Chet Delcampo

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Album: The Fountain

Released: Dec 16, 2006

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Genre: Acousmatic / Tape music / Indie / Pop
Location PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, US
Profile Views: 6890
Last Login: 8/22/2012
Member Since 8/29/2006
Website www.chetdelcampo.com
Record Label k-9 audio recordings
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. ..Over the years, a popular hallucination of the home recordist has developed: More often than not, when you hear of this artist or another going it alone within the confines of his very own limitless hard drive, the image is conjured of a hapless, tweaked Richard Dreyfuss standing in his living room, towering over a wild mountain range made of nothing more than ashed potatoes and insane desperation. __Well, that's just the first instance where Chet DelCampo breaks the mold. And he just keeps going. In a world where heart-on-their-sleeve singer/songwriters are the norm, Delcampo balances it out with a wit to match; where more traditionally rootsy candidates earn their chips through sweat and grind, DELCAMPO COMES OFF AS KNOWING AND DEBONAIR. Where others rock, Chet does one better: He holds you close. And his latest continues proving that he's basically the James Mason of indie-rock: cool, confident and not to be crossed. __For the Philadelphia singer/songwriter's second proper full-length, DelCampo (born in another time, another place as the humble, sweet Chris Madl) has turned his fancies to indoor sports; the result, which suavely convinces the organic and the electronic to finally lie down together, is Apartment Songs. It's in line with the man's developing neo-Bacharach aessthetic, begun (against all odds) in 1980s Los Angeles, continued in mid-90s Seattle and then London, and then, finally, settling in Philadelphia, where DelCampo's could emanate from the very same grey air as his beloved Gamble and Huff favorites. __Coming live and direct from a perch atop historic Old City, Philadelphia, the record is every bit as sophisticated and sleek as Chet's last, the widely acclaimed The Fountain (Record Cellar). What's different, however, is that the man has taken personal and this time, made it epic: APARTMENT SONGS HAS AN CINEMATIC SWEEP AND PANACHE that calls to mind such recent instant classics as Yo La Tengo's And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, East River Pipe's The Gasoline Age and Mark Eitzel's 60 Watt Silver Lining. "Anna Marie" sounds dirty and sleek at once. "Sunday At Noon" slices the whole thing in half in all its instrumental glory. "A Candle Is A Furnace" burns slow and sinister. __All told, with 12 songs clocking in at just over a half-hour, APARTMENT SONGS IS THE MOST PERFECTLY MANICURED ODE TO GRACE UNDER HEARTACHE THAT YOU'LL HEAR THIS YEAR - it's dignified and cool, but goddamn it wishes you didn_t have to go baby. Listen to what you're missing. .. .. ...Press release from apartment songs.....
Members
Chet recorded most of the tracks on his 2 cd's on his own, though there are a few special guests including....... Story - David Lovring (The Pixies) - drums.. Cremona - Joel R.L. Phelps - penny whistle.. A chance of use - Mike (slo mo) Brenner - lap steel .. Story - Kiara Geller (The Sugerplastic) - bass.. Story - Woody Jackson (Vincent Gallo, Friends of Dean Martinez, Green on Red, Petra Haden, Spain..etc) - guitar, mandolin.... The live band:.... Mark Schreiber - drums.. Kimbal Brown - horn/guitar.. Steve Demarest - bass.. Bill Fergusson - mandolin..
Influences
* You can BUY CD's HERE....... http://cdbaby.com/cd/delcampo2.... http://cdbaby.com/cd/delcampo.... ...also...Chet will be releasing a CD in Febuary 07. It's a side project band called "Hong Kong Stingray" .. It was produced by Kid Congo Powers (Gun Club, Cramps, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) and is a bit more experimental.
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"An elegant album through and through, Apartment Songs is warmer than the average effort from a singer/songwriter. Apartment Songs is not just a classy album, it's one that's in a class by itself" .. -Alter Native.. .. "It's the overall wash of pure blue tone that makes The Fountain a keeper".. -Philadelphia Weekly.. .. "Self-recorded, this CD sometimes has a hushed quality like Elliot Smith or East River Pipe, but some tunes, like Can't Complain, come across with more of a Scott Walker bombast. A really well - crafted CD, with many twists and turns you wouldn¹t expect and cool songs".. -Tape Op.. .. "The consistent quality of the songs, their cumulative, irreversible effect, the album's sterling DIY production, and the fact that this is by and large the work of one man, are all improbable. The fact that I hadn't previously heard of Delcampo's work? That's just annoying." .. -Splendidezine.. .. "Delcampo produces songs that are at both melancholic and sensuous. Whether it's the twanging of "Coffee with Tom T. Hall" or the beach-side influence of "Story," The Fountain can and should make a splash" .. -AterNative.. ..