NEWS: Camp sind mit dem Song FROM EXTREMELY FAR AWAY neben Bands wie Simian Mobile Disco, Maximo Park, CSS und !!! auf dem Soundtrack des neuen FIFA 08 Games von EA SPORTS vertreten. Und es kommt noch sportlicher: Camp haben den Track "On Top Of The World" zum aktuellen Euro 08 Sampler ROCK ARENA beigesteuert. Auf der gleichen CD wie Camp: Baschi und Right Said Fred. Jetzt überall im Handel. Various Artists «Rock Arena» Compilation; Muve (Musikvertrieb)
NEWS: Camp arbeiten derzeit an einem dritten Album. Hierfür erhalten Sie 2008 einen Kompositionsauftrag von Pro Helvetia und Unterstützung vom Popkredit der Stadt Zürich.
Zurich rocks. After years devoted of techno and electronic music, these days bands resume the great tradition of Zurich rock, punk, new wave, and pop. Camp are one such rock combo. However, it is not solely about guitars: Their home town, Zurich, always proves a fertile ground for the band’s disco qualities.
Dominic Suter (voc, guit, key) and Raphael Rogenmoser (bs, voc) found Camp in 2003 while studying in Zurich. It has taken Dominic some time to develop his very own sound, sharing his enthusiasm for 80ies synthesizer bands in various projects in Zurich since 1996. Before founding Camp, Raphael Rogenmoser was singing and playing bass in several indie-rock bands in Lucerne for years. Right from day one, Dominic’s and Raphael’s shared love of alternative rock music and Zurich’s clubbing scene proves a binding force. Shortly after Camp is founded, drummer Tosho Yakkatokuo joins the band.
Consequently, they release their first album, titled «Iconography», in late 2005. The album meets with a big press response; the tracks «My Heart Is Breaking Down» and «In Paris with You» get daytime airplay on DRS3 and Couleur3. New Wave and Punk are as much part of the sound as dance and pop music elements. Camp would now go on to state that they were trying to advance their influences – ranging from old heroes like The Cure and New Order and peers Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party to less obvious artists like Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene – to a worthy version of the originals. But this is under-statement. The band are not merely quoting: Their sound bears Camp’s own hallmarks.
Camp are three Zurich boys to keep an eye on in the future. Referring to themselves as «smalltown neurotics», their motivation for making music is summed up by Woody Allen’s one-liner: „Failing in life can be dangerous; failing in art is simply embarrassing.» Within one year, Camp release «Talking Cure», the follow-up to their debut album. The band prove that there is more to them than writing straight dancefloor hits. The three rock musicians, every one of them knowledgeable about the more modern history of pop music, have found a multi-layered sonic language, the speed, style, beauty, and mood swings of which never fail to surprise and move the listener. On stage, the main purpose of Camp’s melting of traditional rock instrumentalisation and electronics is still to make girls dance.
CAMP: The Truth About Art (Video by Francois Chalet)
Thanks for acceptin' the ol' friend request! I totally dig your tunes. They are surely amongst the best i've found on this whole site, or any where for that matter. I'm placin' ya on my top friends. I dont get many plays, but even if just a few folks stop by a day, that would be awesome!! -Later
Hallo Camp Wir wünschen euch ein schönes Wochenende und danken euch für die Freundschaft. Es grüsst imagine
Das Festival gegen Rassismus in Basel am 29./ 30. August 2008 auf dem Barfüsserplatz www. imaginefestival. ch
minimal2mal: minimal2mal - das Motto von imagine08 lässt auch dieses Jahr wieder die Gedanken anregen. Was das konkret heisst, kann bereits an den 3 premagines gesehen werden, vorallem aber dann am imagine selber. minimal2mal wird die Platzgestaltung sein und minimal2mal die thematischen Aktivitäten auf dem Platz.
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imagine ist nun offizieller Member von sonicbids. com. Zwei Slots, davon je einer auf der Mainstage und einer auf der Sidestage, stehen zur Verfügung. Sowohl internationale, als auch nationale Bands können sich jetzt über sonicbids für diese zwei Plätze bewerben.
tag freunde. wir erlauben uns etwas werbung in eigener sache:
MHBT auf Tour ************* Feb 02 Merkker, Baden Feb 07 Hive, Zürich Feb 09 Fribourg Feb 15 Lausanne Feb 21 Milano Feb 22 Lugano Feb 23 Bern Feb 29 Aarau Mar 01 Solothurn Mar 07 Schaffhausen Mar 08 M4Music, Zürich Apr 11 Basel
wisst ihr, ob man irgendne reservation (oder nen flyer oder was auch immer) braucht, für euren gig in der zuuukunft (die heut abend stattfinded) ?? die tun da manchmal nämlich n bisschen blöd. die zukünfter.
Hallo! Danke für den Zusatz! Sympathisch Ihre Musik, eine große Stelle für das bass! Ich mag viel Disappearing act, und das intro von Supernatural Sympathy ist hervorragend! Bis bald! Lucie -Ustone