonlanding Vol. 3 / 4
1999, 7", Ltd, Helicopter, ,
Abstract/Noise/Experimental
Various
Castration Ballads Volume 1
1998, Cass, Comp, Loud Cat
Various
RRR 500 (Various 500 Lock-Grooves By 500 Artists)
1998, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock/Noise/Spoken Word/Abstract/Drone/Hardcore/Industrial/Experimental
Various
Guitar Untouchable - Alchemy Guitar Compilation 3
1997, CD, Comp, Alchemy Records (2)
Various
Silver Burdett Music Book 3 Record 6
1974, LP, Album, Comp, Columbia Special Products, ,
Educational
Various
Audition Winter 1966/67
1967, LP, Comp, Columbia Masterworks Subscription Service, ,
Promotional/Spoken Word/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern