REVIEW | ‘Analog Dreams’ by Aloefi

“Analog Dreams,” the debut album from Rochester DJ/producer Aloefi, resides nicely within the catalog of Portland-based label Cold Busted Records. Like much of the independent label’s brand of warm lo-fi instrumental hip-hop, “Analog Dreams” is built around sample manipulation that is inventive but rarely flashy, hovering just beneath the audible surface at all times.Despite the absence of lyrics and vocals, the album has a very personal feel, as if it’s a pr