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Alias (musician)
Brendon Whitney (April 5, 1976 – March 30, 2018), better known by his stage name Alias, was a producer and rapper from Hollis, Maine. He was a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. History Alias originally performed as a rapper with Sole in the group Live Poets. He also produced his own songs, but would still rap over another producer's beats. He moved to California in 1999 to start the label Anticon, as well as to focus on his music. Later on, as Alias began working with Anticon, he produced tracks for the emcees on the label. In 2002, Alias released his first solo album ''The Other Side of the Looking Glass''. He produced and rapped on the album. After that, Alias moved away from rapping to focus solely on production. His production work also moved away from sampling and began to involve more synthesizers and instruments such as guitar. He released his first instrumental album ''Muted'' in 2003. The compilation of his remix works, ''Collected Remixes'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollis, Maine
Hollis is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,745 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Hollis is a rural bedroom community of Portland, Maine, Portland and is part of the Portland–South Portland, Maine, South Portland–Biddeford, Maine, Biddeford, Maine Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area. History The town of Hollis was originally called Little Falls Plantation, which also encompassed all of the town of Dayton, Maine, Dayton and a small part of Limington, Maine, Limington, namely the area south of the Little Ossipee River. It was bought in 1664 by Major William Phillips from Hobinowell and Mogg Hegon, Sagamore (title), sagamores of the local Abenaki Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indians. In 1728, the Massachusetts General Court ordered that a combination trading post and stockaded blockhouse be constructed on the Saco River to conduct trade with the Native Americans. It was mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Producer
Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music in a recording studio. While the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music creation, including recording the rapping of an MC, a turntablist or DJ providing a beat, playing samples and "scratching" using record players and the creation of a rhythmic backing track, using a drum machine or sequencer, it is most commonly used to refer to recording the instrumental, non-lyrical and non-vocal aspects of hip hop. Music production Hip hop producers may be credited as the record producer or songwriter; they may also supervise recording sessions. Hip hop instrumentals are colloquially referred to as beats or musical compositions, while the composer is called either a programmer, songwriter or beat maker. In the studio, the hip hop producer often functions as both the composer and as a traditional record producer. They are sometimes called Orchestrators, P. Diddy is an example of one, and they are ultimately responsible for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slug (rapper)
Sean Michael Daley (born September 7, 1972), better known by his stage name Slug, is an American rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner (Spawn). Turner has since left and Anthony Davis (Ant) produces Atmosphere with Slug. In 1995, Slug, in collaboration with Anthony Davis, Musab Saad, and Brent Sayers founded the Minneapolis-based independent hip hop record label Rhymesayers Entertainment. Biography Slug was born Sean Michael Daley in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on September 7, 1972. The son of Valerie and Craig Daley, he is of Irish, Norwegian, African-American, and Native American descent. Slug's nickname comes from his father's; his dad was known to his friends as "Sluggo" and thus they began to call Sean "little Sluggo," which he shortened to "Slug". In Atmosphere's early years, Slug DJ'd behind the scenes and let Spawn handle lyrics. The group eventually formed a strong relationship w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doseone
Adam Drucker (born April 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Doseone, is an American rapping, rapper, hip hop producer, producer, poet and artist. He is a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. He has also been a member of numerous groups including Deep Puddle Dynamics, Greenthink, Clouddead, Themselves, Subtle (band), Subtle, 13 & God, Go Dark, Nevermen, and A7pha. History Doseone is known for his extensive collaborations with other Anticon members, forming numerous groups and performing guest spots on others' releases. He has recorded with many musicians including Mr. Dibbs, Aesop Rock, Slug (rapper), Slug, Sole (hip hop artist), Sole, Alias (musician), Alias, Jel (rapper), Jel, Odd Nosdam, Why? (American band), Why?, Fog (band), Fog, Boom Bip, The Notwist and Mike Patton. He has also released several solo albums, including the spoken word album ''Soft Skulls'' and a combination audio CD and poetry book ''The Pelt''. Early in his musical career, Doseone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taste Of Rain
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fever Dream (Alias Album)
''Fever Dream'' is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician Alias. It was released on Anticon in 2011. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Fever Dream'' received an average score of 74% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Ali Maloney of '' The Skinny'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a suave cocktail of rolling snares, haunting synth structures, downtempo dub and jittering slices of shoegaze – tastefully evoking the strengths of various modern masters, from FlyLo to Amon Tobin – as swirling, cut-up vocals bounce gleefully around in the distance." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. * Alias – production, arrangement, recording, mixing * Michael Haggett – drums (5) * DJ Mayonnaise – additional synthesizer (5), additional production (5), additional recording (5) * Dax Pierson – vocals (7), additional synthesiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why? (American Band)
