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Artist
¡ Ulysses Campbell !
9+ albums
indiepopHouseelectropopelectro
about
Zachary Ulysses Campbell Wilson is a product of the DIY generation and proud of it. He records primarily on an 8 track, edits with freeware, and plays shows whenever a party is happening. Sometimes there may be two other guys playing with him, sometimes it’s just Ulysses Campbell solo - but it’s always high energy; which in itself mirrors the frantic style of Ulysses Campbell. While maintaining basic pop instincts, Ulysses whirls through an ever changing thrash of electro, drum n bass, 8-bit, dub step, and all around ill beats. He grew up playing piano, guitar and always singing. Idolizing artists like The Beatles and The Beach Boys at a young age, Ulysses also grew up enjoying Jock Jams and awesome 90’s techno. He always knew he wanted to be a part of music and pop culture, but could have never predicted such an ascent into electronica. Having no real formal lessons, Ulysses taught himself how to play music. Previous recording experience started as young as 13 when he would videotape himself playing guitar and singing, load it onto a computer, delete the video track and export the audio. Such low-fi tactics further fed the desire to create songs and by age 16, Ulysses Campbell was signed to Red Fez Records (under a different name) and in a professional studio. This would only be temporary though because he went to boarding school (Buxton school, where in fact Sufjan Stevens had done a previous recording in the campus studio). Emerging from Buxton School at age 19, Ulysses
