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Q+A With Alison Wonderland
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- Nina Bertok
Alison Wonderland came to prominence through EMI’s She Can DJ competition – but there’s a lot more to the Sydney DJ than a talent contest.
Did a lot of thought go into releasing Get Ready as the debut single from your album?
I play mostly hip hop and trap music. But, my record is influenced by a lot of things. For example, my top five artists would be The Knife, LCD Soundsystem, The Beatles, Outkast and Prince. When I do play, though, I tend to play hip hop.
Was there any apprehension about singing the chorus yourself?
Fuck no. I wrote it. I’m going to sing it. At the beginning for this record, I actually put the word out – because I didn’t want to sing on it – but I ended up writing all of the lyrics and all of the melodies and I just figured ‘Screw it’. It would have been stupid for me not to sing on it. It is scary, because people do mainly know me as a DJ, but I can’t live my entire life being scared.
There was a comment on your Twitter about your frustration that nobody believes you write and produce your own stuff…
It’s mostly been really positive. Most people have – but you’re always bound to get those odd comments and it pisses me off. I sit in my room and I work really, really hard on this. That’s why it’s taken me so long to get this album done. Because I actually give a crap about it. When people claim that it’s all someone else, it cheapens that – and it hurts.
Alison Wonderland plays at Electric Circus on Sat Aug 31.
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