TuneLab
Alison Wonderland
Tomorrowland Belgium 2018
Alison Wonderland's emotional, bass-heavy sound provided a vital, cathartic counterpoint at Tomorrowland Belgium 2018. This is for when you need feels with your filth, a set that wears its heart on its sleeve while still delivering knockout low-end punches. The vibe is surprisingly intimate despite the scale, with melancholic melodies cutting through the pyro smoke, creating pockets of shared vulnerability in the crowd. Technically, it's a dynamic journey through future bass and trap-influenced electronica. The average BPM of 139.3 hints at the faster, energetic passages, but the range from 91 to 171 shows her willingness to switch gears dramatically.
Keys like 6B and 8B provide the moody, minor-key foundations for her poignant vocals and heavy drops. The energy balance, with a strong mid-frequency presence (0.49 avg), ensures her emotive lyrics and synth leads are never buried. Her mixing is expressive and dramatic, matching the emotional rollercoaster of her productions. The tracklist is a deep dive into her own world. 'Okay' opens with vulnerable, pitched-down vocals before the beat crashes in, setting the tone perfectly.
'I Want U' remains a timeless classic of yearning bass music, and 'High' with Trippie Redd adds a dash of hip-hop swagger. Dropping Wuki's 'Dadadada (VIP Edit)' is a sudden, chaotic left-turn into frenetic beats, and the inclusion of Fran Garro's 'rockstar' remix shows an ear for harder, techno-adjacent sounds. The journey is an emotional arc: it begins with the intimate confession of 'Okay', reaches a chaotic, peak-time climax with the frenzied drop of Flux Pavilion's 'I Can't Stop' remix, and closes on that same riotous, celebratory note.