Muted, by Alias (Double LP on Anticon)

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Format:	Double LP
Label:	Anticon
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Rating: happy This record left our Clint feeling happy.

New one by Alias. Average to good instrumental hip-hop with the odd highlight such as the excellent collaboration with the Notwist dude (who adds typically Neil Tennant-esque vocals while he's there). The rest is kind of dark with bits of detached voices flying in and out of the mix. Another winner from the Anticon stable. Muted is on CD and 2LP

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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. Sonically, muted is a departure from early, sample-heavy, loop-based alias productions, instead relying more on his multi-instrumental talents on guitar and keyboard. The album’s soundscapes are driven by chopped drums and laden with washy keyboards, eerie guitar chords, gritty fuzz and droney synths. muted demonstrates alias’s compositional talent and his flexibility. He sounds equally at home providing the melancholy backing for Markus Acher’s (The Notwist) plaintive, crooning on “unseen sights,” as he does supporting the staccato raps of the pedestrian (anticon) on “the physical voice.” The result is a moody, intimate and, at times, dark record that is both rainy-day contemplative and rhythmically menacing, all the while maintaining its cohesiveness.