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█░:ABOUT THiS RELEASE_ ░█
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█ Artist: Nicole Campau █
█ Album: The Old Guard █
█ Genre: Electronic █
█ Source: WEB Lossless (.WAV) █
█ Label: Waving Hands Records █
█ Retail date: 2016-06-13 █
█ Rip date: 2017-12-16 █
█ Quality: 241kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo / LAME 3.98.4 -V0 █
█ Url: http://wavinghandsrecords.bandcamp.com █
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█ 01 What You See 1:40 █
█ 02 Listen Well 1:38 █
█ 03 My Feelings Inside 2:30 █
█ 04 Baby Don (For Peter Blind) 1:14 █
█ 05 Tyra And Me 0:31 █
█ 06 New Fashion 2:12 █
█ 07 Thanks 0:29 █
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█ 00:10:14 (19.01MB) █
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█░:RELEASE NOTES_ ░█
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█ Waving Hands Records press release: █
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█ For our new cassette reissue, we are very happy to present a pure █
█ D.I.Y gem, "The Old Guard" by Californian hometaper Nicole █
█ Campau. █
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█ 'The Old Guard' was recorded in 1987 in San Jose by Nicole █
█ herself, at the early age of 11. She was helped by her father Don █
█ Campau, a musician and radio-host active since the 1960's, whom █
█ lend her his TEAC A3440 4 track open reel recorder. Nicole wrote █
█ the lyrics, sang, played acoustic guitar and Moog synth, while █
█ her father played other keyboards, percussions and turntables. He █
█ later released the tape on his own label, Lonely Whistle. The █
█ result is a unique blend of minimal synth mixed with cheerful █
█ poetry and rap tunes, crossed by a lo-fi folk song and Nicole's █
█ personal notes to herself with random asides, as only kids know █
█ how to do it. █
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█ When we first heard her classic minimal synth track 'New █
█ Fashion', we were instantly hooked by its playfulness and we █
█ wanted to learn more about Nicole, knowing nothing about her at █
█ this point, even her age.. 'New Fashion' being only the tip of █
█ the iceberg, we started to investigate with the track on repeat, █
█ wondering if there were many others, dying to hear more and to █
█ learn her story. It turned out that Nicole's father, Don Campau, █
█ was back then a major figure of the hometaper scene, as a █
█ musician, radio host and label head. He's still very active █
█ nowadays through his radio show "No Pigeonhole" and his archival █
█ project, 'The Living Archive Of Underground Music', dedicated to █
█ the cassette culture. As for Nicole, after having recorded 'The █
█ Old Guard' at 11, she later made another and last tape at 19 █
█ named 'Akrisa', a darker and introspective output. She did also █
█ produce a poetry CD when she was going to San Jose State █
█ University but never pursued music after that. She's now raising █
█ her own children in the SF area and works as an english teacher. █
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█ In many ways, this tape is much more than an average kid's █
█ recreation. Nicole had fun creating stuff out of nowhere but also █
█ turned it into something tangible and intellectually constructed. █
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█ We warmly thank Nicole for letting us unearthing her work and Don █
█ Campau for his kind help and contextualisation. █
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█░:iMPORTANT STATEMENT_ ░█
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█ This release is for preview. If you like it, buy mp3, CD, vinyl or █
█ t-shirt, go to the show. Support artists financially, like we did. █
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