This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Columbia Barnard chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.
This year, WBAR reached out to the Columbia University student body to find a student opener for WBacchanal. Here’s the guy who rocked Lehman Lawn before Clean Girls and Mannequin Pussy!Â
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Name: Clement Gelly
Year: CC ’17
Style of music: Post-Donk
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When did you start playing music? I took piano lessons from kindergarten until 4th grade – the last teacher I had had a fohawk and I really didn’t like him and I don’t think he liked me. Then I played the saxophone throughout middle school and high school in the concert band, and I added the guitar and contrabass clarinet my junior and senior years.
When did you start writing/producing your own music? In 8th grade I started making music on GarageBand.
Who is your favorite producer right now? Definitely DJ Ghostknob.
Tell us more about the EP, Salvatore’s Paradise, that you released last spring! It is a short album about my time in high school and my friends. It’s autobiographical, as far as something as abstract as instrumental music can be.
Which are you more proud of – your writeup in Bwog for the laundry room DJ set or a French blog covering your EP? Masterminding Laundry Room x Hype Merchants 001 was one of my crowning achievements, but I’m probably most proud of my friend Jad’s dad, Samer Mourad, describing my album as “pretty weird.” I think it’s really nice he listened to it. Look out for Laundry Room 002! For more details go to http://www.hiriselaundry.com/.
You were a WBAR DJ last year in the Hype Merchants. Can we catch you on air again this year? You can definitely catch Hype Merchants on air – we will be DJing weekly from 8-10pm on Saturdays. If you listen in and are confused as to why there’s no one called Clement Gelly DJing, it’s because I DJ as my alter-ego Tommy Wine-Product.
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