I absolutely love it when a record comes out that is so uniquely different from anything I’ve been listening to recently, and makes me keep it on repeat for days and days. This really only happens every once in a while for me, and this album is included on that list. Gonjasufi is the creation of Sumach Ecks, a hip-hop artist and yoga instructor from Las Vegas. Produced by Gaslamp Killer (mainly), Main Frame and Flying Lotus, this record is a warp of sexy R&B, hip-hop beats, trippy Eastern world, funk, jazz, and druggy psych music, framed by Ecks’ scraggily, disorienting, poetic vocals. No two songs sound alike, and he definitely doesn’t fail to keep it interesting. You can hear how each track was carefully and beautifully thought out. It took eight months to mix and complete the album after it was recorded, and it paid off. Count this as my favorite album of the month.