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	The songs on 'Camofleur' have a warmth about them that Gastr Del Sol's more experimental work lacked; if anything, it's closer to the spirit of Can, who managed to push the envelope of what was possible in music. And like them, GDS prove that it's possible to do so without sounding like someone farting into an echo dek, to a trip-hop beat.</blockquote>		The songs on 'Camofleur' have a warmth about them that Gastr Del Sol's more experimental work lacked; if anything, it's closer to the spirit of Can, who managed to push the envelope of what was possible in music. And like them, GDS prove that it's possible to do so without sounding like someone farting into an echo dek, to a trip-hop beat.</blockquote>

			=== CMJ New Music Monthly ===
			February 1998<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=5ykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10</ref>

			Mike McGonigal<blockquote>Artful, erudite and unrepentantly arty, [[Gastr del Sol\|Gastr Del Sol]] is among the most engaging groups of the post-Slint (please don't say "post-rock") progressive indie school. This is a rock band that's crafted orchestral compositions that are listenable, for chrissakes ("[[The Harp Factory on Lake Street]]"). ''Camoufleur'' is Gastr's breakthrough disc, exquisitely highlighting rocket scientists [[David Grubbs]]'s and [[Jim O'Rourke]]'s technical mastery of everything: organ; hurdy-gurdy; elliptical, acoustic guitar; total ambient noise. There's a pop sheen to it, as well. In the ''Pet Sounds''-y "[[Each Dream Is an Example\|Each Dream Is An Example]]," the band transforms its heretofore "difficult" sounds into something breezy and beautiful. And while Grubbs's vocal style is still kind of clipped, it's never been more poppy or radio-ready as on the lush, gorgeous "[[The Seasons Reverse\|The Season's Reverse]]," a dandy-ish, daisy scented after-hours treat. ''Camoufleur'' is one of those records where all the songs melt into each other. This dense web of sound effectively arrives already remixed, as it's manipulated throughout—both incidentally and blissfully full-on—by Markus Popp (of Oval/Microstoria) with computer-aided, loopy bravado. Popp's trademarked otherworldly tweakings help bring Gastr Del Sol's rich, decadent sound textures firmly to the forefront of contemporary experimental pop-sound.</blockquote>

	=== Chicago Tribune ===		=== Chicago Tribune ===

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	=== AllMusic ===		=== AllMusic ===
	Stephen Thomas Erlewine<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/camoufleur-mw0000031331</ref><blockquote>[[Jim O'Rourke]]'s last album with [[Gastr del Sol]] is a subdued, meditative affair, bringing together elements of folk, jazz, film music, and the avant-garde. "[[The Seasons Reverse]]" opens the album with a deceptive, gentle melody and strummed, hushed guitars. Its sound and leisurely pace set the tone, but not the style, for the rest of the album. Each track is intricate and layered, but the music isn't overly complex. Instead, Camoufleur is quiet and minimal, requiring attentive listening. Only "The Seasons Reverse" and the closer "[[Bauchredner]]," with its unexpected, catchy horn-driven coda, are straightforward. The remainder of the album demands concentration. Given some time, the album opens up, revealing layers of modest beauty. It's a nice way for O'Rourke to leave the fold, and it certainly suggests that [[David Grubbs]] is far from finished musically, whether he chooses to continue with Gastr del Sol or not.</blockquote>		Stephen Thomas Erlewine<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/camoufleur-mw0000031331</ref><blockquote>[[Jim O'Rourke]]'s last album with [[Gastr del Sol]] is a subdued, meditative affair, bringing together elements of folk, jazz, film music, and the avant-garde. "[[The Seasons Reverse]]" opens the album with a deceptive, gentle melody and strummed, hushed guitars. Its sound and leisurely pace set the tone, but not the style, for the rest of the album. Each track is intricate and layered, but the music isn't overly complex. Instead, Camoufleur is quiet and minimal, requiring attentive listening. Only "The Seasons Reverse" and the closer "[[Bauchredner]]," with its unexpected, catchy horn-driven coda, are straightforward. The remainder of the album demands concentration. Given some time, the album opens up, revealing layers of modest beauty. It's a nice way for O'Rourke to leave the fold, and it certainly suggests that [[David Grubbs]] is far from finished musically, whether he chooses to continue with Gastr del Sol or not.</blockquote>

