… Read Full Bio ↴Will Wiesenfeld AKA Baths was born in 1989, in Los Angeles, California.
Wiesenfield is a classically trained musician, and began learning the piano at the age of four “to compete with his brother”. By twelve he had “completely abandoned it,” but continual musical experimenting lead him to record his first piece of music at age fourteen. Under a previous moniker, [Post-foetus], he wrote four albums and three EPs. He also ventured into a more ambient style with side-project Geotic, a project which Irish magazine State.ie called “gorgeous”.
After adopting the name Baths, he released debut album Cerulean on independent record label Anticon. He recorded the entire album in two months from his bedroom. The BBC’s Mike Diver claims Baths’ nearest musical sound-a-like is chillwave musician Toro Y Moi. Pitchfork noted Baths’ influences, acts such as Björk and Flying Lotus, were “obvious” in his work.
Drowned in Sound noted Baths’ use of “unorthodox” sounds layered in and around the electronics, in particular “clicking pens, vocal samples, rustling blankets and scissor snaps”. British newspaper The Guardian’s Paul Lester commented he was reminded of “J Dilla playing around with the Pavement and Prince catalogues” while listening to the album. While a lot of his music is instrumental, it can occasionally incorporate vocals, most of them falsetto.
Cerulean was listed by the AV Club as the 21st best album of 2010. It made Pitchfork’s Album of the Year: Honorable Mention list.
Ocean Death
Baths Lyrics
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Bury your body in my
Burrow into my
Bury your body in my graveyard
Burrow into my
Bury your body in my
Burrow into my
I am the ocean
Return to the earth through the water
Burrow into my
Bury your body in my
Burrow into my
Bury your body in my graveyard
Burrow into my
Bury your body in my
Burrow into my
Bury your body in my graveyard
I am the ocean
Return to the earth through the water
Burrow into my
Bury your body in my
Burrow into my
Bury your body in my graveyard
I am the ocean
Return to the earth through the water
The lyrics of Baths's song "Ocean Death" convey a sense of longing, darkness, and the power of nature. The repetition of the phrases "Burrow into my" and "Bury your body in my graveyard" creates a haunting and visceral imagery. This can be interpreted as an invitation to be consumed by the depths of the ocean, to be submerged and lost in its vastness. The ocean is often seen as a symbol of subconscious desires, mystery, and the unknown. By burying one's body in the ocean, it may represent a desire for a deep connection or immersion into something greater than oneself.
The repeated line "I am the ocean, return to the earth through the water" reinforces the idea of the ocean as a return to the primal elements. It suggests a cycle of life and death, where returning to the ocean is a form of returning to the earth from which all life originates. The lyrics evoke a sense of surrendering to the natural forces of the ocean, embracing the inevitability of mortality, and finding solace in the connection to the greater universe.
Overall, "Ocean Death" can be interpreted as a contemplation on the fleeting nature of life, the allure of the unknown, and humankind's relationship with the power and vastness of nature.
Line by Line Meaning
Burrow into my
Embrace and immerse yourself in my essence
Bury your body in my
Find solace and rest in my depths
Bury your body in my graveyard
Find peace and finality in the eternal resting place within me
I am the ocean
I symbolize vastness, depth, and the cycle of life
Return to the earth through the water
When embraced by me, you become one with the earth again
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: William Boris Wiesenfeld
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