Alan Wilkis – N.I.C.E.
admin on Jun 29th 2009
Alan Wilkis – N.I.C.E.
Some musicians would never dream of admitting their influences; others gladly offer them up in the hope that they’ll attract a shared audience. Is one more credible than the other? Do they have different motivations for creating music? Alan Wilkis is another artist who mailed me music recently, in this case his self-released EP of retro electro-pop Pink and Purple, which he recorded with the help of “hired hands” for TV On the Radio, Dirty Projectors and Asobi Seksu. It also came with some honest comparisons from Wilkis himself (Prince, Scissor Sisters) but listening to this track, I hear even more specific elements to name check: George Clinton, The Delfonics and Rockwell. If that gets you in the mood for similar fun tests for music geeks, you can listen to Wilkis’ back catalogue, cover versions and even a remix of ’1901′ by Phoenix here.
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