Everything is peculiar about Gonjasufi. First of all his name, but also the album cover of his first official record is very curious. In addition, he not only looks like your local, eccentric bearded yoga teacher, but he really is one. Better at home in a bamboo house in Brazil, this Las Vegas native is good friends with quirky, experimental hip-hop producer Flying Lotus. And what could be more fun
… than making music with friends? Besides the collaboration with Flying Lotus, this record is mainly a product of Sufi and the producer The Gaslamp Killer. It can rightly be said that this is one of the most crazy albums of 2010. Unconventional hip-hop beats are sung, rapped or shouted in an unconventional way, with the complaining, compression-prone voice of Sufi. Time and again we are surprised by indigenous drums and spherical synths, making it seem like we are being dragged by our hair to the Mediterranean, then to the Eastern deserts, to end up in a video game from the 80s. Strange and therefore very strong! (GL)more
