Kesto (234.48:4) - Pan Sonic
Metascore
74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Kesto is an overwhelming, unbelievable adventure, but it's not for everyone.
  2. Everything here is in its right place, making Kesto (234.48:4) perhaps the only Pan Sonic album you'd ever need to own, for every style of music the group has ever recorded is presented at length and it's all produced as masterfully as ever.
  3. Kesto works, though, because Pan Sonic, through intelligent sequencing and a burst of inspiration, are essentially offering four separate, complete, and internally consistent albums.
  4. Once you've bequeathed them your synapses, the rewards are great. [Aug 2004, p.116]
  5. Kesto could have been improved with some judicious edits; but when they are at the top of their game, these Finns are undeniably great. [#244, p.59]
  6. Kesto is heavy-duty stuff, a coherent, 250-minute artistic statement blessed with an epic scope and a dangerous edge.
  7. 60
    While Kesto's sweeping scope is impressive, this long-player is best reserved for cold winter evenings and late-night introspection. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.126]
  8. If you read The Wire, you probably already own [Kesto], but if you don't, don't bother. [Jul 2004, p.148]
  9. It's easier to respect the ideas behind the music than to love the music itself.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. JeonidRan
    9
    Incredibly powerful and intense work. Dauntless masterpiece!!
  2. davids
    10
    Simply perfect. The first and second discs are violent, but the third one is perfect nordic ambient.
  3. richc
    10
    sonic shards seriously slapping souls sometimes sane somewhere specific solvent.............