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.”
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.”
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..."
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!"
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!
Hi Alan! Your music sounds so clean and refreshing. Keep up the excellent work and welcome to my friend list. Cathy :) "Keyboard Cathy" www.myspace.com/keyboardcathy www.keyboardcathy.com
