Since moving to Warp Records, this shamanistic yoga-teaching ball of sonic confusion has gotten increasingly, well, warped. Peering through the fug reveals, after a few listens, soul basslines and the occasional rattle of hi-hat which, paired with uniquely rasping vocals, makes for an enveloping listen. It’s a sincere joy that he exists to make this music, but it’s those tiny glimpses of soul and hip-hop that we’re immediately drawn to. Sure, if he’d shown us a little more, ‘MU.ZZ.LE’ would be altogether more satisfying, but that’s just not Gonjasufi ’s style. And for that, we humbly salute him.
