Gonjasufi - Feedin' Birds

What this video is

Released January 2012 on Warp Records as the lead single from Gonjasufi's mini-album MU.ZZ.LE, 'Feedin' Birds' emerged from the Southern California desert-psychedelia underground at a moment of peak critical interest in the LA beat scene. Gonjasufi (Sumach Ecks), born to a Mexican mother and American-Ethiopian father and based in the Mojave Desert, recorded and self-produced the album at home surrounded by family,…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of the post-hip-hop psychedelic underground, 'Feedin' Birds' sits at the intersection of Sufi devotional minimalism, lo-fi soul, and experimental sound art. Its video form — an unbroken, near-black static frame — represents a radical rejection of music video conventions,…