The Needle Drop: Gonjasufi

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Series: The Needle Drop
Length: 57:09

Experimental, psychedelic hip hop from Gonjasufi and more. Read the full description.

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This week, Zola Jesus brings a modern take to the world of goth rock, and World Atlas does the best Belle & Sebastian imitation I've ever heard.

That and some mind-altering hip hop from Gonjasufi. Well, "hip hop" may not be the best description for what Gonjasufi, a dreadlocked singer and DJ, does on his debut album: A Sufi and a Killer. This release is an alternate dimension of Middle Eastern folk, funk, pop, and psychedelic rock. It's tough to tell where one influence ends and the other begins.

Playlist:

Here We Go Magic- Collector
Fergus & Geronimo- Turning Blue
Zola Jesus- I Can't Stand
Zola Jesus- Night
World Atlas- Saint Mary
World Atlas- Girl On A Boys' Bike
Acrassicauda- Garden of Stones
Holy Fudge- Latin America
Gonjasufi- Kowboyz & Indians
Gonjasufi- Klowds
Gonjasufi- Dust
Gonjasufi- DedNd
Gonjasufi- She Gone

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Piece Description

This week, Zola Jesus brings a modern take to the world of goth rock, and World Atlas does the best Belle & Sebastian imitation I've ever heard.

That and some mind-altering hip hop from Gonjasufi. Well, "hip hop" may not be the best description for what Gonjasufi, a dreadlocked singer and DJ, does on his debut album: A Sufi and a Killer. This release is an alternate dimension of Middle Eastern folk, funk, pop, and psychedelic rock. It's tough to tell where one influence ends and the other begins.

Playlist: