New York's Bottoms' Goodbye Remix EP Out Now
By: Caryn Robbins Oct. 16, 2015
Today, the trio bottoms, self-proclaimed "two sty drag queens, a 303 and a drummer", and "gender-problematizing goth dance band" that grew out of Brooklyn's DIY space Secret Project Robot, released debut Goodbye EP (12" vinyl / digitally) via JD Samson (SHARER / MEN / Le Tigre / Pussy RIOT collaborator)'s co-founded Atlas Chair. "Boring" Soft Pink Truth's Remix HERE can be seen as a reedit too where Matmos' Drew Daniel includes his own lyrics.
bottoms' methods of combining hilarious and terrifying stage antics along with acid house minimalism creates a joyful yet violent experience. bottoms is Simon Leahy, Michael Prommasit, and Jake Dibeler. As co-founder of the annual Bushwig festival, Leahy spearheaded the new "drag explosion" in the Bushwick nightlife scene. More on Bushwig from Michael Musto for New York Times. and also the founder of New York City P*rn Film Festival. "The NYCPFF is a natural progression in Leahy's artistic career...He used his art for activism, organizing pride marches and combatting homophobia. He also dabbled in the adult art world."- Mashable
Leahy & Prommasit's prior band teeth, has toured internationally. Dibeler is a performance artist whose work touches on historical anxieties surrounding HIV and gay suicide, which he uses as the basis of his lyrics. Jake Dibeler is a performance artist, and has the ep track listing tattood on his right leg (note back of vinyl artwork HERE!), see him here in Blouin Art Info.
FADER premiered their closing track from the debut Goodbye EP HERE: "Musically, the song was inspired by Terry Riley and THE PARADISE Garage sound. We're really interested in the dichotomy of upbeat music with a more depressing lyrical theme. It's like sad music for the club-- people dancing to a suicide note. Of course with most of bottomsmusic, there is always a sense of humor. In this way, the music becomes a fair representation of the three of us as people: simultaneously sad and funny, and complex."
bottoms - Goodbye Remixes EP out October 16 on Atlas Chair
1. Boring (Soft Pink Truth remix)
2. My Body (Eric Copeland remix)
3. My Body (Poisonous Relationship remix)
4. My Body (Is Tropical remix)
5. My Body (Colin Self remix)
6. My Body (Michael Oswell remix)
7. My Body (Smhoak Mosheein remix)
8. Boring (Becoming Real remix)
2. My Body (Eric Copeland remix)
3. My Body (Poisonous Relationship remix)
4. My Body (Is Tropical remix)
5. My Body (Colin Self remix)
6. My Body (Michael Oswell remix)
7. My Body (Smhoak Mosheein remix)
8. Boring (Becoming Real remix)
Last December on World AIDS Day, bottoms revealed their "HIV" track."People have spent a long time keeping quiet about HIV," Dibeler tells Vice. "Conversely, I think it's really important to SCREAM about it."
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