Baths New Zealand Tour Announced

Will Wiesenfeld aka Baths has kept his word and announced two New Zealand shows in November. Booked to visit New Zealand for the first time last October, he had to cancel due to illness but promised to reschedule.  It's taken almost a year but here you go, the new dates...

Madcap Touring, Strange News and UnderTheRadar present...

Baths with local guests Black City Lights

Wednesday 14th November, Whammy Bar, Auckland
Thursday 15th November, San Francisco Bath House, Wellington

Tickets on sale NOW from here at UTR, Real Groovy in Auckland and Slow Boat or RPM in Wellington.

We shared it last time and we'll share it again  - the stunning video for 'Lovely Bloodflow':

Lovely Bloodflow from BATHS on Vimeo.

And if you needed convincing of his talent here is a track he created with an ipad beatmaker app, piano and ipod headphone mic (set to some great old film footage).

BATHS - Exit The Mine from Behind the Walk-in on Vimeo.

Press Release:

Madcap Touring, Strange News & Undertheradar present

BATHS (ANTICON/USA) – NEW ZEALAND TOUR

After suffering serious stomach complications back in 2011 forcing us to cancel his debut show we are pleased to announce Baths will be returning to New Zealand to play two shows in Auckland and Wellington this November!

Wednesday 14th November @ Whammy Bar in Auckland
Thursday 15th November @ San Francisco Bath House in Wellington
With special guest: Black City Lights

An exercise in stargazing synthetics, stumbling rhythmic thuds, incidental found sound, and ghostly falsetto voice, Baths is the musical project of American electronic musician Will Wiesenfeld.

A key member of the new wave of Anticon Record's artists, Baths filters rugged MPC hip-hop production techniques through a chillwave filter. Baths musical oeuvre connects him with both contemporary sound surfers Toro Y Moi and Washed Out, and the modern international bass archipelago beat movement which has given us Flying Lotus, Hype Williams, Samiyam and their ilk.

Described by The Guardian's Paul Lester as like, "J Dilla playing around with the Pavement and Prince catalogues," a Baths performance is a decadent sonic treat. In line with this, his debut album Cerulean got the coveted Pitchfork.com co-sign with an honorable mention on the 2010 Album of the Year list, and more recent sophomore release Pop Music / False B-Sides is also headed for equal acclaim.

Tickets are available from www.undertheradar.co.nz, Slow Boat Records or Rough Peel Music in Wellington and Real Groovy in Auckland.