snapir & Ænie’s Modular Synth Composition “2110: Ash Grey” Evokes a Sense of a Post-Civilization Future

The backdrop sound of white noise fog sets the stage for “2110: Ash Grey” the single from snapir & Ænie’s new album Egression (released February 26, 2025). As the track progresses droplets of electronic clicks, hovering tones, distorted flares of horn-like sounds and an almost improvisational rhythm that flows through, touches of disintegrating melody emerging from harmonic drones work together to create in the mind something like the music from a world as projected onto the future by 1960s and 1970s science fiction writers and filmmakers. But this one feels more alien and more dystopian in the way of Andrei Tarkovsky where that future isn’t so sparkling, epic or dramatic, but more low key where people explore the nature of their dreams and aspirations while being wary of achieving them because they’ve so long been accustomed to diminished expectations. There is a tension and a sense of wonder that bleeds through those internalized defenses against transcendence. This song has that kind of energy of existential examination and working one’s way through a murky future where the mysteries may turn out to be completely nothing you might have imagined. Taking shape with the composers’ collaboration utilizing a Serge Modular System synthesizer it’s an environmental ambient piece with real texture and a warped library music vibe that utilizes the uniquely haunting tones and possibilities of one of the classic 1970s synths with consistently fascinating results. Listen to “2110: Ash Grey” on Spotify and follow snapir & Ænie on Instagram.