			=== FactMag ===
			April 20, 2016

			MB<blockquote>[[Gastr del Sol\|Gastr Del Sol]]’s swan song ''Camofleur'' found [[David Grubbs]] and [[Jim O'Rourke]] re-approaching conventional song structures after having broken them down to microscopic level with their previous albums. The result blends their most dynamic experiments with their catchiest writing — granted, “catchy” is relative when you’re talking about a record produced by Markus Popp not long after Oval’s glitch masterwork ''94 Diskont''. ‘[[The Seasons Reverse]]’ explodes with ideas, letting dizzy percussion loops, steel drum and blaring organ and brass crash against each other while Grubbs’ surreal poetry skips over the top. The coda reveals drum claps to be children lighting firecrackers, recorded by O’Rourke and interrupted when they get wise and approach him.

			'[[Blues Subtitled No Sense of Wonder\|Blues Subtitled]]' playfully showed how Grubbs approached lyrics the same way many of his Chicago contemporaries silently pursued instrumentation. It’s also the pair’s best guitar record, pushing their always dense interplay to overwhelming complexity with the acoustic wormholes of ‘[[Black Horse]]’ and the closing '[[Bauchredner]]'. That final goodbye builds an almost suffocating degree of tension with simply overlapping guitar lines before locking into a surprisingly traditional rock finale. It’s like one final twist — they could play like anyone, but chose to sound like no one.</blockquote>

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	=== AllMusic ===		=== AllMusic ===
	Stephen Thomas Erlewine<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/camoufleur-mw0000031331</ref><blockquote>[[Jim O'Rourke]]'s last album with [[Gastr del Sol]] is a subdued, meditative affair, bringing together elements of folk, jazz, film music, and the avant-garde. "[[The Seasons Reverse]]" opens the album with a deceptive, gentle melody and strummed, hushed guitars. Its sound and leisurely pace set the tone, but not the style, for the rest of the album. Each track is intricate and layered, but the music isn't overly complex. Instead, Camoufleur is quiet and minimal, requiring attentive listening. Only "The Seasons Reverse" and the closer "[[Bauchredner]]," with its unexpected, catchy horn-driven coda, are straightforward. The remainder of the album demands concentration. Given some time, the album opens up, revealing layers of modest beauty. It's a nice way for O'Rourke to leave the fold, and it certainly suggests that [[David Grubbs]] is far from finished musically, whether he chooses to continue with Gastr del Sol or not.</blockquote>		Stephen Thomas Erlewine<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/camoufleur-mw0000031331</ref><blockquote>[[Jim O'Rourke]]'s last album with [[Gastr del Sol]] is a subdued, meditative affair, bringing together elements of folk, jazz, film music, and the avant-garde. "[[The Seasons Reverse]]" opens the album with a deceptive, gentle melody and strummed, hushed guitars. Its sound and leisurely pace set the tone, but not the style, for the rest of the album. Each track is intricate and layered, but the music isn't overly complex. Instead, Camoufleur is quiet and minimal, requiring attentive listening. Only "The Seasons Reverse" and the closer "[[Bauchredner]]," with its unexpected, catchy horn-driven coda, are straightforward. The remainder of the album demands concentration. Given some time, the album opens up, revealing layers of modest beauty. It's a nice way for O'Rourke to leave the fold, and it certainly suggests that [[David Grubbs]] is far from finished musically, whether he chooses to continue with Gastr del Sol or not.</blockquote>

			=== Pitchfork ===
			2018<ref>https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-50-best-albums-of-1998/?page=2#:~:text=Gastr%20Del%20Sol%3A%20Camoufleur</ref>

			Marc Hogan<blockquote>At the end of "[[The Seasons Reverse\|The Season Reverse]]," the opening track of [[Gastr del Sol\|Gastr Del Sol]]’s final album, firecrackers that sound initially like just another percussive element reveal themselves to be part of a field-recorded conversation with French-speaking children. ''Camoufleur'' reveals its other pleasures like that, too: gradually yet exhilaratingly. Gastr Del Sol centered around two avant-rock fixtures with impressive pedigrees, [[David Grubbs]] and [[Jim O'Rourke]], and they often recorded with another, Tortoise’s [[John McEntire]]. Formed out of the fertile Chicago indie-rock scene in the 1990s, they became known for their complex, frequently acoustic explorations.

