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About Me

BRIAN CAMPEAU is to a guitar what a Thai stripper is to a ping pong ball, both utilising their instruments in the most unconventional ways. It's impossible to divert your attention from the performance on stage, fascinated by an act you never thought humanly possible. One might be forgiven for thinking Brian has confused his guitar with a piano, or a typewriter, or a cheese grater, or maybe a Thai stripper. But you won't hear anyone correcting him. His style lends itself to an intriguing, unconventional sound that turns your average song upside down and around into a masterpiece.
He's like a one man supergroup. Throughout his live show we see glimpses of Zach Rogue's hopeful orchestral pop, strokes of Jose Gonzales delicacy, shards of Thom York's solemn genius, and flashes of Ben Folds musicianship, thrown in with servings of jazz, folk, acappella, African Himbo Humbo and fuck knows what else.
But you can't pigeon-hole this man. His dabbling in various genres acts as a statement that says "see, I can do all that, so get off my back and let me play whatever the fuck I want". So he does. And people can't help but listen. We see so many bands these days desperate to try something new, only to end up reverting back to the sound of either a wet fart, or a band from 30 years ago. Brian however, is a musician forging his own eclectic brand of music, in his own unique style. And he's pulling it off.
(THE SANDWICH CLUB - 2006)
A vocal floating like a plastic bag in the breeze, a guitar that sounds like it once belonged to Nick Drake, and underneath it all some infuriatingly good beats, just to remind us we're in the city, not the country. These are Brian Campeau's tools, and he's one hell of a tradesman.
(Vijay Khurana, triple j)
"Given the abundance of lacklustre singer-songwriters emerging these days, Brian Campeau should be on our National Heritage List.... Campeau does for art rock what Beck's Seachange did for Nick Drake, presenting a post-modern interpretation which keeps the best of the old while embracing innovative technology."
( the Brag - 2006)
MY ALBUM IS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH VITAMIN DISTRIBUTION! CLICK ON THE LOGO TO BUY IT!

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Member Since: 7/11/2005
Band Website: briancampeau.com.au
Influences: imagination
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Fender Squire Strat for sale

word up. It's in really good condition (i've played it like twice...) and i'm selling it for $200 let me know! Brian
Posted by brian campeau on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:12:00 PST

I teach guitar!

Hey if anyone wants lessons, contact me, and we'll figure something out in terms of times. I charge $40 bucks an hour, and am based in newtown. Leave me your number and I'll call you back! rock Brian...
Posted by brian campeau on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:10:00 PST

New Official Website!

WORD UP! I have a new official website. its www.briancampeau.com.au yeah! thanks to vic farrell for helping me set it up. I owe her big time. Brian...
Posted by brian campeau on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:31:00 PST

my new album

YO. ok so I’m working on a new album at the moment, and its going well (i think). It’s another concept album (of course) where I’m restricting myself to one instrument per song. I ca...
Posted by brian campeau on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:29:00 PST

NEW SINGLE IN THE WORKS

Word up. aight, so I'm recording a new single at the moment, and it will be released on OCT 28th, 2007. Coincidentaly, that is also my birthday. So if anyone wants to come party with me and my cranber...
Posted by brian campeau on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:57:00 PST

SIGN UP TO MY MAILING LIST!

Hey mofokers (by that I mean cool people) You can sign up to my mailing list by sending me a message on myspace with your email address. It's especially useful if you live in Australia, but anyo...
Posted by brian campeau on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:19:00 PST

Distribution!

Hey y'all! So Vitamin Records has recently accepted to distribute my new album "Two Faces". Which means, you can walk into HMV, and if the cd is not in stock, they can order it. Just remember it's th...
Posted by brian campeau on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:45:00 PST

Album Launch!

Word. Ok so I've finally decided on a date for the album launch. What a mess it has been. SO... its on June 14th (a wednesday) at the Vanguard in Newtown. I plan on having many guests on stage doing r...
Posted by brian campeau on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:46:00 PST

Hi

this is my myspace site. I also have a website but that hasn't been updated in forever. I probably won't be writing many messages in this blog area, but that's ok. either way, just to bring you up to ...
Posted by brian campeau on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:21:00 PST