I'm available to play bass or sing on your songs! Here is a selection of other artist's albums I have played on over the years.
Reggae Warrior Remixed
House of David Gang
Come With Me (New Brunswick Song) ft. Raffa Dean, Gisto & Chris Bottomley - I contributed bass, wrote and sang vocals on this compilation. Was wonderful to play with the late Raffa Dean whilst on tour with House of David Gang on the east coast of Canada.
"remixstasy"
Eccodek
Guelph's Eccodek has a world beat emphasis and some dub trips throughout. I enjoyed playing bass and sitting in on percussion for some live gigs. Andrew McPherson kindly invited me to play on this Remix of Eccodek's Read more
Guelph's Eccodek has a world beat emphasis and some dub trips throughout. I enjoyed playing bass and sitting in on percussion for some live gigs. Andrew McPherson kindly invited me to play on this Remix of Eccodek's "Calling The Rain"
Guelph's Eccodek has a world beat emphasis and some dub trips throughout. I enjoyed playing bass and sitting in on percussion for some live gigs.
Reggae Against Landmines Volume 2
Chris Bottomley, Odel, House of David Gang and more
Reggae Compilation for a great cause I was happy to be a part of!
Library Of The Sun
John Bottomley
I played bass, piano, & sang backing vocals on this post-Tulpa release by my brother John. Four songs off this album were actually some of the last TULPA recordings ever, from the Tulpa sessions at Grant Avenue Studio Read more
I played bass, piano, & sang backing vocals on this post-Tulpa release by my brother John. Four songs off this album were actually some of the last TULPA recordings ever, from the Tulpa sessions at Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton.
Glen Milchem from Blue Rodeo playing drums on "In Solitude" & "She Lay Down By the Water" & Great Bob Scott contributing to ¨Little Red Wagon¨& "Bones"
City Songs
Laura Jean Manson
Laura Jean Manson's debut CD is full of heartfelt songs borne out of resilience and experience. Bottomley played bass on two of these; "Diamonds" and "Not Today". Also on these tracks are Toronto's reggae veteran Odel Johnson, Davide Direnzo, & Jono Grant.
Kick at the Darkness - Songs of Bruce Cockburn
Chris Bottomley, Barenaked Ladies and more
I was invited by Intrepid Records to pick a Bruce Cockburn song to record for this compilation. I chose "Stolen Land" because OKA had just happened in Canada. Thanks to Intrepid for giving me the chance to produce this Read more
I was invited by Intrepid Records to pick a Bruce Cockburn song to record for this compilation. I chose "Stolen Land" because OKA had just happened in Canada. Thanks to Intrepid for giving me the chance to produce this powerful version.
I produced and directed this video for "Stolen Land" with a VideoFact grant. Like Cockburn's song, I wanted it to be hemispheric in scope, and give the viewer a sense of the magnitude of native issues today.
"Mosaic Fish"
Tulpa
Chris Bottomley, John Bottomley, Sev Micron - Toronto's fiery threesome - these are my rock roots from the 80's! All tracks from the original analogue masters! TULPA was a band i played in all through the 80's in Toronto. Read more
Chris Bottomley, John Bottomley, Sev Micron - Toronto's fiery threesome - these are my rock roots from the 80's!
All tracks from the original analogue masters! TULPA was a band i played in all through the 80's in Toronto. We licensed this album to Midnight Music in the UK and opened for Michelle Shocked, Living Colour, The Mekons, Hunters & Collectors, the Payolas and others in our day. Another release we had was "TULPA - "Live at CBGB's" in 1986, a rare release only available in Japan and through CBGB's store in NYC.