Wilcassettes

Fenech-Soler Mixtape

Administrator — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:26:14 +0000

Have you ever checked out Fenech-Soler? They’re pretty spectacular. They first won me over with their vocal performance on Groove Armada’s “Paper Romance.”

The band recently put out a new single, “Lies,” as well as a corresponding mixtape to complement the release. The tracklist includes some great stuff by Crookers, Kele, Chemical Brothers, and… MY TEMPER TRAP REMIX! I’m pretty psyched to be included on there.

Download the mixtape via my pals, Too Many Sebastians.

Tracklisting:
Chemical Brothers – Swoon (Boys Noize remix)
Crookers ft. Soulwax & Mixhell – We Love Animals
Little Boots – Earthquake (Dekker & Johan Remix)
Stromae – Alors On Danse
Jamaica – I Think I Like U 2
Everything Everything – MY KZ, UR BF (Fenech-Soler Remix)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Garden
Jokers Of The Scene – Revolting Joks
Kele – Everything You Wanted
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (Alan Wilkis Remix)

Love love love,
A

Porsche 911 Does the Hustle

Administrator — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:44:53 +0000

Happy Monday!

Here’s yet another video that surfaced with “The Hustle” as its backdrop, produced by Clash Productions. Awesome!

Love,
A

Marina and the Diamonds and the Wilkis, Courtesy of The Knocks

Administrator — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:06:06 +0000

Download: “DJ B-Roc – Sweet Robot (Marina & The Diamonds x The Temper Trap x Alan Wilkis)”

DJ B-Roc of the world-famous production duo, The Knocks, is apparently an AW fan! In his latest mix, “The Transplant, Vol. II,” he created a delightful mashup of my Temper Trap remix with Marina and the Diamonds’ “I Am Not a Robot.” If The Knocks doesn’t ring a bell right off the bat for you, I’m sure you’ve heard some of their production work for Rihanna, Flo Rida, Chiddy Bang, Ellie Goulding… the list goes on.

Peep the tracklist for “The Transplant, Vol. II” below, and download the whole thing over at The Culture of Me:

01 Ante Up Crooks (M.O.P x Yelle x Crookers)
02 Champagne Kisses Could Work With Everything (Samuel x Gypsey & The Cat x Two Door Cinema Club x The Twelves x Atlas)
03 E.L.T.O.N (Elton John x Usher)
04 Glad I Got Nothin On You (D. Gookin x B.O.B)
05 Hello, Do You Like Bass? (Louis Logic x Dirty Money x Stardust x Classixx)
06 I Turnt The Night Up (Chelley x Travis Porter x Grum
07 Living In America Is Glamorous (DOM x Fergie)
08 Sweet Robot (Marina & The Diamonds x The Temper Trap x Alan Wilkis)
09 There’s Something About Us Under The Sheets (Ellie Goulding x Daft Punk)
10 When Your Love Is Swagless (Active Child x Soulja Boy)
11 I Heart The Plastic Empire (Gorillaz x Jay-Z x Samuel)

Peace and love!

-A

KEXP and Phantogram

Administrator — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:37:18 +0000

Hey There Webisphere!

My Phantogram remix made its way onto the “John in the Morning” show last week on world-famous KEXP radio! Pretty honored about it – John is a legend… (but he is NOT John Legend)

Check the playlist HERE.

And in other news, I went to Brooklyn Bowl last night where I saw 4 bands in a row, each one with friends of mine in them. Must be a world record of some sort. First came Yr Youth, then Mr. Dream, then Murder Mystery, and then Project Jenny, Project Jan to close it out.

And I might add, it was PJPJ’s first show with their new live band. They played through a lot of the new material we’ve been working on together all year, and it was AWESOME! Oh, and David Best of Fujiya & Miyagi came out with them for a nice little encore.

All in all, quite a night. Anyhoo, holla at your boy

Much love,
A

Freerunning and Rube Goldberg Machines

Administrator — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:49:29 +0000

In the 2 years since I first wrote “The Hustle” (DOWNLOAD), it has popped up in more completely random fan videos than anything else I’ve ever made. From snowboard and BMX videos, to videogame racing soundtracks, it’s popped up quite a bit… I guess it’s got that certain cimematic je ne sais quoi.

