Gentoo - The City Came To Me in A Dream
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Gentoo - The Dragon
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Gentoo - Hyoshi
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Hyoshi: the natural rhythm of all things--literally translated, "Child's Clap " is the first album
from electronic artist Gentoo.Hyoshi is happily organic. With images of rivers,
other worlds and ghosts coming to mind, each track takes you on a journey through
ambient textures and glitch beats.

Analog synths hail from far away galaxies through rich pads.
Haunting violins and synthetic currents takes us down
a trail of mesmerizing electronic.

Gentoo‘s debut can be seen as the study of an infinite moment. At least one song, "A Million Coins," takes inspiration from Zen poetry, setting the album‘s meditative mood. Ethereal as Arovane, Gentoo‘s work is also of the earth. Synth tones on "Noumena" and "Quip" meander like a flute and koto, while the title track heralds a thunderstorm with electrical sparks and the buzz of frogs. "Creek" is a recollection of leaving the woods for the world, amid the claustrophobic sound of being lost inside both. Like nature‘s grandeur, Gentoo‘s sometimes heavy-handed flourishes can be overwhelming. It‘s the individual details-and the ways he describes them through sound-that are singularly beautiful. - XLR8R