When you're listening to music by
Gonjasufi, you're not only listening to the melodies and the lyrics. You get encapsuled in the atmospheres, moods and feelings that he creates. His debut album
A Sufi and a Killer got a lot of critical acclaim when it arrived in 2008, and I know a lot of people got a bit worried that he wouldn't use productions from for example
Flying Lotus and
The Gaslamp Killer on
MU.ZZ.LE. This record is all produced by himself, and I don't think it suffers from the lack of other people's music. Quite on the contrary. The 10 songs on the album spans just about 25 minutes all in all, and what we get are a very focused Gonjasufi serving up some amazing music for us. Personal, warm, hypnotic, sometimes weird but utterly beautiful. Sure it might not be as direct to some people as the debut, but I think that he shows on
MU.ZZ.LE that's he doesn't really need anyone else to make a great record.
Rating: 7.5/10
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