Gonjasufi - DedNd (clip)

Name: Gonjasufi - DedNd (clip)
Uploaded: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released in March 2010 on Warp Records, 'DedNd' is part of Gonjasufi's debut album 'A Sufi and a Killer,' a record that crystallized the creative ferment of the Los Angeles underground beat scene. Produced by The Gaslamp Killer, the album drew from global psychedelia, lo-fi hip-hop, and street-mystic spirituality, placing Gonjasufi…

2010 · Post-Hip-Hop Psychedelia / Brainfeeder Era (2010) · music video

2010Post-Hip-Hop Psychedelia / Brainfeeder Era (2010)LA Underground Beat Scene / Post-Hip-Hop Psychedelia (Brainfeeder-adjacent, Warp Records, 2008–2012)

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Released in March 2010 on Warp Records, 'DedNd' is part of Gonjasufi's debut album 'A Sufi and a Killer,' a record that crystallized the creative ferment of the Los Angeles underground beat scene. Produced by The Gaslamp Killer, the album drew from global psychedelia, lo-fi hip-hop, and street-mystic spirituality, placing Gonjasufi (Sumach Valentine, born 1978, San Diego) alongside collaborators Flying Lotus and…

Why it matters

'DedNd' exemplifies the post-hip-hop psychedelia genre that critics struggled to categorize — variously called acid rock, hip-hop, and 'post-hip-hop.' The track's visual and sonic lo-fidelity is a deliberate aesthetic position, placing it within a lineage of unfiltered, abrasive art that Gonjasufi…

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