It gives me immense pleasure to announce (on my brand spankin new website of all places) that my new record has an OFFICIAL release date! It’s an EP, titled “Pink and Purple,” 6 songs of electro-pop dynamite as I like to say… and it will be hitting the streets, or at least the internet at large, on JUNE 2ND, 2009. So mark your calendars, folks!

I’m SO proud of this project, and I can say with absolute certainty that it is the best thing I’ve ever made. Not in a cocky / douche-y / ego-tripping kind of way, but in more of an I-stepped-up-my-game-and-I’m-feeling-good kinda way…

I’ve been working on this little bugger since approximately June of 2008 – I clearly remember the first day I started, sitting down to my computer and thinking “what in god’s name am I gonna do this time…” My listenings at the time were floating around the 80s quite-a-bit; was uncovering lots of incredible 80s synth-based-funk (Mary Jane Girls, Midnight Star, Klymaxx, etc…), and re-discovering lots of reallllly white guys I grew up on (Steve Winwood, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins) too… Well, fast-forward 7 or 8 months, and a Pink and Purple baby came out!!!

There’s more special guests on this record than last time around – some familiar faces and some new-ies too! And the album artwork (see above) is by an unbelievably talented (and patient!) designer by the name of Chad Rush, who coincidentally just had a baby! (CONGRATS CHAD!)

In keeping with the harsh reality of CDs-being-on-the-way-out, and having learned my lesson from the boxes of old discs at my parents’ house (if you want ‘em they’re yours… just kidding… not really), I’m only going to be printing up a limited run of the record. And I’ll be selling them myself from my store, HERE – packin’ ‘em, stampin’ ‘em, and mailin’ ‘em all by myself – yes we can!!! AND, if you’re a digital-music-type, it’ll be all up in iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, all the usual suspects…

So, I think that’s it for right now… I’m sure I’ll be blathering on and on some more as I approach game time…. but if you’re reading this – thanks!

Love,
A

My lil Phoenix remix snuck its way onto KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” radio show!

KRRRAAYYYYZZZEEE!!!!

Check it out, here:
AW Phoenix Remix on KCRW

And in case you missed it last time, you can download it for free here:
“1901 (Alan Wilkis Remix)” – Phoenix

Holla at a balla,

A