The Nature of Time
Studio album by
Future Perfect Sound System
Released25 September 2001
GenreElectronic music, new music, ambient music, indie rock
Length65:48
LabelInnova Recordings
ProducerChris Strouth
Future Perfect Sound System chronology
Music For Listening
(1997)		 The Nature of Time
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Sonoloco Record Reviews(positive)[2]
Computer Music Journal(positive)[3]

The Nature of Time is the second album by Twin Cities-based electronica collective Future Perfect Sound System. The album features work from a diverse range of electronica genres. It was produced by Future Perfect organizer and Minneapolis record producer Chris Strouth, and released by Minneapolis record label Innova Recordings.[4] A loose-knit concept album revolving around allegorical notions of time, The Nature of Time was conceived as a continuation of a March 2000 Future Perfect performance at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art[5] in Minneapolis, though the individual songs were recorded by the various groups separately in the studio.

Critical reception to the album was mixed. Sonoloco reviewer Ingvar Loco Nordin praised it as "illustrious and very original."[2] François Couture of Allmusic called it "perplexing" but acknowledged that it covered a wide range of sound.[1]

Track listing

No.TitlePerformer (composer)Length
1."The Nature of Time"A Most Happy Sound (Chris Strouth)6:44
2."Thin Air, Longitude, Tres Elements"Zaftig5:31
3."Thank You Starts"Big Daddy, Jr. & the Spook6:50
4."The Boxer"Christian Erickson (Paul Simon)8:59
5."Remote Delay"Alpha 617:46
6."Longitude"Zaftig5:05
7."Sex and Violins"TS & Filmore Diggz4:05
8."Infengal Decrapulation"The Radar Threat5:15
9."Psycho Duo"Drone5:42
10."Tres Elements"Zaftig4:01
11."Essence"Podling2:31

References

  1. 1 2 Couture, François. "Future Perfect: The Nature of Time" at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 Loco Nordin, Ingvar (2001). "Future Perfect; The Nature of Time". Sonoloco Record Reviews. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  3. ↑ Whalley, Ian (Spring 2003). "The Nature of Time (review)". Computer Music Journal. 27 (1): 97.
  4. ↑ "Future Perfect Sound System: The Nature of Time". Innova Recordings. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  5. ↑ "Future Perfect Sound System: The Nature of Time". Sounding Board. 27: 18. 2000.
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