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Alan Wilkis
Electronica / Classic Rock / Crunk

"from the earholes straight into the heart"

Crooklyn, New York
United States

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Last Login:  5/16/2008
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   Alan Wilkis: General Info
Member Since7/12/2005
Band Websitemyspace.com/alanwilkis
Band MembersAlan Wilkis and Shmalan Shmilkis - Vocals & Instruments & Computering

Eric Biondo - Trumpets on "I Wanna Know"

Jason Treuting - Drums on "I Love the Way" and "It's Been Great"

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Sounds LikeTI-82
Record LabelWilcassettes
Type of LabelIndie




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The Forest Gospel: “Blazing guitar riffs, rubbery electronic bass, addictive Casio keyboard lines and soulful R&B vocals... Chock full of life affirming smiles and booty shaking grooves... A supremely sequenced album of hits from front to back."

Toe Taps and Spastic Claps: “The newest prince of soul... Sugary-sweet synths, blissful acoustics... And that boy’s voice is slick.”

Popmatters: “Refreshingly modern... infectious Brooklyn retro-electro-pop.”

Kata Rokkar: “Most people only talk about making ‘different’ music, and Alan Wilkis just does it.”

Papermag: "A tasty bouillabaisse... will put a boogie in your step, no doubt."

The Owl & The Bear: “Unexpected and accessible pop music... Reminiscent of anything from funk to deep soul to the soundtrack to Ghostbusters... [AW] has all the qualities that make someone a household name.”

What To Wear During An Orange Alert?: "Walks the thin line between pure cheese and electro greatness... [AW] knows how to craft a fine tune."

Concrete Circles: "On constant repeat since I got it. Every time I play it, I have a new favorite song... Electronic groove-shaking, can't-help-but-having-a-good-time music."

Be Kind & Remind: "Pure pop genius. A veritable treasure chest of fond childhood memories have never been built into a single album with such gaiety."

Pirates of the Bargain Bin: "Wilkis steers a steady ship, frequently conjuring up the spirits of yesteryear to inhabit his confluence of snaps, sizzles and croons."

Advance Copy: "70s soft rock/pop walking on multi-color electronic lifts... One of the best things heard all week."

Bag of Songs: "A soulful, catchy, and addictive collage of sounds of many eras... one of the hot party records of the year."

The Docking Station: "So different and good... Pounding rhythm, poinging synths and a squealing vocal."

Butter Team: "A single blippy, pixelated jackpot... a dynamite debut"

It's The Money Shot: "AW creates jam after jam... a total mind-f$% in the best way possible... Genius."

Indie Music Filter: "Each track jumps out in its own way. Reminds me of a bedroom Jamie Lidell."

The Fast Life: "[AW] is perfectly producing the style of music that I would have grown up to if I had been the ovule of Yoko Ono... Somehow 70s, somehow 80s but still some kind of nowadays... A musical delicacy."

17 Seconds: "A fantastic album... Tunes, attitude, and a lot of fun. The joy of pop, the freewill of the honest music lover."

A Limerick Ox (on 'Astronaut'): “Glittery... A soaring, elevating, otherworldly anthem where everything seems right within reach.”

B-Town Hit Parade: "Fun yet emotional... A tear on the cheek, a swing in the hips and the occasional heroic guitar solo. Recommended!"

The Invisble Blog: "Somebody with great ideas, talent and nuance has been given the opportunity to express and share what's going on in his child-of-the-eighties-pop-addled head, and we are the beneficiaries."

MistaJam, BBC Radio: "Wicked... Like Hall & Oates or Stevie Wonder playing with Kraftwerk."

Cause=Time: "Crooklynite Alan Wilkis has created an album that has extrapolated bits and pieces from a lot of my favorite artists from the 70's & 80's and casually put them in a blender."

Undomondo (on 'It's Been Great'): "Lighthearted, cheerful and catchy... Lovely moog solo."

