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Las Formas en Flujo

by Gnome Beats

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Steve Baril
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Steve Baril Something completely different than what I normally listen to. Refreshing modern, but has true hip-hop aesthetic vibe. Highly recommended. Favorite track: Firebird.
Jascha Narveson
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Jascha Narveson This has an open, sunny, hip-hop vibe and *excellent* sound design – the tapestry of samples of music and sound, live guitar, intricate drum programming, and occasional guests keeps a constant swirl of beautiful sound flowing through my headphones. The attention to detail is superb.

Hard to pick a favorite track, but The Buffalo has the most memorable and weird sample. Favorite track: The Buffalo.
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whoevenusesbandcamp the b side of this album is so good Favorite track: The Buffalo.
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En Flujo 02:57
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Este y Ese 02:24
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The Buffalo 02:50
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Firebird 03:26
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Moondot 02:41

about

Los Angeles flamenco guitar player and producer Timo Ceniceros, aka Gnome Beats, returns to Dome of Doom for the release of his sophomore album, Las Formas En Flujo. The title Las Formas En Flujo translates to "The Forms in Flux." Recorded over the last two and a half years in various studios and locations, the album incorporates Gnome Beats' history studying music theory and performing in traditional settings. This includes years learning Flamenco and Latin American music as a teenager and studying West African Poly-Rhythm and North Indian Classical music in college. He distilled this knowledge into an array of modern electronic forms, forming a style all his own across the 37-minute record. Freestyle Fellowship's Myka 9 returns to Las Formas En Flujo after his inclusion on Gnome Beats' debut LP, Gnome Lyfe. Dome of Doom label owner Wylie Cable also collaborated, along with former bandmate in high school, Kokoro Star. The album has been pressed on cassette as a limited edition version of 100 copies.

Gnome Beats began writing Las Formas En Flujo in 2017 when he was hired on full time with a concrete and masonry company. "Las Formas" was initially selected from its reference to the process of forming concrete. With his work crew, they would listen to music from Central America and Mexico every day, planting foundations for various music structures that would find their way onto the album. This inspired the tonal beginning of the songwriting and recording process, and ultimately, the skeleton of the entire LP. "En Flujo" became part of the title later, inspired by major life changes that encompass the birth of his second child and the loss of a family home during a devastating forest fire. The concepts of transformation, modulation, and impermanence are a part of the musical core. Because of this, the overall aesthetic of the album is rooted in his time living in Southern California, and specifically, the Los Padres National Forest, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Mojave Desert.

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released January 24, 2020

Written & Recorded Between 2017-2019
Vocals by Kokoro Star on "Ai Kansha"
Vocals by Myka 9 on "Trouble"
Flute by Wylie Cable on "Odd Tropics"
Mixed by Gnome Beats
Mastered by Daddy Kev

Guitars Used Across Las Formas En Flujo

Gretsch Electromatic G5120 w/ Logic X Amp Simulator
Yamaha CG172SF Nylon String Acoustic
1987 Casio DG-20 Digital Guitar (Midi Controller)

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