A Camp

Infobox musical artist
Name = A Camp


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Origin = Flagicon|Sweden Sweden
Genre = Alternative rock
Years_active = 2001–present
Label = Universal/Polydor
Stockholm Records
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Current_members = Nina Persson

"A Camp" is the solo side project of Nina Persson, vocalist for the Swedish indie/pop band The Cardigans, who worked alongside Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, who also produced it.

A Camp was formed during The Cardigans' break after several years of touring and recording albums, the last of which was, at the time, "Gran Turismo".

A Camp's self-titled debut album released the singles "I Can Buy You" and "Song for the Leftovers." These country-inspired selections seem to have inspired The Cardigans' following album, "Long Gone Before Daylight" which was released in the UK in the summer of 2003 and was released in May 2004 in the US.

The debut was recorded once with Niclas Frisk of Atomic Swing before she teamed up with Mark to re-record it. In doing so he also contributed some new songs to the album.

Nina had been a long-time fan of Sparklehorse and has referred to them as "the best I've ever heard". After a gig in Lund, Sweden, Nina gave Mark a cassette of all the old A Camp songs. When they met again during the recording of his most recent album, Nina mustered the courage to invite him to produce her project. Mark listened, liked the songs and said yes.

The recording of a second A Camp album was confirmed by Nina in an interview with Swedish newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" in May of 2007. [ [http://www.cardigans.com/?sid=article&pid=read&id=7011 The Cardigans - Nina Persson breathes new life into A Camp ] ] "Girl-pop from the 60s, 80's punk and David Bowie" were said to be the main influences.

In a post on The Cardigans official forum, dated 16th of August 2008, Nina unveiled the launch of the new A Camp website and disclosed a target release date of "early next year" for her second solo album, titled 'Colonia' [ [http://www.cardigans.com/?sid=forum&pid=thread&id=115810 A CAMP update from Nina ] ] . The album, produced by Nina with husband and film composer Nathan Larson, features appearances from ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Joan As Policewoman and Guided By Voices drummer Kevin March [ [http://www.cardigans.com/?sid=forum&pid=thread&id=115810 Biography section, A CAMP Official Website ] ] .

Discography

References

External Sites

* [http://www.acamp.net/ Official Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1051453/bio Biography for Nina Persson at imdb]
* [http://www.redpenguin.net/bandphotos/a-camp.php Live photos of Nina Persson and A Camp]
* [http://www.discography.se/a_camp/ A camp discography]