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4.0 out of 5 stars
Hip-hop Yin, August 28, 2008
This review is from: Resurgam (Audio CD)
Alias's work follows the sample-heavy, drum machined (note the title "I Heart Drum Machines"), bit-reduced formula of hip-hop, and though he's also known for producing harder stuff for the likes on Sage Francis, here he prefers to package it all with a lighter, sometimes fey (ala his work with Tarsier) approach, dropping tripped-out folk guitar and softer sounds as well as crunchy snares into his MPC. He counterposes every big-beat ("New to a Few") and spry "dance" track ("Well Water" with Why?) with pulpy pieces such as the spacious piano-driven "Weathering" (Featuring The One AM Radio)" and a droning, otherworldly radio transmission on "Place of No More Choices". For all the Public Enemy and Wu-Tang you listen to all week, it's nice to put on something that incorporates the same elements but does so at a languid pace, just to refuel or take a break on a foggy morning.
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