			''Camoufleur'' united the group with yet another left-field luminary, Markus Popp of the electronic glitch trailblazers Oval. While not a total departure, the album is far more approachable than all these imposing bona fides might suggest. This is meticulous, introspective chamber-pop, unfurling a bit like Van Dyke Parks’ work with Brian Wilson. Drums bustle over an ambling quiet with thoughtful digital textures. By the time jaunty horns streak out of nowhere like sunbursts, across the final track, there’s a sense of having been entrusted with a deep and profound secret.</blockquote>

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	''[[Camoufleur]]'' is the fourth and final album by [[Gastr del Sol]].		''[[Camoufleur]]'' is the fourth and final album by [[Gastr del Sol]].

			{{MediaLink\|YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nuDbA_R4JpxpgXEI2VINg3xFK-8-JzMnY}}

	== Track listing ==		== Track listing ==

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	=== Cover art ===		=== Cover art ===

	The cover art is a drawing by Markus Oehlen, brother of [[Albert Oehlen]].		The cover art is a drawing by Markus Oehlen, brother of [[Albert Oehlen]].

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	[[File:Camoufleur-front.~~png~~\|thumb\|Front cover]]		[[File:Camoufleur-front.jpg\|thumb\|Front cover]]
	[[File:Camoufleur-back.jpg\|thumb\|Back cover]]		[[File:Camoufleur-back.jpg\|thumb\|Back cover]]

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	=== Cover art ===		=== Cover art ===
			The cover art is a drawing by Markus Oehlen, brother of [[Albert Oehlen]].

	== Retrospectives ==		== Retrospectives ==

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	\|1.		\|1.
	\|A.		\|A1.
	\|"[[~~Our Exquisite Replica of "Eternity"\|Our Exquisite Replica of 'Eternity'~~]]"		\|"[[The Seasons Reverse]]"
	\|8:26		\|5:51
	\|-		\|-
	\|2.		\|2.
	\|B1.		\|A2.
	\|"[[~~Rebecca Sylvester~~]]"		\|"[[Blues Subtitled No Sense of Wonder]]"
	\|3:53		\|6:32
	\|-		\|-
	\|3.		\|3.
	\|B2.		\|A3.
	\|"[[~~The Sea Incertain~~]]"		\|"[[Black Horse]]"
	\|6:12		\|5:24
	\|-		\|-
	\|4.		\|4.
	\|C1.		\|B1.
	\|"[[~~Hello Spiral~~]]"		\|"[[Each Dream Is an Example]]"
	\|10:40		\|5:41
	\|-		\|-
	\|5.		\|5.
	\|C2.		\|B2.
	\|"[[~~The Relay~~]]"		\|"[[Mouth Canyon]]"
	\|5:49		\|3:47
	\|-		\|-
	\|6.		\|6.
	\|D1.		\|B3.
	\|"[[~~Crappie Tactics~~]]"		\|"[[A Puff of Dew]]"
	\|1:48		\|6:20
	\|-		\|-
	\|7.		\|7.
	\|D2.		\|B4.
	\|"[[~~Dry Bones in the Valley~~]]"		\|"[[Bauchredner]]"
	\|12:27		\|7:09
	\|}		\|}

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[[File:Camoufleur-front.png|thumb|Front cover]]
[[File:Camoufleur-back.jpg|thumb|Back cover]]

''[[Camoufleur]]'' is the fourth and final album by [[Gastr del Sol]].

== Track listing ==
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!Title
!Length
|-
|1.
|A.
|"[[Our Exquisite Replica of "Eternity"|Our Exquisite Replica of 'Eternity']]"
|8:26
|-
|2.
|B1.
|"[[Rebecca Sylvester]]"
|3:53
|-
|3.
|B2.
|"[[The Sea Incertain]]"
|6:12
|-
|4.
|C1.
|"[[Hello Spiral]]"
|10:40
|-
|5.
|C2.
|"[[The Relay]]"
|5:49
|-
|6.
|D1.
|"[[Crappie Tactics]]"
|1:48
|-
|7.
|D2.
|"[[Dry Bones in the Valley]]"
|12:27
|}

== Personnel ==

=== Cover art ===

== Retrospectives ==

== Reviews ==

== References ==
{{Camoufleur}}