A Sufi & A Killer

Gonjasufi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warp Records
• ASIN: B0031IL5WK
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,607 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Untitled

2. Kobwebz

3. Ancestors

4. Sheep

5. She Gone

6. SuzieQ

7. Stardustin'

8. Kowboyz&Indians

9. Change

10. Dust

11. Candylane

12. Holidays

13. Love of Reign

14. Advice

15. Klowds

16. Ageing

17. DedNd

18. I've Given

19. Made

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a subtly spectacular, bizarre surprise, March 20, 2010

By 

Charlie Quaker "The Quaker Goes Deaf" (Normal, IL.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Sufi & A Killer (Audio CD)

Debut from San Diego yoga instructor who has performed with Masters Of the Universe,
Killowattz, Gaslamp Killer & Flying Lotus. This is haunting, dreamlike, psychedelic trip-hop
filtered through a mystic & gritty haze. You'll hear bits of deconstructed tropical island ballad pop,
lo-fi garage/noise psych rock, Middle Eastern/Indian ethnic strains, smooth funk, electro-
experimental cabaret minimalism, & more. This global, beat-driven psychedelia is both strangely
demented and surprisingly brilliant. Shades of Portishead, Sun Araw, MF Doom, Tom Waits,
Ariel Pink, Sunset, Gary War.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you love Gonjasufi, get the vinyl!, September 16, 2010

By 

K. Andresen "Satisfied customer" (Iowa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Sufi & A Killer [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

I'm a music director at a college radio station, and I tentatively checked out Gonjasufi's "A Sufi and a Killer" when I saw that Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer had their hands all over it. The description, as I recall, was really intriguing and impossible sounding. How could one artist combine all these different styles and bend genres whilst still sounding good?

After listening to it repeatedly for months, I'm still amazed by Gonjasufi's album. It's this wonderful rarity where aesthetics in both vocals and production are important and carefully constructed. This album was produced within an inch of it's life, and it shows. If you like 60s Psychedelia or world music influences, then you'll love this.

I recently purchased the album on vinyl, and it's amazing. This is one of those albums that was made for vinyl. It lends itself really well to a record player, with its tinges of lo fi, plus it's an album that's enjoyable to listen to all the way through.

If you want to hear this album exactly as it was recorded, get the vinyl.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DOPE!, March 17, 2010

By 

Nicolas (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Sufi & A Killer (Audio CD)

I heard a track from this LP on some Italian radio online and loved it. It was the song "Sheep" and had a great mix of old sixties psychdelia and then some Indian music. All in all the tracks are really sweet and they have mixed up 60's rock, middle eastern scales, funk and whatever else.

Production on the disc was pretty intensive you can tell. Many tracks have that old scratchy record sound, which adds to the texture I think. Gonjasufi is a yogi/rapper from San Diego and he had a bit of help from some great DJs (like Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer) for this album.

Definitely a nice addition to the scene and it is an interesting listen that is all over the place - in a good way - think Beck or Gnarls Barkley. You'll love it!