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.
Sounds Like
"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
Just a note to say that I'm thinking about you, bro. I hope that your life is cool & not too tortured (maybe a good well to draw from)? Going to Montreal in October, so I'll be closer to you. I miss our friendship & our writing technique. Forever friends, Chels xx
Hey Chet, glad you made the right choice. I've just got a 2500 into the mastering room today for a more in depth demo for 7 days & I've used it on 2 projects already today. I'm waiting for the Vertigo VSC-2 to arrive early next week to do a shoot out. So far I'm thinking that the Vertigo had better be an amazing box for me to choose it over the API. It's very versatile I did a electro pop EP today & it made the music leap off the speakers, so much depth, width & punchy as hell. You are going to love it!
Objects are concealed from our view, not so much because they are out of the course of our visual ray as because we do not bring our minds and eyes to bear on them.... We do not realize how far and widely, or how near and narrowly, we are to look. The greater part of the phenomena of Nature are for this reason concealed from us all our lives. The gardener sees only the gardener’s garden. Here, too, as in political economy, the supply answers to the demand. Nature does not cast pearls before swine. There is just as much beauty visible to us in the landscape as we are prepared to appreciate,—not a grain more. Author: Thoreau, Henry David
I like your music! "story" has always been a fave but "so much"... yea you've got the vibe! Good to hear from you and thanks for the add!!!! ha ha ha!! (I'm glad you didn't turn me down.)
Chet, it's rod, who used to be with Y records and Spike in Seattle. It's good to hear you here. Your songs are excellent. Hope you make it out here to play some time.
