Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Gonjasufi

Add Date: March 2

Artist: Gonjasufi

Album: A Sufi and A Killer

Label: Warp Records

Genre: Hip-Hop/Other

Comments: From Terrorbird: "Drawing from unearthed strains of global psychadelia and merging it with a rejuvinating it with a rejuvenated sense of hip-hop clarity currently distinct to the West Coast, Gonjasufi is more than just a songwriter, MC, or performer." The album title, A Sufi and A Killer, is pretty accurate for Gonjasufi's debut release: equal parts mysticism and beats, the record is quite creative, featuring chanting, Sumach Ecks' (ie, Gonjasufi--a rapper-singer-yoga teacher) weird, slightly broken and strained vocals, lo-fi samples and steady beats. Utterly, incredibly trippy. Start with tracks 3, 5, 11, and 15.

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