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"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 Björk 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.

30-second MP3 excerpts:

Cub
Rising Sun
Last Nail
Dr. C
Anon
5 Year Eve
Plane That Draws A White Line
Luck And Fear
Picking The Same Lock
Ligaya

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The darkly drawn baroque beat of B-side "Five Year Eve" features cellist and Ecstatic Peace! recording artist Kirsten McCord contributing to a heady mix of rolling reverb and crackling percussion. Again, Tarsier's voice is the guiding light here, soaring above Alias's bare-bones mix of percussive skitters, synth accents, and cello flourishes. The single also features instrumental mixes of both tracks plus an exclusive remix of "Dr. C" from longtime Tarsier collaborator, Healamonster, who dubs the tune wide open. All in all, Dr. C couldn't be a better introduction to the alternately dulcet and dusky tones of the duo's full-length collaboration, Brookland / Oaklyn.

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The first track, "Plane That Draws A White Line," is a major-chord affair strummed on acoustic guitar over washes of rain and stuttering beats. "Nocturnal Eye" balances minimalist textures -- a lone hand-drum, electronic notes, layers of atmospheric dust -- with vocals that flutter from side to side, buttressed by heavy bass and kick. "9:24 Cigarette (Version 1)" and "Sleepy" juxtapose inspired Bjork-ian tranquility and bouncy hip-hop glitch.

Boom-Bip's remix of "Plane" plays fast and loose with the original, eventually blowing up the track with a heady combination of synth strings and heavy bump. Christ experiments more subtly, keeping a low profile on his remix of "Rising Sun." "5 Year Eve" is reworked by Neotropic into a dense and dark feast of melodic resolve. The finale comes with Odd Nosdam's dank and dubby take on Brookland/Oaklyn's closer "Ligaya." The drum-and-fuzz recreation is perfectly paced, building to a frenzy before echoing away. Healamonster's remix of the title track from the "Dr. C" single is included as a bonus track on the CD edition.

• New EP from seasoned anticon producer Alias and vocalist Tarsier
  
• Features three new songs plus remixes from Boom Bip, Odd Nosdam, Christ, Neotropic and Healamonster
  

  30-second MP3 excerpts:

  Plane That Draws A White Line
  Nocturnal Eye
  9:24 Cigarette [Version 1]
  Sleepy.
  Plane That Draws A White Line (Boom-Bip Remix)
  Rising Sun (Christ. Red Shift Remix)
  5 Year Eve (Neotropic Remix)
  Ligaya (Odd Nosdam Remix)
  Dr. C (Healamonster Remix)

  If you have a recent version of iTunes software on your computer, clicking on the link immediately below should open the iTunes application and take you to that album's iTunes page-- where you can listen to samples and buy this album, or individual tracks:

  go to iTunes to browse downloads for Alias & Tarsier "Plane That Draws A White Line"

  [please note that, due to international licensing agreements, not all Midheaven titles may be available for download in all territories].

  For a complete listing of Midheaven exclusive albums available for download from the iTunes Music service and emusic.com, please visit the Midheaven Mailorder/Revolver USA Downloadables page.

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