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Dr. C b/w Five Year Eve
[only 2 copies left!] "The lead single from the duo's full-length, 'Brookland / Oaklyn,' drops us directly into an 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 TARSIER's silky pipes. When ALIAS joins in with armloads of whirring keyboards, rickety clicks and scruffy bass beats, things settle into a surprisingly organic groove with Tarsier's bright voice leading the dance through the heavy atmosphere. A perfect introduction to the dulcet and dusky tones of the duo's full-length collaboration." More
12" $8.00 
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Brookland / Oaklyn
[only 2 vinyl copies left!] "'Brookland/Oaklyn' is the result of a bicoastal collaboration between anticon beatmaker extraordinaire Alias and vocalist Rona 'Tarsier' Rapadas of New York's cinematronic duo, Healamonster & Tarsier. Prompted by one fluke email, the project took twenty-one months to complete, each artist recording in isolation and sharing the results long distance. Though the two hadn't met face to face, they clicked musically, the relationship flourished, and 'Brookland/Oaklyn' is the pay off.
'Cub,' the album's first track, begins with a light and steady pulse, a slow build of entwined keys, and Tarsier's rich and dulcet voice. She plays the chanteuse, walking a beautiful line somewhere between Bjork and Beth Gibbons while Alias coaxes the song along -- gradually building it up, eventually coating the entire thing with a fine layer of frost. Off-kilter drums, choppy static and a jeweled synth line set the tone on 'Rising Son,' a lyrical ode to metamorphosis. Alias creates a boom-bap-infused atmosphere on 'Last Nail' and finds his voice again, too, delivering rapid-fire, rhyme-free verses. Elsewhere, we're lifted upward by Telephone Jim Jesus' bright acoustic guitar ('Dr. C'), kited across the midnight sky by Kirsten McCord's cello ('5 Year Eve'), and brought down to earth by guests Dose One ('Luck & Fear') and Dax Pierson ('The Edge of America').
All in all, the result is a powerfully honest musical manifesto-- a project dreamt up and made human by kindred souls creating art 3,000 miles apart." More
2LP $13.00
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