Duplex

Today's Music From The Future is Duplex, by Apparat. This is music that came to me via one of my shady online resources, probably the Internet equivalent of buying music in an unlabeled jewel case from some homeless-looking person in a truck stop parking lot. Okay, so that's not really true, I bought it from eMusic, but I found out about it via somewhat dubious sources. In this case, though, it worked out okay.

Duplex is a curious electronic and instrumental album, with maybe one track having vocals. It's very much in the vein of Boards of Canada, not completely different from Ratatat. But this isn't dancing music, this is music for introspection and brooding. Someday in the future, when machines rule the world and everyone has AIDS, all music will probably sound like this. But for now, it just exists independently of time. It's very futuristic, perfect music for a bleak, post-apocalyptic landscape.

This music probably isn't for everyone. If you like to sing along with your music (and I do, sometimes) or are easily depressed by sound, then maybe you should stay away from Duplex. But if you like your music on the minimal side, where the noise is less frequent but more significant, then maybe this is the stuff for you.

In other news:
Less crabby today. And apparently, I am going to a baseball game tomorrow! This would be really exciting if I was still into baseball, but it should be fun regardless.