CAMOUFLAGE HISTORY
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In 1992 Marcus and Heiko moved from their home town of Beitigheim-Bissingen to the music
metropolis Hamburg. There they founded their own music publishing company and built up a
new studio. Their side project "Areu Areu" included the release of a 5 track E.P. with cover
versions of songs from The Cure, Depeche Mode and from very early Camouflage songs.
During
mid-1992 they began recording work for the fourth album "Bodega Bohemia" - again as in 1989,
in the Brussels Synsound Studio with producer Dan Lacksmann and several guest musicians. The goal with this album was to let as many electronic influences as possible flow back into the
music. During March 1993 it was time and the hit-worthy single "Suspicious Love" came to
stores. The video to the song played in rotation on MTV and the song was equally present in the
radio. In a very short time 20,000 singles were sold, but placement in the charts was never
achieved.
This shortfall was largely due to the bands record company which prioritized the group "Ace of
Base" with higher importance at this time than Camouflage and failed to support Camouflage to
a necessary extent. The pending releases were doomed to failure and were only released in
Germany - in May the album "Bodega Bohemia", in June the single "Close" and in August the
single "Jealousy". The contractual option for a further Camouflage album was not realized by
the record company. The contract and collaboration with Metronome ended in the same year.
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