Gonjasufi is the stage name of Sumach Ecks, an American singer, producer and DJ from San Diego associated with Warp Records and noted for a distinctive husky voice and psychedelic, dub-tinged music.

Releases referenced in the reviews include A Sufi And A Killer (produced in part by Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer and Mainframe), the MU.ZZ.LE EP and Callus. Reviews mention San Diego birthplace, a Mexican mother and an African American father, yoga practice influencing his vocal technique, and recurring Sufi/desert imagery.

DeBaser hosts three reviews of Gonjasufi spanning his Warp-era releases. Critics note dusty, hallucinatory production, a distinctive husky voice, and recurring desert/Sufi imagery. Reviews praise experimental, psychedelic, dub- and trip-hop-tinged approaches while sometimes calling the work disjointed.

For:Listeners of experimental, psychedelic, dub and trip-hop music; fans of Warp Records-era leftfield artists.

 Produced by Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer, and Mainframe, surrounded by a nice little cloud of hype, the debut of Gonjasufi (for friends, Sumach Valentine) reached us about a month ago.

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 Sumach Ecks was born in San Diego, California, to a Mexican mother and an African American father, adopting the name Gonjasufi as a dual tribute to the Gonja kingdom and sufism.

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 It feels like returning to the Indian reservations, those where you can breathe spirituality, those of the great chiefs, the medicine man, the wise man.

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