Elements concentrates its information around one credit: Hypnologia appears on every piece, all classified as Ambient / Experimental and released by Ubertrend Records. That unity of artist, label and genre contrasts with a map of durations, tempos and keys that does not remain in one fixed area. Wave opens at 101 BPM, in A-flat major, with a 6:10 duration. From that first entry onward, the order introduces wide differences without leaving the same classification.
The first extreme arrives quickly with Heavenly Avenue: 14:37, A major and 143 BPM. It is the album's maximum duration and also one of its highest tempo figures. At the other end, Sunny City is listed at 86 BPM in E major, the sequence's lowest value. Between those pieces, Air sits at 94 BPM in A-flat minor and lasts 8:00, while Another Meditation is marked at 102 BPM, A minor and 10:51. The data sequence avoids a regular staircase.
The central area retains extended running times. Detachment lasts 9:39 at 99 BPM in G-flat major; Intent 10:39 at 110 BPM in G-flat minor; and Power of the Elements 10:18 at 96 BPM in C minor. The major/minor pairings in A-flat and G-flat are not placed consecutively, yet they allow internal connections to be read without adding information beyond the tracklist.
The final contrast is set by Tincture of Frankincense: 10:30, B-flat minor and 147 BPM, the highest tempo. Durations therefore run from 6:10 to 14:37, while tempos range from 86 to 147 BPM. Elements does not need changes in artist or label to establish difference; it finds it in the relation between length, key and pulse. For attentive programming, each piece can first be placed through those three indicators before any continuity is proposed between them.