Warming bones straight out of the deep Canadian tundra, Tenki is a sample-carving wiz with a slapstick approach to controllerism. The permeation of slices, cuts, and effects throughout the arrangement and rhythm of his tracks denotes a producer who is comfortable with the idea of using his controller not just as an extension of production, but as an instrument in its own right. The results can vary depending on how tactile the user is, but Tenki has his personal rhythm clearly in the pocket.

Atop the well-executed rhythmic phrasing and theatrics, his melodious cuts and compositions are integral to the evolution of his tracks. Flipped, reversed, pitch-shifted samples, and even palindrome phrasing sprout heavily dot the arrangement of each song. His choice of call-and-response between sampled phrases is the fuel that powers the evolution of his catalog. With 72 tracks and counting serving as evidence of sheer stamina, it is apparent that Tenki is poised to continue diving into a cornucopia of musical sources, and swimming back to the surface with a bounty of off-kilter material.

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