WILLIAM BOTTIN - musician, sound designer, dj

Sciame Uno: installation with Francesco Meneghini

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1977 Birth (Padova, Italy)
1994 Afs scholarship, 1-year exchange program (Ontario, Canada)
2001 Fabrica – Benetton cretive research center, music department
2002 Degree in Social Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
2003 Altavox Music: arranger and producer
2004 Lucio Dalla: live sound design, arrangements
2005 Fachiro strategic design: creative consultant
2006 Nano Records, Whack Records: label manager
2007 History of contemporary arts, assistant to professor Sergio Polano
(Iuav University)

Currently living in Venice, Italy. Live and studio collaborations include: Richard Dorfmeister, Chicken Lips, Lucio Dalla, Chambao, Sergio Caputo.

INSTALLATIONS, SOUND DESIGN, ETC
Voci Contro Il Potere (Speak Truth To Power, Italy) sound design
Gonzaga: La Celeste Galeria music installation (Palazzo Te, Mantua)
2398gr. a book about food, cd-rom with interactive music toys (Electa)
From Chaos to Order and Back | an exhibition by Fabrica (GGG, Osaka)
Fragile | music for an exhibition by Gabriele Schiavon (Bologna)
Choco | an installation by La Granja at Eurochocolate 2004 (Perugia)
Venice Biennale 2005 | sound design for Muntadas (Spanish Pavilion)
Angelique Devil | music consultancy and selection (Milan, 2008)
Transumanza | installation with Pippi Kid (Milan Design Week, 2008)
Sciame 1 | Installation with F. Meneghini at Daydream Fields (Fondazione Buziol/Replay 2008) curator: Andrea Lissoni

SELECTED VENUES, DJ SETS, LIVE PERFORMANCES
Colors|Music|Nordic (Link, Bologna and Brancaleone, Rome) 2003
Milan Design Week 2003, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
Cannes International Film Festival 2004 (visuals Cluster-1)
Villa Manin Contemporanea 2004, Udine (with Cluster-1)
Antenna Cinema 2004 (with Cluster-1)
Auditorium Parco della Musica 2004, Roma (with Lucio Dalla)
Circuito Off 2004, Tolentini, Venice (with Cluster-1)
Circuito Off 2005, Telecom Future Center, Venice
Venice Biennale 2005: Spanish Pavilion Opening Night, Venice.
Circuito Off 2006, Isola di San Servolo, Venice
Teatro Strehler 2006, Milano(with Lucio Dalla)
Soundhills 2007, Vicenza (with Nano Records, Spiller, Scuola Furano)
Stazione Marittima, Carnevale di Venezia 2008 (with Richard Dorfmeister, Chicken Lips, Casco, Pippi Kid, Peak Nick)

ADVERTISING MUSIC + SOUND BRANDING
Undercolors of Benetton (tvc by Danis Tanovic)
Benetton Kids, The Hip Site, AVIS, Playlife, ColorsMagazine.com, Sisley, ZeroRH+, TheHipSite, Pellizzari,Centro d'Arte Palazzo Te

FILM AND VIDEO
Once and Future Queen | feature by Todd Verow/Bangorfilms
Prisons | video by Colors Magazine
Patagonia | soundtrack with Sebastian Escofet
Prayer a video by Valeria Palermo (performance, 2007)
The Boy With The Sun in His Eyes | soundtrack (in progress)

SELF
1999: "Zeitgeist Revised" (self-produced EP)
2002: "Chill Reception" (IrmaUnlimited/Sony) ++
2004: "I Love Me Vol. I" (Tudor/Sony) ++
200x: "Tinpong" a project with Joy Frempong and guests
2008: "Fondamente Nove" (Eskimo Recordings, Belgium)
200x: "Horror Disco" (accounced, in progress)

PRODUCTION &ARRANGEMENTS
2001: "Angela Higney: Special Girl" (Melodica/Bmg, Italy)
2004: "Lunedì Cinema feat Lucio Dalla" (Tudor/Sony)
2005: "La Mente di Tetsuya: Jeeg Robot + Daitarn III" (Italy)
2005: "Chambao: Pokito A Poko" (altavox/Sony-Bmg, Spain) ++

