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Past Time is a selection of compositions by Thomas Bjelkeborn between the years 1987-1996. All of them are highly artificial-sounding pieces of electro-acoustic avant-garde, with some short but effective vocal clips in them. In keeping with the genre, the material is highly disjointed, and I for one couldn't get any real grip on it despite several (17 full listen-throughs, to be exact) attempts. The segments each track is formed of come in short, dissimilar burst that are hard to concentrate on. Yet at the same time the number of elements is low enough to prevent the formation of a wall of noise -effect out of the diversity. The are several absolutely wonderful parts, but those are hard to wait for amidst the chaotic whole - especially since the shortest of the tracks is almost 9 minutes long, and the great segments just a few seconds at most each. A fascinating exception to this is a brilliant two-minute wave of noise at the end of the Beatles-ish named Within Without, an example of noise music at its best.

In the end, Past Time leaves me absolutely cold. Nevertheless its combination of stylishness, excellent echo structure and the exemplary sound production quality common to Elektron's records hints very much that it might be an album many fans of electro-acoustic music would enjoy a lot. It seems to be a high-quality work that's just not to my personal taste.

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Bjelkeborn - Past Time

Past Time kokoaa Thomas Bjelkebornin sävellyksiä vuosilta 1987-1996. Tyylilajina on vahvasti keinotekoiselta kuulostava elektroakustinen avantgarde, jonka seassa on lyhyitä mutta tehokkaita puheenpätkiä. Tyylilajille uskollisesti kaikki materiaali on todella hajanaista, enkä ainakaan minä kyennyt runsaista yrityksistä (17 kuuntelukertaa ennen tämän arvostelun kirjoittamista) huolimatta saamaan siihen mitään otetta.	Artisti: Bjelkeborn Formaatti: CD Levy-yhtiö: Elektron Julkaisuvuosi: 2000 Kokonaiskesto: 70:07 Kappaleita: 6
Teosten osuudet tulevat pieninä, keskenään hyvin erilaisina purskeina niin että niihin ei pysty kunnolla keskittymään. Silti samanaikaisesti elementtejä on sen verran vähän ettei hajanaisuudesta synny myöskään noise-maista vallia joka yhdistäisi vaihtelut. Mukana on valtavan hienoja lyhyitä osuuksia, mutta niitä on vaikea jaksaa odottaa superpallon tavoin kimpoilevien pitkien kokonaisuuksien seasta - lyhyin kappaleista on vajaat 9 minuuttia pitkä ja osiot usein vain muutamia sekunteja. Kiehtovan poikkeuksen muodostaa upea pariminuuttinen hälyaalto Beatles-henkisesti nimetyn kappaleen *Within Without* lopussa, edustaen noisea parhaimmillaan. Past Time jättää minut lopulta täysin kylmäksi, mutta sen toteutuksellinen tyylikkyys, Elektronin julkaisuille tyypillinen erinomainen tuotantotaso, ja loistava kaikurakenne vihjaavat vahvasti siihen suuntaan, että voisin kuvitella hyvin monen elektroakustisen musiikin ystävän pitävän siitä paljon. Ilmeisen laadukas levy, mutta ei minun makuuni. Jiituomas

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Past Time is a selection of compositions by Thomas Bjelkeborn between the years 1987-1996. All of them are highly artificial-sounding pieces of electro-acoustic avant-garde, with some short but effective vocal clips in them. In keeping with the genre, the material is highly disjointed, and I for one couldn't get any real grip on it despite several (17 full listen-throughs, to be exact) attempts. The segments each track is formed of come in short, dissimilar burst that are hard to concentrate on. Yet at the same time the number of elements is low enough to prevent the formation of a wall of noise -effect out of the diversity. The are several absolutely wonderful parts, but those are hard to wait for amidst the chaotic whole - especially since the shortest of the tracks is almost 9 minutes long, and the great segments just a few seconds at most each. A fascinating exception to this is a brilliant two-minute wave of noise at the end of the Beatles-ish named Within Without, an example of noise music at its best. In the end, Past Time leaves me absolutely cold. Nevertheless its combination of stylishness, excellent echo structure and the exemplary sound production quality common to Elektron's records hints very much that it might be an album many fans of electro-acoustic music would enjoy a lot. It seems to be a high-quality work that's just not to my personal taste. Jiituomas