Gonjasufi - Nikels and Dimes

Name: Gonjasufi - Nikels and Dimes
Uploaded: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Gonjasufi (Sumach Ecks, born 1978) is a San Diego-raised vocalist, producer, DJ, and yoga teacher whose work sits at the intersection of lo-fi psychedelic hip-hop, Sufi mysticism, and experimental soul. 'Nikels and Dimes' appears on MU.ZZ.LE, his second Warp Records release (January 2012), a mini-album recorded in domestic isolation in…

2012 · Post-Internet Lo-Fi Psychedelia (2011–2013) · music video

Gonjasufi - Nikels and Dimes music video

2012Post-Internet Lo-Fi Psychedelia (2011–2013)Warp Records underground psychedelic hip-hop / lo-fi beat scene (2010–2013)

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Gonjasufi (Sumach Ecks, born 1978) is a San Diego-raised vocalist, producer, DJ, and yoga teacher whose work sits at the intersection of lo-fi psychedelic hip-hop, Sufi mysticism, and experimental soul. 'Nikels and Dimes' appears on MU.ZZ.LE, his second Warp Records release (January 2012), a mini-album recorded in domestic isolation in the Mojave desert. The track exemplifies the Brainfeeder/Warp underground beat…

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Represents the early-2010s lo-fi psychedelic hip-hop underground at its most austere — a genre node connecting West Coast beat music (Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer), Warp Records experimentalism, and raw soul/gospel vocal traditions. The track's crumbling drum palette and broken-music-box texture…

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