Apropos of Nothing is a compilation of New Zealand electronic music (with one US guest), released by Angry Rabbit. Let us tell you about it.
The compilations that survive for posterity, the ones that are remembered as great albums in their own right, are the ones that not only document a scene its moment of glory, but capture the glory of the moment. They tell you, from first to last track, why anyone at the time cared.
And so this is what compilation albums aim for (unless they're purely an exercise in licensing), even the ones that don't make it, even only in their secret dreams. Yes, this is what we're aiming for. However, we'd like you to believe otherwise, in case we're accused of foolishness. See, we here at Angry Rabbit fear we've missed our shot at a moment of glory - who goes to see live electronic music anymore? - and we don't really have a scene to document. We've just documented some of our friends, not all of whom even live in the same country.
So that's why this compilation is "apropos of nothing". You didn't ask for it, we're the guy at the party who just thought we'd put it on the stereo, regardless of the vibe in the rest of the room. It really has to stand on its own musical merits, because it has nothing else going for it.
