CHOMPPA
“Summer Camp Fields Forever”: Inside The 20th Edition of Summer Camp Music Festival
Summer Camp Music Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend at Chillicothe, Illinois’ Three Sisters Park. The Midwest electronic and jam gathering was initially postponed from 2020 to 2021, then later rescheduled its annual Memorial Day celebration to mid-August. Despite the high temperatures and relentless humidity, the festival saw its highest attendance to date, bringing 25,000 Scampers to get down to sets by GRiZ, Tipper, STS9, REZZ, The Floozies, CloZee, Emancipator, Boogie T and more throughout its four-day event. While some music festivals cater to a specific genre and community of fans, Summer Camp Music Festival understands there’s a big overlap between live music fans and genres of music. While the festival is centered in jamband roots and is hosted b...
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CHOMPPA on New Music and All-Original Audiovisual Set Ahead of SummerEyes Festival [Q&A]
The start of the new year brought a veil of promise and potential for many, but few artists were looking to ride the high of a new decade more so than DC native CHOMPPA. With a Deadbeats EP planned for this summer, which helped him land bookings at Shambhala and Summer Camp, 2020 was looking like the year the young bass producer was to make a name for his project. Already touted highly by his artist companions as well as those from Zeds Dead’s flagship label, his rise seemed all but inevitable. While pandemic-related hardships have derailed those plans, it’s not the first time the producer has pivoted his career in a new direction. When he was 16, around the time he began taking music production seriously, he became inspired by progressive house acts like Hardwell and Afrojack be...
