Listen to Mylab's self-titled debut album and you just might get an idea of what jazz bars in 2050 will be like.

Keyboardist/composer Wayne Horvitz and percussionist/producer Tucker Martine — both Seattle natives — employ the help of 15 other musicians to create an extremely eclectic dish of jazz, blue grass, electronica and trip-hop.

Mylab's genre-mixing sound at times seems to lend from Medeski, Martin and Wood, but with banjos, handclaps, dobros and violas, you realize the duo has devised a sound all its own.

"Phil and Jerry" pieces together a wonderfully strange, exotically jazzy environment, combining African chanting with finger snaps and ngoni-playing, while "Fancy Party Cakes" feels like a shin-dig thrown by R2-D2, with plenty of electronic beeps and noises set over banjos in hyper-drive.

But "Land Trust Picnic" deserves the biggest nod on Mylab. Deeply layered and beautifully composed, it creates an upbeat groove with a bluesy Hammond organ, jamming piano and twangy banjo.

But the album is by no means perfect. Mylab's experimental endeavor is entertaining and fun to listen to — for awhile. By the time you reach the ninth track you are ready to call it quits. The trip into futuristic jazz territory comes to a grinding halt, as songs become tired and boring, pushing you towards sleep rather than musical enlightenment.

Grade: BC