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Guglielmo Bottin (1977) is a composer and record producer based in Venice, Italy. After graduating in Psychology of Music at the University of Padua, he joined the sound and music department of Fabrica. Before moving to the forefront of the contemporary electronic scene with seminal releases on record labels such as Italians Do It Better, Eskimo and Bear Funk he has worked as producer, arranger and remixer for Italian and international artists (among which Lucio Dalla, Rettore, Chambao). In 2019, Bottin contributed to establish Biennale’s center for electronic music and multimedia and is currently completing a PhD research project in musicology at the University of Milan and he is a founding memeber of GRID, an academic research group on Italodisco.
Bottin has toured in more than 30 countries, from Americas to Australia, from Europe to Asia, from contemporary art galleries and underground parties to major clubs like Space and Pacha in Ibiza. He curated and performed in various music events for Biennale di Venezia and also carried out sound design for Mundadas’ Spanish Pavilion. In 2018 he was invited to play for the closing event at Biennale’s 62nd International Festival of Contemporary Music.
Bottin’s sets are eclectic, unpredictable journeys into cosmic disco-not-disco, digging out obscure sounds from the past and reworking them for the post-modern dance floor. A reckless blend of retro-futuristic sounds and current electronica. Side-projects include Italian neo-wave band Cristalli Liquidi and synth-percussion project Deardrums. Bottin’s Horror Disco music was recently discovered by director Ana Lily Amirpour and licensed in the feature film Mona Lisa and The Blood Moon.
– “Bottin is one of the finest purveyors of electronic disco around at the moment” (Vice Magazine, UK)
– “Italians don’t necessarily do it better. But Bottin makes a pretty good case” (Pitchfork, US)
– “Showing all its vintage feel while being deeply rooted in modern post-disco era, you can immediately realize where all of Bottin’s musical inspiration comes from – especially if you share the same musical taste and background: Late 70s, early 80s disco, italo disco and space/kosmische sound. Bottin proves not only his skill in creating an appealing blend of classic and modern sounds, but also a musical talent rather uncommon among today’s DJs and producers” (David Vincent)
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