BIOGRAPHY
Brian Botkiller is an electronic musician, drummer, DJ, and producer based in Phoenix, Arizona. He has released five albums and over 300 songs across progressive house, techno, IDM, drum and bass, minimal techno, synthwave, synthpop, and darkwave.
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Brian produces progressive house, techno, IDM, drum and bass, minimal techno, synthwave, synthpop, darkwave, and a variety of other genres in the dance music world. His sound is reminiscent of Underworld, Orbital, The Prodigy, Com Truise, Kavinsky, Justice, Daft Punk, Hybrid, BT, and other electronic music pioneers.
His 2010 release Welcome to Postwar USA features industrial godfather En Esch of KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot on vocals. The 2019 follow-up In Case of Revolution features Jon Fugler of Fluke and 2bitpie. The 2020 release DARK HAMILL explored synthwave by putting a creative spin on the genre.
On even-numbered years, Brian writes and releases a song every week as part of a global project called Weekly Beats.
A professional drummer, Brian has lent his skills to many bands including Vertigo Venus, Diverje, Random Access Memory, and The Bloodies, as well as providing session drumming to Fluke, The Future Sound of London, and other artists around the globe.
He plays and endorses Drum drums, Ahead drumsticks and hardware, TRX cymbals, PreSonus Audio Electronics, and Efnote electronic drums.
As a DJ, Brian has held residency at clubs around the USA, playing darkwave, progressive house and techno, synthwave, synthpop, industrial, and IDM.
As a technician and thought leader in the digital audio world, Brian has worked with producers including Brian Transeau (BT), Chris Cunningham, Brian Hardgroove, Dweezil Zappa, and others — lending his skills as a digital audio technician to these artists.