Well, I recently discovered two new ones worth sharing. One is a Rube Goldberg Machine video, designed by a group called Interplay Design:

And the second is a kind of hilarious parody of freerunning made by some high schoolers for their digital media class… Go figure!

And lastly, here’s the video I originally wrote the piece for, those 2 fateful years ago… “It’s Your Ride” for Hutchinson Bikes. The video’s getting close to 200,000 views!

Pink and Purple on IFC’s Dinner With the Band!

Administrator — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:32:36 +0000

Howdy friends!

Tuesday night this week marked my IFC TV debut. My song, “Pink and Purple,” found its way into an episode of Dinner With The Band. The episode’s special guest was Brooklyn MC-extraodinaire, Theophilus London. If you’ve never seen the show, it’s actually pretty cool… Each episode, NYC-rockstar-chef Sam Mason hosts an indie band and prepares a meal for them, and the band in turn performs a song or two. Previous guests this season have included Au Revoir Simone, Rufus Wainwright, Andrew WK, The Mountain Goats, and many more… good stuff!

In a fit of excitement I snapped a little photo of my name on screen:

And because I’m feeling generous today, here’s “Pink and Purple” to stream and/or download free! It’ll only allow 100 downloads, so get ‘em while they’re hot!

DOWNLOAD: “Pink and Purple” by Alan Wilkis

And lastly, here’s a video of Theophilus London performing “Cold Pillow” on the show:

URB Magazine and Breakdancing Fan-Vid

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:55:07 +0000

Check out the Midnight Socialite mix, courtesy of URB Magazine – they put me on there twice! “Pink and Purple” and my Shwayze remix.

It’s guaranteed to get your party started: DOWNLOAD

1. B.o.B feat. Bei Maejor & Bruno Mars- Nothin’ On You (Villains Remix)
2. Marina & The Diamonds- I Am Not A Robot (Penguin Prison Remix)
3. Fever Ray- Triangle Walks (Tiga’s 1-2-3-4 Remix)
4. Róisín Murphy- Dear Miami (Original)
5. Gossip- Yr Mangled Heart (Original)
6. Groove Armada- Drop The Tough (The Twelves Remix)
7. LCD Sound System- Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix)
8. Crookers- Hold Up Your Hand Ft. Roisin Murphy (Original)
9. Uffie- MCs Can Kiss (Original)
10. Justice- DVNO (Original)
11. Gorillaz- Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)
12. Little Jinder- Youth Blood (Silk Wolf Special Sauce Edit)
13. Kenna- Say Goodbye To Love (Remix ft. Lupe Fiasco)
14. Death From Above 1979- Black History Month (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)
15. Shwayze- Get U Home (Alan Wilkis Remix)
16. Passion Pit- The Reeling (Yasutaka Nakata Capsule Remix)
17. Bloc Party- One More Chance (Alex Metric Remix)
18. Lykke Li – Little Bit (Villains Remix)
19. Datarock- The Pretender (Holy Ghost Remix Radio Edit)
20. Relation- Your Tiny Mind (Lifelike Remix)
21. Alan Wilkis- Pink and Purple (Original)
22. Mystery Jets- The Boy Who Ran Away (Riton Re-rub)
23. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- Over And Over Again (Original)
24. Metric- Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix)

And speaking of my Shwayze remix, here’s a little fan video I came across on Youtube – this dude’s got some serious pop-and-lock chops!

Much love,
Big A

Super Mario Violin Bros

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:00:23 +0000

This is awesome. Period.

White Hinterland and Stereogum

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:33:19 +0000

Heyooooo!

It was a White Hinterlandy weekend for yours truly. Had the great pleasure of seeing Sean and Casey play on Friday night at Glasslands with shred-goddess Marnie Stern. And on Saturday, had Casey over to the studio for a day of writing and recording for my new project! Lemme tell you, homegirl has some serious pipes.

On a related note, got a nice Stereogum mention for the WH remix I did a while back.

Holla holla holla,
A

DJ Equal Summer ‘10 Mix

Administrator — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:49:44 +0000

New York’s own DJ Equal recently premiered his Summer ‘10 mix over at Frank 151, and he kicks it off with “N.I.C.E.” by yours truly! The mix features cuts by Passion Pit, Kid Cudi, Tiga, and many more… Stream and/or download here via Soundcloud:

SUMMER ‘10 by djequal