The Nature of Time

by Future Perfect

Overview

Future Perfect's second album, The Nature of Time, is perplexing for the wrong reasons. This is a collective of electronica artists, a group of people with very diverse backgrounds. The fact that the album was released on Innova Recordings, that this particular "work" was commissioned by the Sonic Circuits International Festival, and that the group had been performing in museums and art galleries should have announced experimental music ahead. That's not the case. Granted, The Nature of Time covers a wide range of electronica, from drum'n'bass to glitch, from ambient to experimental; still, most of the music rehashes old ideas and sounds (gulp!) commercial. What can be said about Christian Erickson's "Boxer," a nine-minute rendition of Paul Simon's most annoying refrain, except that Fatboy Slim could have done the same? And what about curator/Zaftig member Chris Strouth's rants on the nature of time and the advent of cuckoo clocks? Once again, the idea is not new. There are interesting moments though, like Infengal Decrapulation's Neotropic-like "The Radar Threat." It may be disguised as a cutting-edge modern electronica conceptual project, but this CD barely ranks above your average risk-free electronica label sampler. ~ Francois Couture

Product Details

Release Date:	10/02/2001
Label:	Innova
UPC:	0726708655822
Rank:	203923

Tracks

1. The Nature of Time  - Robin Spielberg  - Chris Strouth  -  Most Happy Sound
2. Thin Air  - Ben Connelly  -  Zaftig
3. Thank You Stass  - Tim Ritter  -  Big Daddy Jr. & The Spook
4. The Boxer  - Paul Simon  - Christian Erickson
5. Remote Delay  -  Alpha Sixty One  - Jason Hale Shapiro
6. Longitude  - Ben Connelly  -  Zaftig
7. Sex and Violins  -  TS  -  Diggz
8. Infengal Decrapulation  -  Radar Threat
9. Psycho Dub  -  Drone
10. Tres Elements  - Ben Connelly  -  Zaftig
11. Essence  - Bill Dixon  -  Podling

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Future Perfect   Primary Artist
Podling   Primary Artist
Christian Erickson   Primary Artist
Big Daddy Jr. & The Spook   Primary Artist
Ts & Filmore Diggz   Primary Artist
Zaftig   Primary Artist
The Radar Threat   Primary Artist
A Most Happy Sound   Primary Artist
TS   Primary Artist
Alpha 61   Primary Artist
Drone   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Chris Strouth   Compilation Producer,Text,Composer,Narrator,Producer,Liner Notes
TS   Performer
Bob DeMaa   Mastering
Tim Ritter   Composer
Alpha 61   Performer
Paul Simon   Composer
Spook   Performer
Drone   Performer
Robin Spielberg   Composer
Bill Dixon   Composer
Dewayne Williams   Photography
Ben Connelly   Composer
Philip Blackburn   Executive Producer
Jason Hale Shapiro   Composer