Musical artist
Bottin (Guglielmo Bottin, born 1977) is an Italian composer, producer, DJ and music scholar, based in Venice, Italy.[1]
His tracks have a clear italo disco and retro-futurist electronic music influences.[2] Before moving to contemporary space disco, he was signed to Italians Do It Better by Johnny Jewel via MySpace in 2008.[3] Bottin was also part of the early synthwave scene playing at Valerie Collective parties and producing remixes for Jupiter.[4]
In 2009 he released Horror Disco, a concept album that fused nu disco, cosmic disco and Italian giallo movies soundtracks.[5] In 2014, he collaborated with Steve Strange and Visage on the song Poison Within.[6]Bottin recently contributed to the soundtrack of Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon by Ana Lily Amirpour.[7]
Selected discography
- Eye-BM LP (2022, Slow Motion, DE)
- Quality Time LP (2021, Lacerba, IT)
- Love Life/Delta Tigre (2021, Artifact, NL)
- Respiraré / Waterland EP (2019, Artifact, NL)
- I Have What I Gave album (2017, 2MR, US)
- Cristalli Liquidi album (2017, Bordello A Parigi, NL)
- Arreboles EP (2017, Chit Chat, US)
- Deardrums album (2017, 2MR, US)
- Robottin EP with Alexander Robotnick (2015, Hot Elephant Music)
- Punica Fides album (2014, Bear Funk, UK)
- Sage comme un Image single (2012, ZR Records, UK)
- Discocracy / August EP (2010, Eskimo Recordings, BE)
- Discoursive Diversions collected remixes (2010, Nang, UK)
- Horror Disco album (2009, Bear Funk, UK)
- No Static single (2009, Italians Do It Better, US)
- Fondamente Nove single (2008, Eskimo Recordings, BE)
- I Love Me Vol. I (2004, Irma/Sony, IT)
- Chill Reception album as Bluecat (2002, Irma/Sony, IT)
- Good Morning Sunshine single as Bluecat (1999, Irma/Sony, IT)
Selected remixes
- Museum Of Love: In Infancy (DFA, US)
- Visage: Never Enough (Blitz Club, UK)
- Time & Space Machine: Set Phasers To Stun (Tirk, UK)
- Patty Pravo: Bambola (Vendetta Records, ES)
- Solarstone: Electric Love (Solaris, UK)
- Lindstrøm: Paaskelyd (Bear Funk, UK)
- Sally Shapiro: My Fantasy (Permanent Vacation, DE)
- In Flagranti: Ex Ex Ex" (Codek, USA)
- Ali Love: Smoke And Mirrors (Back Yard, UK)
- Pollyn: I Can't Get into It (unsigned USA)
- Lost Valentinos: Nightmoves (EtcEtc, AUS)
- Space: Carry On Turn Me On (Nang, UK)
- Space: Tango in Space (Nang, UK)
- Oscar G. & Stryke: Hypnotized (Hooj Choones, UK)
- Solange: Robots Are Dub-American (Italians Do It Better, USA)
- Tosca: Elektra Bregenz (G-Stone, Austria)
- Jupiter: Starlighter (Endless Summer Recordings, France)
- The Emergency: Fantasy (Metal Postcard, USA)
Installations
- House of Gonzaga: La Celeste Galeria (Palazzo Te, Mantua, 2002)
- Tazio Nuvolari: Tra la Terra e il Cielo (Palazzo Te, Mantua, 2003)
- From Chaos to Order and Back: an exhibition by Fabrica (GGG, Osaka)
- Venice Biennale 2005, Spanish Pavilion by Antoni Muntadas
- Speak Truth To Power – Italian adaptation (2004, 2006)
- Sciame 1, with Francesco Meneghini – Daydream Fields Replay Foundation, 2008) finalist at Share Prize 2009, Turin
References
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "Bottin - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ Wright, Joel. "Vice Magazine: Boatin' with Bottin". Vice. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Jewel, Johnny. "Welcome Bottin to the family". Italians Do It Better. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Valerie Party". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Hogan, Marc. "Bottin on Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Vehling, aaron. "Bottin Single 'Parody' Coming Soon". Vehlinggo. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Sheriff, Fatima. "'Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon' Isn't Revolutionary But Makes Up For Simplicity With Earnest Warmth". Screen Queens. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Bottin on Discogs
- Academic research in musicology
- Pitchfork review
- Bottin and Simonetti obsess over italo disco
