With The Way Of Time, Geir Jenssen – aka Biosphere – presents a record inspired by Elizabeth Madox Roberts’ novel The Time Of Man. The album incorporates excerpts from a 1951 radio adaptation, narrated by Joan Lorring, whose voice draws stark contrasts between rural life in Kentucky and the merciless forces of nature. Hovering between vastness and unease, the album transposes this fragile sense of perception onto Jenssen’s hometown of Tromsø – itself under threat from climate change.
Lorring’s voice acts as a narrative anchor, almost like a quiet conscience guiding the listener. Musically, The Way Of Time revisits familiar Biosphere territory: restored keyboards and vintage drum machines shape a sound palette of dubby ambient techno, retro-futuristic synths, and slow-motion electro sketches. The results recall the delicate structures of N-Plants (2011), with soft melodies and repetitive loops that induce a trance-like state.
What sets The Way Of Time apart is the interplay between sound and speech. Lorring’s distant, often blurred voice overlays the tracks not as illustration but as texture. Her bittersweet reflections don’t interrupt the music – they fuse with it. The result is a deeply immersive work that feels at once meditative and haunting.
The Way Of Time
