Alias & Tarsier

The Profile

Collaborative project between producer Brendon Whitney (Alias) and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Rona Rapadas (Tarsier). The 2006 release Brookland/Oaklyn mixes trip-hop influences, dream-pop vocals and electronic/hip-hop production; Alias is noted in the review as a co-founder of the Anticon collective after moving from Portland (Maine) to San Francisco.

Brendon Whitney (known as Alias) was a member of the Anticon collective. Alias is publicly known to have died in 2018.

The available review praises Alias & Tarsier's 2006 collaboration Brookland/Oaklyn for blending trip-hop and dream-pop elements with electronic and hip-hop production. The record is described as melodic, dreamy and rooted in both folk/acoustic instrumentation and club rhythms. The writing highlights Alias's Anticon background and Tarsier's vocal/folk influences.