Born: 16 / 4 / 1989
Location: United States
Will 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.
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Even more mesmerising than his falsetto – which at times reminds of Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos – was when it leapt to a guttural growl, as it did in a frenetic finale.
This was an engaging, exciting and at times inspiring set.
Technical issues plague the entirety of the set, but luckily this sort of works within Baths’ glitching, jarring aesthetic.
Highlights of the show included a beautiful rendition of Lovely Bloodflow, off Cerulean, Wiesenfeld professing his love for Australian men.
"The deepest inspiration for me is crazy Japanese art, and a lot of weird, rare, gay art from Japan."
The electro-pop act will be here in March
Obsidian sounds like Wiesenfeld crying while drunk and half-submerged in a bathtub of cold water, but he actually makes it sounds sexy.
Mix for the Land Of The Giants event
Dubstep, 2step, experimental hip hop, chillwave... it's all there on this huge experimental line up.