" Alias" real name Brendon Whitney, is a producer and rapper from Hollis, Maine. He is a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. Alias originally performed as a rapper with Sole in the group Live Poets. He also produced his own songs, but would still rap over another producer's beats. He moved to California in 1999 to start the label Anticon, as well as to focus on his music.

Later on, as Alias began working with Anticon, he produced tracks for the emcees on the label. In 2002, Alias released his first solo album The Other Side of the Looking Glass.

He produced and rapped on the album. After that, Alias moved away from rapping to focus solely on production.

His production work also moved away from sampling and began to involve more synthesizers and instruments such as guitar. He released his first instrumental album Muted in 2003.