Why? (styled as WHY?) is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock band. The band was founded in 2004 by Cincinnati rapper and singer Yoni Wolf, who had been using Why? as his stage name since 1997. In addition to Wolf, who serves as lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, the band consists of multi-instrumentalists and backing vocalists Doug McDiarmid and Matt Meldon, and drummer and backing vocalist Josiah Wolf, who is Yoni Wolf's older brother. The band has released six studio albums, along with several extended plays, demo albums, and live albums, since their inception. Their first album, 2005's ''Elephant Eyelash'', came two years after Yoni Wolf's final solo release as Why?. They followed this album with ''Alopecia'' (2008), '' Eskimo Snow'' (2009), ''Mumps, Etc.'' (2012), '' Moh Lhean'' (2017), and ''AOKOHIO'' (2019). History In 2004, Yoni Wolf enlisted his older brother Josiah, Doug McDiarmid, and Matt Meldon and formed Why?. At this time, he stopped using 'Why?' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoni Wolf
Jonathan Avram "Yoni" Wolf (born April 30, 1979) is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock musician and co-founder of the record label Anticon. From 1997 until 2004, Wolf released music under the stage name Why?. In 2004 he transferred that name onto his newly founded band. Thereafter he has been credited for his solo work as Yoni Wolf. Prior to the founding of the band Why? in 2004, Wolf had also been a member of numerous other groups, including Greenthink, Object Beings, Clouddead, Reaching Quiet and Hymie's Basement. History Wolf was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Messianic Jewish parents. Before his first year in high school, he discovered an old 4-track in his father's synagogue and began to experiment musically. His forays into rapping, drumming, and poetry followed. In 1997, while attending art school at the University of Cincinnati, Wolf met fellow student Adam Drucker, aka Doseone, at the semifinals of Scribble Jam. Along with Doseone, Mr. Dibbs and his brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resurgam (album)
''Resurgam'' is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician Alias. It was released on Anticon in 2008. It features guest appearances from Yoni Wolf and The One AM Radio. The title is Latin for "I shall rise again". Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Resurgam'' received an average score of 79% based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Putting paranoia and noir to the side for the moment, Alias has created his most welcoming and positive dream world on ''Resurgam'', an album where the creaks comfort and the low cloud cover comes off as heavenly." Mia Lily Clarke of ''Pitchfork'' gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, saying: "While ''Resurgam'' is a record of many different moods, and unashamedly derivative of Alias' influences, it maintains a distinctive, concrete consistency." She added: "This is largely due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collected Remixes
''Collected Remixes'' is a compilation album of remixes by American hip hop musician Alias. It was released on Anticon in 2007. Critical reception David Ma of ''XLR8R'' said: "Needless to say, Alias adapts seamlessly to the diverse cast and packs power into the disc's 11 tracks." Brian Howe of ''Pitchfork'' gave the album a 5.5 out of 10, saying: "Any of these on their own might impress, but collected together, they blur into anonymity, lacking the diversity or the nuance necessary to uphold the weight of the album format." Mark Schiller of ''PopMatters'' gave the album 6 stars out of 10, saying: "As long as you're not looking for innovation at every turn, Alias can punctuate a beautiful moment like few others." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. * Alias Alias may refer to: * Pseudonym * Pen name * Nickname Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film * ''Alias'' (TV series), an American act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muted (album)
''Muted'' is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician Alias. It was released on Anticon in 2003. It features guest appearances from Markus Acher and Pedestrian. The album peaked at number 198 on the CMJ Radio 200 chart. Critical reception David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, calling it "humble and approachable." He added, "Boom Bip at his most melodic and Boards of Canada minus the cheeky humor could be comparisons, but Alias has his own voice, even if he's not rapping." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. * Alias – production, arrangement, recording, mixing, photography * Valerie Trebeljahr – lyrics (4) * Markus Acher – lyrics (4), vocals (4), electric guitar (4), acoustic guitar (4) * Dax Pierson – melodica (4) * Mario Thaler – additional recording (4) * Pedestrian A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term usually refers to someone walking on a road o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sampling (music)
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording. Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, sounds or entire bars of music, and may be layered, equalized, sped up or slowed down, repitched, looped, or otherwise manipulated. They are usually integrated using hardware ( samplers) or software such as digital audio workstations. A process similar to sampling originated in the 1940s with '' musique concrète'', experimental music created by splicing and looping tape. The mid-20th century saw the introduction of keyboard instruments that played sounds recorded on tape, such as the Mellotron. The term ''sampling'' was coined in the late 1970s by the creators of the Fairlight CMI, a synthesizer with the ability to record and play back short sounds. As technology improved, cheaper standalone samplers with more memory emerged, such as the E-mu Emulator, Akai S950 and Akai MPC. Sampling is a foundation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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