- Last year, William Bottin released a concept album titled Horror Disco. While it didn't exactly go down as one of 2009's game-changing LPs, it did introduce a whole lot of people to the Bottin sound: thick and unpredictable basslines and adventurous, melodious sampling. Prior to that, though, several of nu disco's forerunning tastemakers had taken notice. Mike Simonetti of Italians Do It Better was one of them. He put out "No Static" at the beginning of 2009, a track that nicely epitomized the Bottin sound.
"Discoscracy" sees the sweeping pads and analogue squelch that characterised Bottin's 2009 LP Horror Disco, and "No Static" in particular, return to the fold. It seems that the Italian's fondness for filters, 909s and creeping melodies hasn't subsided in the slightest, but the track nonetheless stands as a healthy addition to the Bottin catalogue.
On the B-side, DJs have seven minutes of straightforward kick to work with on "August". Unlike the rest of Bottin's work, though, it's hard to imagine disco jocks giving this a second spin; at close to 130 BPM, it's a marked departure from his standard mid-tempo territory.
Tracklist A Discoscracy
B August