Bottin, AKA William Bottin makes music only an Italian can make... probably. Take a youth spent against a background of old Italian Giallo soundtracks, some John Carpenter film music, add in late 70s Italo disco influences, add a touch of free, some easy west coast vibe and a smattering of kitsch. That just about half describes Bottin.
Here at the Bearfunk cave we are thriller-ed to be putting out a tasty four track taster EP from the upcoming album (and concept!) that is 'Horror Disco'. As a taster for the main event we open things up with 'Disco For The Devil'. If Vincent Price & Giorgio Moroder had made Italo then this may have been the result. Douglas Meakin (Legendary UK - Italian emigre, session singer supreme and TV composer / vocalist) provides the perfectly sculptured vocal to hint at the carnage and blood to come.
Next up is 'Sciarando El Scuro', a unique blend of lazy disco and poliziesco, slasher b-movie soundtracks. Just in case you were wondering Sciarando El Scuro (pronounced 'tscha-rando el scooroh') is Venetian dialect and means 'throwing light into the darkness'.
Side B opens up with an exclusive track, 'Cosmic Pizza'. This layers choppy guitars and meandering juno style synth-lines over a space-disco tarantella (the traditional Italian triplet-based rhythm, don´t you know). Schaffel-schmaffell…