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Background information | |
Birth name | Guglielmo Bottin |
Also known as | Bottin |
Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Padua, Italy |
Origin | Venice, Italy |
Genres | Electronica, Nu Disco, Cosmic Disco, Italo disco |
Occupation(s) | Music producer |
Instrument(s) | Keyboards, guitar, trumpet |
Labels | Italians Do It Better, Eskimo Recordings, Bear Funk, 2MR, Artifact |
Website | bottin |
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]