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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
BBCfavorable[3]
Clash[4]
Drowned in Sound[5]
The Guardian[6]
Pitchfork Media8.4/10[7]
PopMatters[8]

A Sufi and a Killer is the debut studio album by Gonjasufi (Sumach Ecks). It was released by Warp on March 8, 2010.[9] The album was produced by Flying Lotus, The Gaslamp Killer, and Mainframe.

Ecks said of the album: "I didn't want it to be too easy for the listener. I wanted it to hurt a little bit. I wanted it to get into a spot in the head that hasn't been hit".[5] Of its title he said "The Sufi side of life has helped me with my killer side so I try not to attach myself to any label. There's a Sufi and a killer in everybody, man, and I'll be whatever I have to be just to make it through".[10]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, A Sufi and a Killer received an average score of 78% based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

The album garnered much positive critical coverage on its release. Allmusic's Jason Lymangrover gave the album four stars out of five, describing it as "weird, ‘60s-rooted, psychedelic hip-hop", sounding "like if J. Dilla produced George Clinton after visiting with the Dalai Lama, or if Dan the Automator recorded Cody Chesnutt after the two shared a plate of magic mushrooms", and calling it "truly visionary".[2] The BBC described it as "a stunning, genre-transcending record" and "a terrific, trippy adventure".[3] Drowned in Sound gave the album 7/10, describing Ecks' voice as "a hugely versatile instrument, every bit as unique and distinctive as that of Björk or Tom Waits", and calling the album "a fascinating glimpse of a character continually in transition".[5] The Guardian called it "one of the strangest and most eclectic records you'll hear all year",[10] and "an album that practically has a green smog drifting above it".[6] Clash gave it 7/10, stating "repeated plays reveal an irresistible talent".[4] PopMatters gave it 6/10, with reviewer David Amidon stating "I've listened to this album a lot just trying to make sense of it...and have walked away mostly pleased".[8]

A Sufi and a Killer ranked at number 41 on Tiny Mix Tapes' "Favorite 50 Albums of 2010" list.[11] It ranked at number 14 on The Wire's "2010 Rewind" list.[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gonjasufi

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Untitled (Bharatanatyam)"The Gaslamp Killer0:55
2."Kobwebz"The Gaslamp Killer2:13
3."Ancestors"Flying Lotus2:36
4."Sheep"The Gaslamp Killer4:03
5."She Gone"The Gaslamp Killer2:45
6."SuzieQ"The Gaslamp Killer1:44
7."Stardustin"The Gaslamp Killer1:04
8."Kowboyz&Indians"The Gaslamp Killer2:43
9."Change"The Gaslamp Killer2:04
10."Duet"The Gaslamp Killer3:06
11."Candylane"Mainframe2:07
12."Holidays"Mainframe3:57
13."Love of Reign"Mainframe2:39
14."Advice"Mainframe2:45
15."Klowds"The Gaslamp Killer3:28
16."Ageing"The Gaslamp Killer2:42
17."DedNd"The Gaslamp Killer3:38
18."I've Given"The Gaslamp Killer3:35
19."Made / Dobermins"The Gaslamp Killer10:45

References

  1. ^ a b "A Sufi And A Killer by Gonjasufi". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2014-09-22. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ a b Lymangrover, Jason (2010) "A Sufi and a Killer Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-07-04
  3. ^ a b Parkin, Chris (2010) "Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer Review", BBC, 9 March 2010, retrieved 2010-07-04
  4. ^ a b Annan, Nick (2010) "Gonjasufi – A Sufi and a Killer", Clash, 26 February 2010, retrieved 2010-07-04
  5. ^ a b c Gibb, Tom (2010) "Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer", Drowned in Sound, 3 March 2010, retrieved 2010-07-04
  6. ^ a b Dean, Will (2010) "Gonjasufi: A Sufi and a Killer", The Guardian, 4 March 2010, retrieved 2010-07-04
  7. ^ Patrin, Nate (2010) "Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer", Pitchfork Media, 4 March 2010, retrieved 2010-07-04
  8. ^ a b Amidon, David (2010) "GonjaSufi: A Sufi and a Killer", PopMatters, 5 April 2010, retrieved 2010-07-04
  9. ^ "Gonjasufi: A Sufi and a Killer". Warp. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ a b Meer, Malik (2010) "Gonjasufi – the electro Hendrix", The Guardian, 6 March 2010, retrieved 2010-07-04
  11. ^ "2010: Favorite 50 Albums of 2010 (50-41)". Tiny Mix Tapes. December 17, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  12. ^ "2010 Rewind". The Wire. January 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2016.

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