Aliosity - Braille (2001)
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20th Dec 2021
Yes, it's here, the long awaited audio production from the super incognito himself, Aliosity. When I first found out what the tape would be called; The Articles of Aliosity: Braille, I'll tell the truth, I thought it was going to be nothing more than a clever name at the most. To my surprise, this really is like "The Articles of Aliosity". For most of us, making a tape/mixtape is a project, a representation of some sort where errors are accounted for and everything is calculated. Even if this was completely calculated as he stated with confidence, this did not seem like the case at all. I think anyone who knows "aliaS_" knows him from the net, and I found it honest for him to include his daily rituals of mental warfare into his audio episodes. Instead of trying to make this a formula transition from being an "Internet dj" to being "a real DJ", he seemed to do exactly what he would do on any other day. He totally showed no respect for the orthodoxed traditions of how a "skratch DJ" should go about representing themselves. The tape seems that personal, not to mention some of the vocal clips he uses are hilarious and psychotic at the same time. For example, "the gangbang" clip, where did he get that? Where's the bat cave, I want to go to the bat cave, I want to be a batboy!!! Since the tape was only 30 minutes long, it seemed as if some of material was shoved into it and some styles didn't develop out as well as they could of. That was the only part I was disappointed with, otherwise the skratch compositions were remarkable.It isn't an all-out skratch tape [about 15 minutes of total skratching], it doesn't just have original beats, it has some re-sampled classics that he mentions were provided by Mr. Dubplate from Michigan. He also has previews of 2 upcoming albums, and he actually cuts on one beat [A REALLY FUNKY BEAT] using the sample "Funky Dope", that I have been told will be on his album. The other album preview is from an independent release called "Don't pick this up unless you plan on dissin' a muthaf*qa".https://t.me/talkingturntablism