Sufi and A Killer

Description

Mysterious, enigmatic, and smoky, Gonjasufi can already hear, in the American desert, the music of the future. And of the past. And from elsewhere. Fascinating. Produced by his good friend Flying Lotus, who is himself blood-related to the other visitor from beyond, John Coltrane, the man's debut album is one of the most astonishing, bewildering, and exciting objects of the beginning of the year. Or of the year. Or of the era, it's hard to say. A Sufi and a Killer is a permanent trip, with a sound as acidic as a waking nightmare, yet with curves as soft as a sensual dream. It patchworks a fascinating disorder of Middle Eastern influences and abstract hip-hop, crazy psychedelia and twisted soul, Indian music and spaghetti western soundtracks, bits of gadgets and snippets of things. Smoky, labyrinthine, with an astonishing complexity but never inaccessible, textually illuminated, A Sufi and a Killer is more than just a great record: it’s a new galaxy, virgin and unprecedented. Those who complain about the flatness of modern music can rush into it like one dives into an absolute unknown: into the oblivion of self, and with delight.