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                 [: ARTIST..... :] VA
                 [: TITLE...... :] Camp Out 001
                 [: GENRE...... :] House
                 [: RIP DATE... :] 2023-02-03
                 [: LABEL...... :] Beat & Path
                 [: CAT NR..... :] BNP050
                 [: TRACKS..... :] 7
                 [: SIZE....... :] 107m
                 [: QUALITY.... :] 320kbps 44.1kHz
                 [: CODEC...... :] MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
                 [: ENCODER.... :] LAME
                 [: URL........ :] https://www.deezer.com/album/395443477

                          [ ::..    Tracklist    ..:: ]
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             01. Kita - Through the Trees (Sanoi & Zuke Remix)  06:36      
             02. Caly Jandro ft Addzy - Ashes on the Breeze (Original Mix)  07:48      
             03. Transcenic - Fridgian Dominant (Original Mix)  05:34      
             04. Uone & Out of Sorts - Ba Ba Ooh (Original Mix)  07:38      
             05. DLNJA - Street Lights (Original Mix) ......... 05:47      
             06. Paul A. George - Lymbic (Original Mix) ....... 05:33      
             07. Uone & Western - Lords of Light (Original Mix)  07:16      

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             Beat and Path have spent two years nurturing talent, throwing 
             their weight behind albums from Sanoi and The Oddness and 
             tracking Uone and Western's treks into gold-rush territory. But 
             it's been 28 months since their last VA release, and Camp Out 
             001 provides the variety that was set up in 2020's Winter 
             Sampler.

             There's an eclectic range of tempos and romp factor here this 
             compilation being as much about dancing under trees as lying in 
             a fireside cuddle puddle while someone plays amateur astronomer. 
             Alongside the big Beat and Path names, there's also a healthy 
             recognition of bubbling talent, with material from relative 
             newcomers like cosmopolitan Queenslander Paul A George and 
             Wellington indie-pop trio Kita.

             The ascent on this journey is a gentle one  Sanoi (Jonas 
             Fischer) and Zuke (Ed Zuccollo) lay out a shimmering low-tempo 
             rework of 'Through the Trees', with an Acid Pauli swagger on the 
             lows. Nikita  Tu-Bryant sets a sylvan tone for the release 
             ('through the trees I see, I breathe'), something that Sanoi and 
             Zuke expertly accentuate with high granular shimmers, conjuring 
             stars between pine needles. 

             Caly Jandro is a regular on the label by now, but with 'Ashes on 
             the Breeze', he shows he's not sticking to any formulas. Over 
             nearly eight minutes, Rhodes stabs and restrained guitar vamps 
             conjure nomads dancing against the flicker of fire. Vocal 
             samples add a dimension of history, lending an Anatolian touch 
             that's guaranteed to project immersive closed-eye visuals, while 
             Addzy's reverb-drenched guitar lines introduce a plaintive, 
             human touch.

             By the third track, the energy levels are rising, and the Middle 
             Eastern flavour has taken over (the modal riff on the Turkish 
             Saz being alluded to in the track's title, 'Fridgian Dominant'). 
             Transcenic are a relatively fresh duo, but their solo efforts in 
             South Island doofs as Spoonhead and Subminimal go back a long 
             way, and you can hear that collective experience in this 
             self-assured suspense-building exercise. 

             The compilation's midpoint is an undeniable stomper combining 
             everything you could want from a Uone and Out of Sorts collab: 
             shakers pulling you straight onto the dancefloor, tryptamine 
             vocal processing, and an edgy spoken word snippet courtesy of 
             the late Reverend Jim Jones. 'Ba Ba Ooh' plays to its 
             collaborators' strengths, uniting Out of Sorts' grinding 
             Teutonic production with Uone's jester mentality. The result is 
             something that'll be damn-near irresistible at one in the 
             morning.

             There's an interesting divergence next, with the compilation 
             taking a turn towards more introspective territory. Melbourne 
             singer-songwriter DLNJA has written something complex and 
             eloquent, built around a plaintive vocal line exploring a sense 
             (in the artist's words) of 'misplaced nostalgia'. It's 
             appropriate that this is the first track from the artist's 
             upcoming mini-album on Beat and Path, 'Timeless, given the way 
             its major/minor shifts create a sense of suspension from time. 
             This is one for those who appreciate the contemplative side of 
             electronic music and the world of distance that exists between a 
             track and a song.

             The penultimate track ('Lymbic') comes from Paul A George, a man 
             from a town of under 4,000 who channels a surprising range of 
             global influences. His brief discography reveals a producer who 
             understands organic house staples without getting stuck in them 
             'Lymbic' is a memorable piece of arpeggio-driven progressive, 
             with a confident sense of arrangement and wistful vocals to boot.

             This first Camp Out edition ends on a high, with Uone joining 
             his most consistent collaborator Western for some pure 
             dancefloor dynamism. Percussion-heavy, undisguisedly synthetic, 
             and insistent like all beautiful things, 'Lords of Light' 
             doesn't care tuppence for how it's perceived.

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