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Rotterdam

by Philippe Cam

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Brendan H. Philippe Cam's return to the electronic music world during the rise of modern, crisper sounding music is shown to have a few hurdles, but is ultimately the most experimental he has ever been, and sometimes just as serene as when he started; in fact, he seems to have picked up a few new auditory tricks since. Favorite track: Manga.
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Cocoa Beach 05:33
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Manga 04:51 video
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Short Summer 05:10
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Bis 00:28
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The Game 05:41
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Last Track 02:52

about

Philippe Cam is the Thomas Pynchon of the electronic music world. Little is known about him and only a couple of pictures have been put online since he emerged on this planet to write his first and only album18 years ago. We know he worked as a sailor and that’s it. If you dig deeper you might find out that he worked as a DJ in the beginning of the 90ies in Brussels and began to study electronic music there and also began to write music for theaters and ballets.

When his first album "Balance" (Traum CD3) was released on Traum the American distributor Forced Exposure once wrote that about him: „Philipe Cam is a star in his own field. He is among the few people who have succeeded to write hypnotic dance music without a conventional beat still conveying a thrilling, dramatic feel. Cam has developed an accurate, intense and complex formula of modulation-techno. Starting with music similar to Pan Sonic in 1996, his music turned towards a more elegant form of minimal music. Abstract soundtracks lead to an organic form of music, which was equally influenced by modern techno as Wolfgang Voigt's Studio 1/Gas or Basic Channel/Maurizio. Cam's music corresponds heavily to the Cologne scene, where his music is appreciated and played throughout the clubs by the likes of Michael Mayer, Tobias Thomas and various other DJs as well as experimental djs from the A-musik corner.“

We are releasing the album as a double clear vinyl with cover art by Yvette Klein who also designed the cover for his Philippe Cam’s album 18 years ago. Graphics for "Rotterdam" come from Cologne designer Daniela Thiel. We also would like to thank the cultural department of Cologne for supporting us to finance the album and to see the artistic value in this piece of minimalism.

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released September 6, 2019

Written and produced by Philippe Cam
Mastering by Emmanuel Geller / Salz Mastering
Released by Traum Schallplatten
Catalog No.: Traum V233

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Traum Schallplatten Cologne, Germany

The German electronic label from Cologne which came into life 1998.

Artists: Dominik Eulberg, Max Cooper, Minilogue, Extrawelt, Nathan Fake, Jesse Somfay, Nick Dow, Fairmont, Extrawelt, Moonbeam, Ikaro Grati, Egokind, Ron Flatter, Ryan Davis, MIcrotrauma, Ricardo Tobar, Superflu, ROWA, Ümit Han, Marlon Jarek and many more ... more

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