Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer Warp Records (2010) ...

$GonjasufiA Sufi and a KillerWarp Records (2010) Genre: ElectronicRating: B+ An understatement to be sure, Gonjasufi’s debut album, A Sufi and a Killer, is weird. Indubitably, it’s the rare record that incorporates desultory, outré, and occasionally straight-up unnatural elements into something that somehow resists even the most reductive attempts of categorizing. We’ve got fractured soul, goth-leaning post-punk, chintzy, primordial electro, and a dash of Gil Scott-Heron’s brand of half-sung proto-rap all surprisingly solidified into an album that not only bewilders, but sounds absolutely natural and impeccably structured, which—given it’s array of disparate influences and disjointed sonic elements—is totally weird. All that being said, what really elevates A Sufi and a Killer—from experimentation up to a fully-formed idea—is Gonjasufi’s own tattered, ghoulish voice. On practically every one of the 19 tracks (produced by such LA beat scene luminaries as Flying Lotus and The Gaslamp Killer), he delivers yearning and strained verses—periodically about the entirely uncool and heady topic of mortality. “My body finally starts to decay,” he unravels on “Love of Reign.” The singer seems almost obsessed with the ugly side of death—never letting any hopeful spirituality or friendly ghost-isms sneak through. A Sufi and a Killer is easily one of the most original albums that will be released this year; it literally sounds like nothing else on the market. That might sound naïve at first, but once the dusty, haunted world created on A Sufi gets a hold of your brain, it’s undeniable. Gonjasufi is nearing something great. His classic is already visible on the horizon, and this album designates himself as a true innovator. Now, all he must do is follow that innovation to its logical, and beautiful conclusion. -Luke Winkie Listen:“Ancestors” Gonjasufi on Last.fm$

Gonjasufi
A Sufi and a Killer
Warp Records (2010)

Genre: Electronic
Rating: B+

An understatement to be sure, Gonjasufi’s debut album, A Sufi and a Killer, is weird. Indubitably, it’s the rare record that incorporates desultory, outré, and occasionally straight-up unnatural elements into something that somehow resists even the most reductive attempts of categorizing. We’ve got fractured soul, goth-leaning post-punk, chintzy, primordial electro, and a dash of Gil Scott-Heron’s brand of half-sung proto-rap all surprisingly solidified into an album that not only bewilders, but sounds absolutely natural and impeccably structured, which—given it’s array of disparate influences and disjointed sonic elements—is totally weird.

All that being said, what really elevates A Sufi and a Killer—from experimentation up to a fully-formed idea—is Gonjasufi’s own tattered, ghoulish voice. On practically every one of the 19 tracks (produced by such LA beat scene luminaries as Flying Lotus and The Gaslamp Killer), he delivers yearning and strained verses—periodically about the entirely uncool and heady topic of mortality. “My body finally starts to decay,” he unravels on “Love of Reign.” The singer seems almost obsessed with the ugly side of death—never letting any hopeful spirituality or friendly ghost-isms sneak through.

A Sufi and a Killer is easily one of the most original albums that will be released this year; it literally sounds like nothing else on the market. That might sound naïve at first, but once the dusty, haunted world created on A Sufi gets a hold of your brain, it’s undeniable. Gonjasufi is nearing something great. His classic is already visible on the horizon, and this album designates himself as a true innovator. Now, all he must do is follow that innovation to its logical, and beautiful conclusion.

-Luke Winkie

Listen:
“Ancestors”

Gonjasufi on Last.fm

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