Camouflage

In the organizer's words:

Camouflage, who will have been in the business for 40 years in 2023, were often seen as "Depeche Mode for the poor" by disliked critics in the distant past. What a serious misjudgement. After all, the three gentlemen from Bietigheim have not only had lucrative international hits to their name over the last four decades, most notably "Love Is A Shield" and "The Great Commandment", but they have also always had their own style that is simply incomparable to anything else. The three-piece constantly reinvented themselves musically on a total of eight studio albums and never ceased to amaze us with their creative mutations. From pop to dancefloor to dark wave and the occasional ambient, a wide variety of styles were represented.

Now the Swabian trio has returned to its old strengths after years of abstinence from the music industry. Above all, however, singer Marcus Meyn, drummer Oliver Kreyssig and keyboardist Heiko Maile are in a celebratory mood. This will be conveyed to the public by finally giving live concerts again after eight years to mark the anniversary year 2023.

"Rewind To The Future And Goodbye" is the motto of the tour. Heiko Maile explains this slogan as follows: "The 'Rewind' stands for rewinding in our discography. Combined with the word 'future', the whole thing is 'rewinding into the future', a mind game with the time before our first professional recordings, to the beginning of it all, when our band still had the future far ahead of it."

Planning for the concert tour is in full swing. According to Maile, the band wants to "sound more electronic again", says the composer and sound tinkerer. "Many of our old songs will be interpreted in a modern way, some of the newer ones will perhaps even be realized in the sound of our early days, a mixture that plays rather freely with our previous styles. We also want to present a hopefully successful mix of audience favorites and our own preferences. In addition, videos and visual effects will play an even bigger role than before. When we celebrate, we do it properly." Maile is convinced that the concerts should "go back to the roots, while at the same time allowing the entire history of our band to shine in a new light". The enigmatic band logo, which is influenced by "Italian Futurism" and is a reference to the future and the past in equal measure, is also a fitting link.

There are also connections between modernity and the era in which the verses were written in some of the lyrics. "The Great Commandment" was conceived in the mid-1980s, when the fall of the Berlin Wall was still a long way off and the "Cold War" between East and West had not yet been overcome. Since February 2022, the "Cold War" and the East/West conflict have returned to our planet with a vengeance.

Regardless of such gloomy visions, the trio are unwavering in their vision of keeping camouflage history alive. Various deluxe editions, strictly limited vinyl editions and remasters will be released in the coming months. As you can see: Even after 40 years, the story of this exceptional formation is not over.