Browse by Artist: ALIAS

Artist:	ALIAS
Title:	The Other Side Of The Looking Glass
Label:	ANTICON
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ABR 022CD

"The humble godfather of goth-hop and once-unsung seminal ironman of Anticon, alias avenges the downtrodden and abused producer-rapper. Composing music from his deepest shades, this irrefutable jack of all trades drops anchor with a debut solo full length intended to serve as hiphop's response to a Stevie Wonder record, with virtually all writing, composition, and production created by the artist himself. This collection of introspective lyrics rapped over ethereal, minor-chord drones, dark samples, and aggressive, dubbed-out drum beats was recorded in home studios between December 1998 and October 2001. The production is rainy-day contemplative and rhythmically menacing, and the mixes sound simultaneously calculated and spontaneous."

Artist:	ALIAS
Title:	Eyes Closed EP
Label:	ANTICON
Format:	CD
Price:	$7.50
Catalog #:	ABR 033CD

"The eyes closed EP is five beautifully arranged instrumental songs of filtered polyrhythmic percussion, fat chopped drums, droney synths, pretty string samples and some TV and radio overdubs with anti-imperialist / anti-consumer sentiments. Each of the five tracks stands alone, a four-minute electronic pocket symphony with movements and themes, while smoothly transitioning into the next. A departure from early sample-heavy, loop-based alias productions, tracks laden with washy keyboards and eerie guitar rely more on Alias's multi-instrumental talents. Lying somewhere between ambient Brian Eno and Kraftwerk, eyes closed seems akin to Boards of Canada or early Aphex Twin while maintaining some of the boom bap of roots hiphop -- at the same time rainy day contemplative and rhythmically menacing."

Artist:	ALIAS
Title:	Muted
Label:	ANTICON
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ABR 036CD

"Alias is the humble and once unsung, seminal iron man of Anticon --an avenger of the producer/rapper type, whose music sounds his own at the turn of every instant. Part Brian Eno and part Kraftwerk, muted is akin to Boards of Canada or early Aphex Twin while maintaining some of the boom bap roots of hiphop. Alias uses muted to explore(and at times parody) the 'boundaries' between what is considered hiphop and what is considered electronica. Tracks exaggerate and underline these distinctions, but the approaches are so closely fused, it's not clear where one begins and the other ends."

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