All Things Fixable



Indie hip hopper Alias recently released a record called All Things Fixable on his own imprint, Goodwithmoney Recordings. It's a collection of tracks recorded between 2002 and 2004, all of them on CD for the first time. A stop-gap release until his next Anticon release later this year, it's a set of mostly instrumental tunes that combine finely chopped beats, washes of synth action and an occasional guitar. There are a couple of vocal tracks, one featuring rapper Sole and even a nice little folky guitar based jam. I love this guy's sound - that Boards Of Canada/BoomBip/Four Tet vibe - and enjoyed his recent remix of Lali Puna's track Alienation. While musically adventurous like those other acts, he always keeps his beats tight. The title track All Things Fixable is a pretty good indication of what's on offer - spacy keys, a fat beat, a lovely melody and a little bit of glitch. A nice record to keep your head nodding.