Rock Island, by Camp

Rock Island

by Camp

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1.	We Need a World Without Boys 02:23	buy track
2.	I Know a Star 02:34	buy track
3.	Be Prepared to Back It Up 02:02	buy track
4.	Do U Feel the Need? 02:13	buy track
5.	Not Replacing You 02:13	buy track
6.	Oh Well 02:30	buy track
7.	Totally Fake! 01:44	buy track
8.	Authors & Actors 01:58	buy track
9.	Tired of Montreal 02:07	buy track
10.	Closed for Winter 01:14	buy track
11.	Plantation Row 02:36	buy track
12.	Slow Explorer 03:41	buy track
13.	Warm in Places 04:29	buy track
14.	Hence the Delay 03:57	buy track

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Produced in 2004 but unreleased until now, Rock Island represented a high point in Camp’s experiments with the crude yet endearing music software called Fruity Loops (now known as FL Studio). It follows on the footsteps of Mean (another “lost” full-length that remained unreleased until 2016) but runs into a direction wholly its own.

Minimalistic in execution yet full of exciting details, these 14 (mostly) short tracks run through styles as varied as digital funk, melodic IDM, beatpunk, abstract ambient & even a bit of schaffel. A relentlessly fun album that wholeheartedly embraces the limitations of the software it was built with, Rock Island makes mince-meat of the arch seriousness that was so prevalent in electronic music in its time. Even its most somber moments have whimsical undertones. Or is it the other way around? Either way, if there was a year to finally release this wild & adventurous record, 2022 is it. Enjoy!

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released May 6, 2022

Music & cover art by David Turgeon. Tracks 6, 12 & 14 feature Jordi Rosen on accordion & voice. Mastered in May 2022 by David.

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