One gets the feeling that before meeting in person, Alias and Tarsier crossed paths someplace else, perhaps in some digital dreamscape out on the astral plane. Dr. C, the lead-off single from the duo's upcoming full-length, Brookland / Oaklyn, drops us directly into this ethereal fantasy world. The title track opens with a crunchy swell curling its way through bits of noise and crackling static. After an upbeat guitar intro -- courtesy of Telephone Jim Jesus -- the song picks up and introduces to Tarsier's    [ read more ]

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'Brookland/Oaklyn' is the debut, bicoastal collaboration between the production/beatmaking of anticon's Alias and the voice and inspiration of Rona 'Tarsier' Rapadas of New York's cinematronic duo, Healamonster & Tarsier. The project began with one fluke email and remained faceless for 21 months as they recorded their respective musical roles (without first meeting or even knowing the other). The title of Alias's maiden voyage into wordless work-Muted-was as ironic as it was literal. While he had left his p   [ read more ]

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Continuing their icy journey through the ethereal, Alias & Tarsier grace the cosmos with the Plane That Draws a White Line EP, a collection of new songs and remixes opened by a reprise of the titular track (taken from the Brookland/Oaklyn full-length). Our man Alias continues to weave his winding glacial tapestries, nurturing a loud quiet beat aesthetic?the old build-and-drop?that teases and tugs at Tarsier's blue flame of a voice. 'Plane that Draws a White Line' is a major-chord affair strummed on acoustic   [ read more ]

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