Geotic

William Boris Wiesenfeld (born April 16, 1989), better known by his stage name Baths, is an American electronic musician. He was born in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles and was raised in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. 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 Anticon, 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 State.ie 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 ''Cerulean'' under 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''s "Album of the Year: Honorable Mention" list.

His second album, ''Obsidian'', 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, ''Romaplasm''.

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".

On December 11th, 2024, Baths released a new single, "Sea of Men", and announced a 2025 release date for his forthcoming full-length album ''Gut''.

Style

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''.

In a 2017 interview with Ethan Gach from ''Kotaku'', Baths said that he drew some inspiration from anime and video games 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)
*"Slut Hymn" (2023)
*"Projecting A Life" (2023)
*"Do I Make the World Worse" (2023)
*"Sea of Men" (2024)
*"Eden" (2025)

Music videos

* "Lovely Bloodflow" (2010)
* "Out" (2017)
*"Mikaela Corridor" (2020)
*"Projecting A Life" (2023)
*"Sea of Men" (2024)
*"Eden" (2025)

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)
*''Oversight'' (2023)
*''The Anchorite'' (2024)

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 ''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 + Drafts + Loops'' (2013)
* D33J – "Wisp" from ''Death Valley Oasis'' (2017)
* Lala Lala – "€ € € €^^%%!!!!!heaven!!!!!!" (2020)
* Loraine James – "On The Lake Outside" from ''Reflection'' (2021)
* Hrishikesh Hirway – "Seams" from ''Rooms I Used To Call My Own'' (2022)
* Bambina – "Boys Who Run" (2023)

Remixes

* Oscar McClure – "Kitchen Scraps (Baths' Otalgia Mix)" (2010)
* Fol Chen – "In Ruins (Baths Remix)" (2010)
* Themselves – "Deadcatclear II (Baths Remix)" (2010)
* Shlohmo – "Post Atmosphere (Baths Remix)" (2010)
* Rafter – "Fruit (Baths Remix)" (2010)
* Gold Panda – "Marriage (Baths Remix)" (2011)
* Son Lux – "Rebuild (Baths Remix)" (2012)
* Lali Puna – "Move On (Baths Remix)" (2012)
* Dntel – "Jitters (Geotic Mix)" (2012)
* Grizzly Bear – "Will Calls (Baths Remix)" (2014)
* WHY? – "Easy (Baths Remix)" (2018)
* Tomas Barfod feat. Jonas Smith – "Family (Baths Remix)" (2018)
* Mikky Ekko –"What's It Like Now (Baths Remix)" (2018)
* Let's Eat Grandma – "I Will Be Waiting (Baths Remix)" (2018)
* Imogen Heap – "The Quiet (Re-imagined by Baths)" (2019)
* Dosh – "Summertime Time (Baths Remix)" (2020)
* Katie Dey – "Loving (Baths Remix)" (2021)
* ODESZA – "Today (Baths Rework)" (2022)
* PENDANT – "Static Dream (Baths Remix)" (2022)

Soundtrack work

* ''Bee and PuppyCat'' (2013–2022) (credited as Will Wiesenfeld)
* '' Queer Japan'' (2019) (credited as Geotic)
* ''Big Boys'' (2023) (credited as Baths)

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baths
Anticon artists
American electronic musicians
American LGBTQ musicians
1989 births
People from Tarzana, Los Angeles
Living people
21st-century American LGBTQ people