Campag Velocet - Vito Satan

Great Band !!!
released in 1999

Campag Velocet were a British Indie rock band who were at their peak during the late 1990s. The band's musical style was influenced by bands such as Primal Scream. A major influence in the Campag vocabulary and artwork is Nadsat, coined by Anthony Burgess in the book A Clockwork Orange. The single "Drencrom Velocet Synthmesc" uses Nadsat words for recreational drugs, with the text being shown in the opening frame of the Clockwork Orange film.

The band's lineup was Pete Voss (vocals), Ian Cater (guitars, keyboards, programming), Barnaby Slater (bass) and Lascelles Lascelle (drums, percussion, samples).

Campag Velocet released their debut album, Bon Chic Bon Genre in 1999, and released three singles off it, "To Lose La Trek", "Vito Satan" and "Drencrom [Velocet Synthmesc]", the latter of which was an NME magazine 'single of the week'. The band were hailed as the 'best new band in Britain' by the NME, appearing on the cover of the magazine during 1999 and playing on the NME Tour in 2000 (appearing above Coldplay in the lineup). They later suffered the same fate as some of the other bands to be pushed by the NME by losing their record deal due to poor sales and disappearing off the musical radar.

The band signed a new recording contract with record label, Pointy Records, and in 2004, they released their second album, It's Beyond Our Control, to mixed reviews.

Campag Velocet broke up in 2005. Pete Voss formed a new band in 2006 called The Count.
http://www.myspace.com/thecountmusic
http://www.myspace.com/campagvelocet

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• campag
• velocet

[jonnykarma7]

It might not overwhelm first listen, but this is actually a cracking single, and it creeps up on you. Its subtle, beautiful and quite painterly, and stays with you. Love the hook. Fine work, lads.

[bullshotter]

brilliant

[delays1]

Sides with the above. Never fails to knock me off my stride. So many beautiful times. Up the Pag x

[hugebottythrill]

One of the most underrated bands OF ALL TIME.

[Eightball69]

Ian Cater's guitar style a massive influence on me - shame the compression of YT has killed some of the brightness of this track - still love it

[hufclufc]

It grows on you.............The Campo should reform

[DDGKAN]

Great song, absolutely love it.

[ianssoup]

one of my all time favourite songs.

[nicknasty14]

have this album, great tune! lol, looks alot and sounds like liam gallagher.

[optimizzo]

lots of illuminati and satanist symbolics

[ngftrd]

I didn,t know ronnie o'sullivan was in a band,great snooker player and singer!!!