Gonjasufi - north american tour 2012

Gonjasufi
North American Tour Starts Tomorrow

 “fearless, wildly genre-hopping” –  FADER

“bass-heavy music that’s filled with texture and echo, laced with odd tones and wildly diverse instrumentation” – LA Times

“fascinating slabs of hallucinogenic head-nod music” - Pitchfork

Gonjasufi will kick off a rare run of North American shows this weekend starting at Pop Montreal.  As with his European tour earlier this summer, he will be accompanied by the duo Skrapez, (10Shun - MPC, Turntables, FX; Psychopop - MPC, Keyboards, FX).

Tour Dates
9/21 – Montreal @ Pop Montreal
9/23 -  Washington, DC - @ U Street Music Hall
9/24 -  New York, NY @ Cameo Gallery
9/26 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
9/30 -  Milwaukee , WI @ Miramar Theatre
10/4 -  Austin, TX @ ND*
10/7 -  Memphis, TN  @ HI Tone*
10/8 - Nashville, TN @ High Watt *
10/9 -  Atlanta , GA  @ 529*
10/11 - Asheville, NC @ Emerald Lounge*
*Dates with Sonnymoon and B. Lewis

Gonjasufi followed up his 2010 breakthrough, critically-acclaimed album A Sufi and A Killer with this year’s mini-album MU.ZZ.LE. Produced by Gonjasufi and touring bandmate Psychopop, MU.ZZ.LE may be short in length, but is long on message - political, social and spiritual interpretations that define him as an artist. Written on the road, it was an outlet for Gonjasufi to challenge himself. It’s the response to all the adrenaline, aggression and anger he felt traveling the world, it’s a spectrum of his creativity and a testimony of how one man’s passion and determination is often misunderstood as anger. “There’s a duality that exists and to deny it, is the biggest mistake”.

The album's down tempo strings, heartbreaking soul, reanimated hip-hop and crackling haunting vocal stylings are stitched as a running thread throughout each song like a patchwork quilt.

It’s a lonely journey that will take you through the innermost thoughts of Gonjasufi’s darkest hours. He recorded and mixed it on his own in his home studio surrounded by his family and the stark contrast of the Mojave Desert. The end product is his outlet and realization for who he is, a way for him to feel comfortable in his own skin again.