There are several familiar names listed on the back of the album that would have any music fanatic excited, such as Kimbra, Rivers Cuomo, and Weezer. The range of musicians and singers Wilkis enlisted for his album is quite impressive. Each song on the album, with the exception of “Big Dater,” also involves a musical guest of some sort. The album stays true to Big Data’s main theme as each song addresses a different issue about the internet and technology. “Dangerous” was an instant hit, so expectations were high when Big Data’s first album, “2.0,” released this March. Never before had a song about stalking someone sounded so good. The catchy dance song reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. It was on this EP that the song that would soon take over all radios with “Dangerous” featuring Joywave. In October Big Data’s first EP, “1.0,” was released. Wilkis describes Big Data as paranoid electronic pop music with an anti-band approach. He took his concerns over society’s dependence on technology and turned them into dance floor anthems.
This is what Alan Wilkis, an electronic music producer, set out to do when he started his music project, Big Data. So what do you do when you’re hit by the sudden realization that the human experience is being changed drastically by technology? You make an upbeat, electronic music album of course! Today, the average person relies heavily on their technology, using it for everything from doing your taxes to finding your soul mate.