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The Eighth Door

by C.A.M.P.O.S.

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cybey Go Joshua! Go Peace & Rhythm! It was lovely to have Miracles & Criminals released. It was marvelous to hear and see it growing into Locobeach. But to see and hear it continuing is just amazing. This mixture of cumbia with so many other influences is fantastic. And I hope it keeps coming because it's so great. Favorite track: Cumbia De Alpha Centauri.
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    Further adventures in psychedelic disco cumbia from one-man-band C.A.M.P.O.S. on the much-awaited second studio album

    C.A.M.P.O.S. is a one-man tropical electronic psych band consisting of multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Joshua Douglas Camp. Though C.A.M.P.O.S. stands for Cumbias And More Psychedelic Original Sounds, there are no limits to Camp’s musical creativity, with the project taking cues from everything from Americana and pop rock to Cuban son and German electronica. This is no surprise as Camp has been involved with many diverse groups over the years, including Latin-flavored outfits Chicha Libre, Locobeach and Los Crema Paraíso, but also his country band Westwork, the Eastern-European klezmer quintet Litvakus and literary rockers One Ring Zero.

    Since releasing his debut double LP as C.A.M.P.O.S., Miracles & Criminals, on Peace & Rhythm in 2016, Camp has developed his repertoire into a live show that has garnered a devoted following, and which has also seen the live band he assembled evolving into its own distinct entity, Locobeach.

    When the pandemic forced Camp into exile he used the time to once more focus on C.A.M.P.O.S. and his one-man-band skills. This initially resulted in two albums, Shake Up The World: Live In The Studio Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, both performed live and recorded in one take at his home studio (and both digitally released by Peace & Rhythm, in 2020 and 2021 respectively).

    In addition, he continued to work on the long-awaited follow-up studio album to Miracles & Criminals, which had begun years prior and progressed in the fleeting moments when his other projects allowed. With time to once more concentrate on C.A.M.P.O.S., the album soon began to take shape, eventually coalescing into The Eighth Door. Though catalyzed by isolation, it is far from a solo effort, with Camp enlisting collaborators including pianist and arranger Marlysse Simmons (Bio Ritmo, Miramar), who had initially told Peace & Rhythm about Camp’s unreleased backlog of tropical tracks from back in the Chicha Libre days (which became Miracles & Criminals), to other Chicha Libre band mates Neil Ochoa and Karina Colis, as well as Gabo Tomasini (Yotoco), who was a founding member of Bio Ritmo and played in C.A.M.P.O.S.’s first live appearance in 2016.

    As with all C.A.M.P.O.S. releases, The Eighth Door takes you on a cosmic trip to a multi-dimensional landscape of the mind where the body also knows the pleasures of dance and sensuality, but this time there is more focus, with fewer songs and a fuller sound. Yes there is a dark side to planet C.A.M.P.O.S., to which the album sometimes ventures, but ultimately the record is a voyage of self-discovery, making connections between sounds and sentiments that, on paper, appear unlikely companions. Yet, once bound together by the intimate circuitry of Joshua Camp’s creativity and serious songwriting skills, all elements gel in a gravity-defying way. Exotic-sounding electronic keyboards, jangly, fuzzy guitars and percolating percussion loops seamlessly carry the listener through two sides of galaxy-spanning mini epics, sometimes with vocals, sometimes instrumental, and often infused with the shuffling beat of Colombia’s cumbia rhythm with a few disco, rock or salsa accents thrown in for good measure.

    Camp juxtaposes the raw and the smooth, destructive and redemptive, sweet and ominous, digital and analog, organic and synthetic, intimate and expansive, all of which combine into an apt metaphor for where we find ourselves today. On The Eighth Door C.A.M.P.O.S. pulls the great unknown to a realm just within our grasp.

    Album cover art by Selina Josephs and photo of Joshua Camp by Julian Parker Burns. Released in conjunction with Calle de Campos, Hyperopia Records (Canada) and Sounds and Colours (UK). Digital album has five bonus tracks, which also come with download card for vinyl purchase.

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1.
Ciudad de Las Sombras 04:09
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The Eighth Door 05:41
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The home I live in Is made of science Supernovas Self-reliance The home I live in Is different colors Different opinions Open to others Countless stars A billion planets They’re in your eyes They’re in your habits The home I live Empiricism Banish all Superstition Stay with me Help me understand Keep me from the harm Caused by my fellow man The hope that lies In each other’s eyes Relies on you and me To love the enemy Side by side While the world falls apart
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Cumbia De Alpha Centauri 05:05
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4.
Rise Up Shapeshifters 05:35
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We’re a defect We’re a small speck A mistake that doesn’t show We are in The ascendance There is no room to grow The Sleeper Has awakened So let the sun inside We’re a symptom Of a system And there is no place to hide Rise up shapeshifters You’re no longer all alone Let the sad makers Fall into the dark unknown Put the brakes on Slow the train down Keep the engine running low If it shakes then Put a stake in Don’t give it a chance to grow Rise up shapeshifters You’re no longer all alone Let the sad makers Be fuel for turning, burning up the stars The Sleeper Has awakened So let the sun inside We’re a symptom Of a system And there is no place to hide Rise up shapeshifters You’re no longer all alone Let the sad makers Fall into the dark unknown Rise up shapeshifters Tear up the ship’s manifest Let the sad makers Burn a path across the unlit sky
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Cumbia VP 600 04:04
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After The Flight 03:02
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Last Star In The Aubergine Sky 05:10
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Morning, evening, screaming ‘Cause you never listen to your feelings ‘Cause you never give yourself permission And you’re always feeding the myth That you’ve been beaten Morning, evening, barely breathing (I’m so alone) ‘Cause you never give yourself permission (I’m so alone) ‘Cause you never listen to your feelings (I want it all, I want it all) And you’re always feeding the myth That you’re broken Morning, evening, screaming (I’m so alone) ‘Cause you never listen to your feelings (I’m so alone) ‘Cause you never give yourself permission (I want it all, I want it all) And you’re always feeding the myth That you’ve been beaten
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The Saddest Of Parties 03:35
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Out here No honor, no love have any value Out here No real connection is allowed to Get in the way Of the negotiation A Milky Way Of terrible transactions Being made on a scale That dwarfs all other human follies Jump in the room and join us for the saddest of parties It’s fading now But once we lived in moments That weren’t stolen It’s fading now But once upon a time We were golden When we danced, we danced We danced with one another We held, we held We held each other We were guided by the same stars Burdened by the same cost This is what we’ve lost It’s fading now But once we lived in moments That weren’t stolen It’s fading now But once upon a time We were golden When we danced, we danced We danced with one another We held, we held We held each other We were guided by the same stars Burdened by the same cost This is what we’ve lost
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Vinho Verde 03:53
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10.
Cuatro Viajes 04:34
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11.
Last Star in the Aubergine Sky (Instrumental Version) 05:10
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The Eighth Door (Instrumental Version) 05:41
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Rise Up Shapeshifters (Instrumental Version) 05:35
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Saddest of Parties (Instrumental Version) 03:35
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released November 4, 2022

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Presenting glorious independent music on limited edition vinyl with quality packaging. Global grooves are the launch points. Run by DJs in partnership with artists. Releases by Big Mean Sound Machine, Bio Ritmo, C.A.M.P.O.S., FULASO, León Brothers, Locobeach, MAKU Soundsystem, Flor De Toloache, Orquesta El Macabeo, Peliroja, Spam Allstars, Super Hi-Fi, Terrificos & more to come, ... more

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