Alias – The Other Side Of The Looking Glass (CD) (2002) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

Alias originally performed as a rapper with Sole in the group Live Poets. He also produced his own songs, but would still rap over another producer’s beats. He moved to California in 1999 to start the label Anticon, as well as to focus on his music. Later on, as Alias began working with Anticon, he produced tracks for the emcees on the label.

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. As a complete record, the other side of the looking glass is serious and consistent, leaving the listener on the see through side of a two-way-mirror with a clear sense of what it is to be alias.

Tracklist:

01 Begin
02 Jovial Costume
03 Angel Of Solitude
04 Dying To Stay
05 Getting By (Version 2)
06 Arrival
07 Watching Water
08 Opus Ashamed (Feat. Dose One)
09 Black Tea
10 Inspirations Passing
11 Pill Hiding
12 Slow Motion People
13 Final Act

Download:

FLAC – Wayshare

320 kbps – Wayshare