REMIXES
2004: "Guaranà: Noche En Vela remix" (Altavox/Sony, Spain)
2004: "Melody: La Novia Es Chiquita remix" (Altavox/Sony Spain) ++
2004: "Sergio Caputo: Non Bevo Più Tequila" remix (Idiosyncrasy Music)
2005: "Rettore: Splendido Splendente remix" (Novunque/Self) ++
2007: "Pat Williams: Streets of San Francisco" remix (Palmsout exclusive)
2007: "Miss Plug Inn: Zodiac" Bottin Remix (Music Control)

APPEARENCES (incomplete, I'm not updating this list since 2005)
2000: "Sister Bossa Vol.2" (IrmaCasaDiPrimordine/Sony) ++
2002: "Formentera De Noche" (IrmaCafè/Sony) ++
2002: "Formentera De Dia" (IrmaCafè/Sony) ++
2002: "Sister Bossa, Vol.3" (IrmaCasaDiPrimordine/Sony) ++
2002: "House Of Irma, Vol.3" (IrmaUnlimited/Sony) ++
2002: "Undiscovered Ibiza, Vol.4" (V2/Sony) ++
2002: "Cova D'En Xoroi - Ambient" (Empresa del Disco, Spain) ++
2002: "A Night In Rimini" (IrmaCafè/Sony) ++
2002: "Cool Terrasse" (CHMusiq, Switzerland) ++
2002: "Intimate Mambo" (Empresa del Disco, Spain) ++
2002: "Chill Out" (Pyramide, France) ++
2002: "Hot: The Style Selection" (Irma/Sector) ++
2002: "La Lavanderia" (Bastard Records, Germany) ++
2002: "Menorca Nights" (Empresa del Disco, Spain) ++
2002: "Cafè Roma" (Water Music Records) ++
2002: "Jazz Beats Vol.3" (Vitaminic/Edel) ++
2003: "Reserved"(Irma/Sony) ++
2003: "Colors Music: Cumbia" (Irma/Sony) ++
2003: "Formentera De Dia, Vol.2" (IrmaCafè/Sony) ++
2003: "ChillOut Cafè, Vol. 2" (Metropol, Spain) ++
2004: "Barramundi, Vol.4" (Pschent/Wagram, France) ++
2004: "The Residence Mauritius" (M10, France) ++
2004: "Jazzbah III" (Empresa del Disco, Spain) ++
2005: "ChillOut In California" (Taiwan) ++
2005: "Inner Resort/Luxury Escape " (S2S, Japan/Italy) ++
2005: "Generation Cocktail 4" (Saifam, Italy) ++
2005: "Victory Club House 4" (Edinet/Halidon) ++

RANDOM STUFF THAT WILL NEVER BE COMMERCIALLY RELEASED
Ok il Prezzo è Giusto remix of an old Italian tv theme
Bush vs. Kerry (electro mix) groove to this Presidential beat
Dedicated a tribute to John Holmes (thanks to Joe Togneri)
Swedish Beach a bossa nova made for Sisley advertising
Trucks Music 6/4 raggae tune featuring sounds from a truckstop
Cello, Piano and Swiss Army Knife improvisation with Kirk Starkey
pp soft improvisation with Alexander Balanescu etcetera
ff loud improvisation with Alexander Balanescu etcetera
Benarab music for a Benetton commercial
Nuvolari live with Lucio Dalla and Fabrica
Intervista con l'Avvocato live with Lucio Dalla and Joy Frempong
House Number (live) with No Quartet (vocals: Joy Frempong)
No Tango (live) with No Quartet (bs: A.Goldin, dr: A. Piovan)
Fragile sound design for Gabriele Schiavon's exhibition
Tokyo Birds sound design for an exhibition by Fabrica in Japan
PP-San sound design for Wu-Type, an exhibition by Paolo Palma

	Electrica Cumbia by Martin Engh, Thomas Aakvik (3'42"/quicktime/7.1mb)
	If I Had A Hi-Fi by Marco Zavagno (3'18"/quicktime/5.7mb)
	Nuvolari with Lucio Dalla & Fabrica (2'17"/quicktime/3.1mb)
	No Quartet rehersal/backstage (2'25"/quicktime/4.1mb)
	Undercolors tv commercial by Danis Tanovic (30"/quicktime/2.5mb)
can't see a thing? install quicktime

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william bottin, feat. lucio dalla lunedi cinema film, i love me vol. i