With roots in the LA hip hop scene, Sumach Valentine a.k.a. Gonjasufi already featured on Flying Lotus' 2009 album 'Los Angeles' as a guest artist, but it wasn't until his debut album 'A Sufi And A Killer' that he e merged as one of the strongest voices in the US indie music scene. Combining influences from Soul, folk and psychedelic rock with sample-heavy, lo-fi hip-hop production aesthetics, Gonjasufi blazes through styles and genres at a highly impressive pace, one minute sounding like Madlib and like Tom Waits crooning over Led Zeppelin in the next. One of the most exhilarating debuts of the year 2010.