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Will Wiesenfeld (born April 16, 1989), better known by his stage name Baths, is an American
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musician. He was born in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles and was raised in
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. He currently resides in Culver City, Los Angeles, California. Southern California Public Radio described him as "LA's big new electronica musician" in 2010. Previously signed with
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, he now releases music through his own label Basement's Basement.


History

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, ost-foetus He also ventured into a more ambient style with side-project Geotic, which Irish magazine
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called "gorgeous". Will Wiesenfeld derives his current alias 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 ''
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'' under
Anticon Anticon (often styled as anticon.) is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1998 by seven musicians and manager Baillie Parker. It is now collectively owned among six musicians, co-founder Parker, and man ...
in 2010. He recorded the entire album in two months from his bedroom. It was listed by
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as the 21st best album of 2010. It also made ''
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''s "Album of the Year: Honorable Mention" list. His second album, ''
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'', was released in May 2013. 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. On November 16, 2017, Baths released his third album, ''
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''. On May 29, 2020, Baths released his fourth album ''Pop Music/ False B-Sides II'' on his own label, Basement's Basement. The album was supported by the singles "Wistful (Fata Morgana)" and "Mikaela Corridor".


Style

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's Mike Diver claims Baths' nearest musical soundalike is
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'' 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 ''
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commented he was reminded of "
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playing around with the Pavement and
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catalogues" while listening to ''
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''. In a 2017 interview with Ethan Gach from ''
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'', Baths said that he drew some inspiration from
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and
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s such as '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' and '' Dragon Age: Inquisition''.


Discography


As Baths


Studio albums


Compilations


Singles and EPs

* ''The Nothing'' (2011) * ''Ocean Death'' (2014) *"Yeoman" (2017) * "Out" (2017) *"Extrasolar" (2017) *"Clarence Difference" (2019) *"Wistful (Fata Morgana)" (2019) *"Mikaela Corridor" (2020) *"Be That" (2020)


Music videos

* "Lovely Bloodflow" (2010) * "Out" (2017) *"Mikaela Corridor" (2020)


As Geotic


Full length releases

*''Eyes'' (2008) * ''Duchenne Smile'' (2009) * ''Hearth'' (2009) * ''Realms'' (2010) * ''Mend'' (2010) * ''Morning Shore (Eon Isle)'' (2014) * ''Sunset Mountain (Eon Isle)'' (2014) *''Neptune'' (2015) * ''Abysma'' (2017) * ''Traversa'' (2018) *''Oxperls'' (2020) *''To Not Now, Nor To Ever, Despair'' (2022)


Compilations

* ''Various / Singles'' (2014)


Singles and EPs

* ''Winter Loops'' (2008) * ''Bless The Self'' (2011) * "Troperens" (2019)


Music videos

* "Actually Smiling" (2017) * "Nav" (2017) * "Gondolier" (2018) * "Knapsack" (2019)


As ost-foetus/h2>

* ''The 1st Will Wiesenfeld EP'' (2007) * ''The Fabric'' (2010) *''Zero Songs EP (2007 - 2012)'' (2020)


Guest appearances

* Daedelus – "French Cuffs" from ''
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– "Still" from '' Aimlessness'' (2012) *
Groundislava Jasper Patterson, better known by his stage name Groundislava, is an electronic musician and music producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is one of the founding members of the LA-based music collective Wedidit. Career Patterson, whose fat ...
– "Suicide Mission" from ''Feel Me'' (2012) * Cokiyu – "Twinkle Way" from ''Haku'' (2013) *
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– "Beaches" from ''Vivid Green'' (2013) *
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– "Still Cold" from ''
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'' (2013) *
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– "Little Hours" from '' Ideas + Drafts + Loops'' (2013) *
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– "Wisp" from ''Death Valley Oasis'' (2017) *
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– "On The Lake Outside" from ''Reflection'' (2021) *
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– "Seams" from ''Rooms I Used To Call My Own'' (2022)


Remixes

* Oscar McClure – "Kitchen Scraps (Baths' Otalgia Mix)" (2010) *
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– "In Ruins (Baths Remix)" (2010) *
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– "Deadcatclear II (Baths Remix)" (2010) *
Shlohmo Henry Laufer (born January 3, 1990), known professionally as Shlohmo, is an American musician and producer from Los Angeles. He is best known for his experimental production style and for founding the record label Wedidit Records. Career Shlo ...
– "Post Atmosphere (Baths Remix)" (2010) *
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– "Fruit (Baths Remix)" (2010) *
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– "Marriage (Baths Remix)" (2011) *
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– "Rebuild (Baths Remix)" (2012) *
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– "Move On (Baths Remix)" (2012) *
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– "Jitters (Geotic Mix)" (2012) *
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– "Will Calls (Baths Remix)" (2014) * WHY? – "Easy (Baths Remix)" (2018) *
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feat. Jonas Smith – "Family (Baths Remix)" (2018) *
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–"What's It Like Now (Baths Remix)" (2018) *
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– "I Will Be Waiting (Baths Remix)" (2018) *
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– "The Quiet (Re-imagined by Baths)" (2019) *
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– "Summertime Time (Baths Remix)" (2020) *
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– "Loving (Baths Remix)" (2021)


References


External links

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