{"id":1841854,"date":"2026-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1841854"},"modified":"2026-03-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:00:00","slug":"wonderland-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1841854","title":{"rendered":"Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\tAVALON EMERSON IS ON REPEAT<\/span>
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The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, John Martyn: Avalon Emerson delves into the music that inspired the sharp stylistic shift on her new record, Written Into Changes<\/em>.<\/h3>\n
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The most creative artists never rest on their laurels. Avalon Emerson has long cemented herself in the top tier of DJs across a revered tenure behind the decks, from San Francisco origins to Berlin highlights and Big Apple party-starting. She\u2019s settled in upstate New York now, and since settling there, has been navigating her sonic circumference in fresh and exciting ways.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The latest result of her exploration is this excellent new record, Written into Changes<\/em>, a further dive into alternative and hazy indie pop under the sobriquet, Avalon Emerson & the Charm, following 2023\u2019s & the Charm<\/a><\/em>. It\u2019s a slick, sharp change of music style, focusing on naturalism, instrumental progression and emotive songwriting in a manner we\u2019ve not previously heard from the polymath. Shared via Dead Oceans, the new album is a bold and collaborative body of work that presents Emerson not only as a savant behind the decks, but a considered and compelling singer-songwriter in her own right.<\/p>\n

But what inspired this change? Who were the artists who laid the groundwork for Emerson\u2019s growth? Below, she reveals her influences to Wonderland<\/em> in our latest On Repeat.<\/p>\n

Listen to the album\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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Avalon Emerson is On Repeat\u2026<\/p>\n

The Light \u2013 \u201cContrasting Strangers\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Keivon sent me this song a little while ago. I showed Nathan while we were in the studio for Written into Changes, and he loved it and brought it up a few times. I love the big \u201cdon\u2019t walk away\u201d chorus and the space after \u201ccontrasting strangers\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

J\u00fcrgen Paape \u2013 \u201cSo Weit Wie Noch Nie\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I love this era of Kompakt. I love the way the re-sung sample lyrics are laid out and arranged around the ghosts of minimal club music. I could never get tired of the sound of the gliding lead synth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Silver Jews \u2013 \u201cPretty Eyes\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the best to ever do it. It\u2019s pointless and impossible to decode the exact words and phrases of how David\u2019s music is so great.<\/p>\n

The Smiths \u2013 \u201cPaint a Vulgar Picture\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It changes, but I think this is my favourite Smiths song on my favourite Smiths record.<\/p>\n

Spacemen 3 \u2013 \u201cBig City\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I can relate to the thought. Everybody I love can be found here. And I\u2019m going to. Long trance flows from the heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Todd Terje \u2013 \u201cInspector Norse\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the songs I would send to an alien to show them our species\u2019 music. Terje\u2019s arrangements, production sensibilities, and melodies are the simply best.<\/p>\n

John Martyn \u2013 \u201cPlease Fall in Love with Me\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I love John Martyn, and I think this is my favourite album\/era of his. The sentiment is devastating. The drums in this are amazing, of course (Phil Collins).<\/p>\n

Fleetwood Mac \u2013 \u201cOnly Over You\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of my favourites from Mirage. Bullion produced a cover of this with Nautic in 2019, which is also amazing.<\/p>\n

The Magnetic Fields \u2013 \u201cAll The Umbrellas in London\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I also have no sense of direction. \u201cAll the umbrellas of London couldn\u2019t stop this rain, and all the dope in New York couldn\u2019t kill this pain, and all the money in Tokyo couldn\u2019t make you stay, all the umbrellas of London couldn\u2019t stop this rain\u201d.<\/p>\n

John Vanderslice \u2013 \u201cAngela\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This whole record is gorgeous, and I think it was embedded in where I set the bar for songwriting and production.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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