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Birth name
  
Will Wiesenfeld

Occupation(s)
  
Singer, producer

Record label
  
Name
  
Will Wiesenfeld

Role
  
Musician

Years active
  
2007-present


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Born
  
April 16, 1989 (age 34) Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States (
1989-04-16
)

Origin
  
Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States

Genres
  
Futurepop, electronic, experimental, glitch, IDM, chillwave

Albums
  
Obsidian, Cerulean, Pop Music/False B‑Sides, The Fabric, Bee and PuppyCat 1 ‑ Food

Similar People
  
Profiles


Also known as
  
Geotic, [Post-Foetus]

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Will Wiesenfeld (born April 16, 1989), better known by his stage name Baths, is an American electronic musician. He was born in Tarzana and was raised in Woodland Hills. He currently resides in Culver City, Los Angeles, California. Southern California Public Radio described him as "LA's big new electronica musician" in 2010. He is currently signed with Anticon.

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History

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Will Wiesenfeld is a classically trained musician, and began learning the piano at the age of four "to compete with his brother". By twelve he had "completely abandoned it," but continual musical experimenting led him to record his first piece of music at age fourteen. He released a few projects, including an album entitled The Fabric, as his previous moniker, [Post-foetus]. He also ventured into a more ambient style with side-project Geotic, which Irish magazine State.ie called "gorgeous".

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Will Wiesenfeld derives his name from his childhood memory of taking in art and music by dwelling on it in his bathtub, which he claims he was very fond of. Baths released the debut album Cerulean on Anticon in 2010. He recorded the entire album in two months from his bedroom. It was listed by The A.V. Club as the 21st best album of 2010. It also made Pitchfork Media's "Album of the Year: Honorable Mention" list.

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His third album, Obsidian, was released in May 2013.

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On March 6, 2014, during a concert in Hong Kong, Wiesenfeld unveiled one of his latest tracks from his EP "Ocean Death", released on May 6, 2014.

Style

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The BBC's Mike Diver claims Baths' nearest musical soundalike is chillwave musician Toro Y Moi. Drowned in Sound noted Baths' use of "unorthodox" sounds layered in and around the electronics, in particular "clicking pens, vocal samples, rustling blankets and scissor snaps". British newspaper The Guardian's Paul Lester commented he was reminded of "J Dilla playing around with the Pavement and Prince catalogues" while listening to Cerulean. While much of his music is instrumental, it can occasionally incorporate vocals, most of them falsetto.

Singles and EPs

  • "The Nothing" (2011)
  • "Ocean Death" (2014)
  • "Dream Daddy Theme" (2017)
  • Guest appearances

  • Daedelus - "French Cuffs" from Bespoke (2011)
  • Dntel - "Still" from Aimlessness (2012)
  • Groundislava - "Suicide Mission" from Feel Me (2012)
  • Cokiyu - "Twinkle Way" from Haku (2013)
  • Nobody - "Beaches" from Vivid Green (2013)
  • Ryan Hemsworth - "Still Cold" from Guilt Trips (2013)
  • Flying Lotus - "Little Hours" from Ideas + Drafs + Loops (2013)
  • Productions

  • Fol Chen - "In Ruins (Baths Remix)" (2010)
  • Themselves - "Deadcatclear II (Baths Remix)" from Crowns Down & Company (2010)
  • Shlohmo - "Post Atmosphere (Baths Remix)" from Camping (2010)
  • Gold Panda - "Marriage (Baths Remix)" from Marriage (2011)
  • Charli XCX - "Glow" from SUPER ULTRA MIXTAPE (2012)
  • References

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