Brendon 'Alias' Whitney lives in Oakland. This is where in 1998 and with 300 bucks he set off the Anticon label. A label whose artists have been described by many as "the hip-hop equivalent of post-rock," and "avant-garde hip-hop".
In October of 2003, Alias released his instrumental LP debut, entitled Muted, and on December 31, he got an excited email from Rona 'Tarsier' Rapadas. Rona was living at Brooklyn at that time and she was playing at the electronic duo, Healamonster & Tarsier. The album hadn't left her side for a month. She'd been singing along with the melodies and writing lyrics for the wordless moodpieces and would he consider doing a remix with her and would he mind giving her group's stuff a listen? Alias wrote back the next day, sending her four beats and asking her to wirte lyrics add vocals and see where they would end up. And that's how the Brooklyn/Oakland album started shaping...
Finally, after 21 months of email communication the album was completed. Although they were living 3,000 miles far from each other and having never met face-to-face, Alias & Tarsier managed to create an amazing trip-hop album. Tarsier's voice and Alias samples are maybe the best company for a road trip from Brookly to Oakland...
