The Wire 236: Rapper and producer Brendon Whitney (aka Alias) is a member of California's prolific indie HipHop collective, Anticon, which has amassed an impressive catalogue of work over the past five years. The predominantly instrumental "Beginagain" is taken from his third solo album, Muted (Anticon), and sees Whitney developing a strain of electronica reminiscent of Boards Of Canada and early Aphex Twin, albeit one underpinned by those foggy, downtempo beats familiar from so many Anticon releases. More info and 3 mp3 downloads