alias

unseen sights

well, enough bitching and whining about things that don't matter. i stumbled upon this album muted by alias released last year on the anticon label. the temptation is to label it instrumental hip hop because of the lable he is on but it is neither hip hop nor entirely instrumental. it is closer in spirit to boards of canada and occasionally maybe four tet. alias has worked with a bunch of hip hop artists of the good kind, e.g., slug and sage francis, but here is a song where markus acher from the notwist (another excellent band) provides the vocals. this song simply amazes me - the music and the vocal just fit perfectly together. i don't know whether i'm more impressed by the stunning prettiness of the song or just how it is pieced together.