By 1987's double LP A Thirsty Fish, Watson had exited H30, leaving McKenzie the sole constant member; its follow-up, Intoutof, heralded a new approach, rejecting the cut-and-paste noise and abrasive drones of earlier releases in favor of a more hypnotically ethereal sound. Released in 1991, Kill the King announced the beginning of a trilogy that continued on with Mastery of Money and How to Reform Mankind; acclaimed in many quarters as the Hafler Trio's finest work, these three records diametrically oppose the soothing, placating effects of most ambient musics -- Mastery of Money, with its extensive use of low-frequency tones, is a particularly unnerving and discomforting experience. Subsequent releases include 1992's Fuck and 1994's One Dozen Economical Stories, a collaboration with filmmaker Peter Greenaway. In 1996, the Hafler Trio also mounted Who Sees Goes On, a series of thematically linked limited-edition releases. In the 2000s the Hafler Trio -- in essence consisting only of McKenzie plus occasional collaborators -- continued to issue limited-edition releases, often in the range of 300 to 1,500 copies, including Hljodmynd (2000), Cleave: 9 Great Openings (2002), No Man Put Asunder: 7 Fruitful and Seamless Unions (2003), Normally (with Blixa Bargeld, 2003), Exactly as I Say (with Jonsi Birgisson, 2004), If Take, Then Take: Tricks, Half-Tricks Real Phenomena (2005), Exactly as I Am and Exactly as I Do (both with Jonsi Birgisson, 2005), and 3 Eggs (with Colin Potter and Andrew Liles, 2006). As the first decade of the new millennium drew to a close, McKenzie was reportedly living in Iceland and had stopped his involvement with CDs and (for the most part) the Internet, and the Hafler Trio website had been shut down. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi