http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/2009/06/alan-wilkis-back-to-the-future/ A Kiwi in Paris, sweating on the metro Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:27:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/2009/06/alan-wilkis-back-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Alan Wilkis » Nice Reviews = Happy Alan Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:36:51 +0000 http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/?p=2830#comment-671 [...] etnobofin - “A deep dive into the synthesised swamp of Reagan-era soundscapes and electrolysed beats… Wilkis always sounds like he’s having a great amount of fun, whether its dressing up as Rick James backed by the Nintendo Sisters on Snuggle Up to Nail Down (complete with ridiculous-but-appropriate autotuned vocals), or filtering percussion through a DeLorean’s flux capacitor on the EP’s title track. On N.I.C.E., Wilkis’ white-boy disco fiend is out on the town looking for his material girl, and everything on the scene is pitch-perfect: the swirling synth pads, the rap outro and ‘Ooh boy, show me whatcha got’ female BVs… With music as wilfully wrought as this, Wilkis takes it to another level.” [...] [...] etnobofin – “A deep dive into the synthesised swamp of Reagan-era soundscapes and electrolysed beats… Wilkis always sounds like he’s having a great amount of fun, whether its dressing up as Rick James backed by the Nintendo Sisters on Snuggle Up to Nail Down (complete with ridiculous-but-appropriate autotuned vocals), or filtering percussion through a DeLorean’s flux capacitor on the EP’s title track. On N.I.C.E., Wilkis’ white-boy disco fiend is out on the town looking for his material girl, and everything on the scene is pitch-perfect: the swirling synth pads, the rap outro and ‘Ooh boy, show me whatcha got’ female BVs… With music as wilfully wrought as this, Wilkis takes it to another level.” [...]

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