Egoeccentric: "An album that fuses Stevie Wonder, Hall & Oates, Boston, Kraftwerk, and the Beach Boys. Crazy? Probably. Successful? Surprisingly so."

Lost In Your Inbox: "Part electro, part dance, familiar yet quirky enough to be more like that distant cousin you remember visiting when you were little..."

Get Weird Turn Pro: "A highly recommended genre-crossing journey."

Etnobofin: "References a whole spectrum of pop, funk and soul from the 1960s onwards, and comes out sounding pretty darn awesome."

AM, Then FM: "'It’s Been Great' is what we’ve been waiting for Stevie Wonder to deliver."

Mixtape 4 Melfi: "Best of 2008"

KROTO Music: "One of the cool sounds in pop this year... Soul tech music."

The American Scene: "A sublimely excellent album... What a falsetto!"

London, ON: Burgeoning Metropolis: "A perfect one for sitting outside, relaxing on the balcony at night... what a Flaming Lips album would be like without the acid."

Local Vertical: "If you ever worry about buying an album where the entire contents aren't good, Babies Dream Big won't disappoint. Excellent stuff!"

Appetite for Distraction: "Like the lost sequel to Beck's Midnite Vultures... Something for everyone."

The Ass Saw The Angel: "A combination of a lot of styles, mainly 70s and 80s soul, electronica and soft rock music."

Some Guy on Youtube: "Is this music from a 1970s porn video? or made on a child's toy organ?"

BABIES DREAM BIG is the self-produced solo debut from Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist, Alan Wilkis. Conceived and recorded mostly in his home studio over the course of a year, BDB seamlessly blends together the soul, R&B, classic rock, and electronic music of the 70’s and 80’s.

BDB grew out of a genuine love for the pop music of the past, which quickly ballooned into full-blown obsession and a mission to boil those pop classics down to their core elements: the syrupy vocals of Stevie Wonder, the smoothness of Hall & Oates, arena-sized Boston guitar solos, Kraftwerk electronics, and Beach Boys harmony. Alan set out to find his own voice by weaving these essential but seemingly disparate raw ingredients together into unique new forms.

After a little help from a the talented Eric Biondo (ANTIBALAS) and Jason Treuting (SO PERCUSSION), Alan is now ready to present BDB to you, 12 tracks of booty-wiggling, feel-good, turn-that-upside-down-smile-rightside-up new music!

Get at me: info@wilcassettes.com

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Keyboard Cathy





May 14 2008 12:52 PM

Hi Alan! Your music sounds so clean and refreshing. Keep up the excellent work and welcome to my friend list.
Cathy :)
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.PHOEBE





May 12 2008 6:26 PM

No problem!
I do enjoy your songs.
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May 9 2008 8:01 AM

indeed. much love alan !
BOBBY





May 6 2008 11:57 AM

Hey dude! Keep it up! Radness from Reykjavik!
Janet Sanders


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May 1 2008 9:22 PM

I'm still wondering who raunchy brother Johnny Sexual is! Ha ha. it's brilliant!
Forest Gospel





May 1 2008 7:32 PM

Just got the album. So great! Thanks so much. You dance...
Natassja





Apr 29 2008 9:33 AM

You rock! Have a wonderful day.

Love,
Natassja
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Apr 28 2008 3:23 AM

Sometimes I feel you really should describe yourself as "crunk", dress randy in some Rocca Wear.
Janet Sanders


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Apr 27 2008 5:18 PM

It's going... ha ha. Running around like crazy. How are you?
Beyondo





Apr 22 2008 6:22 PM

Alan! Your record is so BADAZZ! I love it and I'm thrilled to be on it!
Let's hang soon!
Eric
monica





Apr 21 2008 3:00 PM

A vos... un abrazo!
AroundOtown:where REGGAE lives.





Apr 19 2008 8:40 AM

always a pleasure to stop by...