專輯介紹
來自於Alias自身的經驗、最深層的陰影，作詞、作曲、音樂製作上幾乎一手包辦，首張個人專輯也意在用嘻哈對Stevie Wonder的音樂作回應。謙遜卻如鐵般堅硬的他，寫出了內省的歌詞，小調作曲的飄逸靈氣、幽暗的合成效果、配上激進卻時而中斷的鼓點，作曲如雨天中的瀋思，混音如慷慨的鬼魂釋出有節奏性地威脅，專輯的另一面卻又是嚴肅且一致，讓聽眾從雙面鏡中把Alias聽得乾乾淨淨。
The humble godfather of goth-hop and once-unsung seminal ironman of Anticon, Alias avenges the downtrodden and abused producer-rapper. Composing music from his deepest shades, this irrefutable jack of all trades drops anchor with a debut solo full length intended to serve as hiphop’s response to a Stevie Wonder record, with virtually all writing, composition, and production created by the artist himself. This collection of introspective lyrics rapped over ethereal, minor-chord drones, dark samples, and aggressive, dubbed-out drum beats was recorded in home studios between December 1998 and October 2001. The production is rainy-day contemplative and rhythmically menacing, and the mixes sound simultaneously calculated and spontaneous. As a complete record, the other side of the looking glass is serious and consistent, leaving the listener on the see through side of a two-way-mirror with a clear sense of what it is to be Alias.