Gonjasufi | Video: The Blame

Sumach Valentine, better known as Gonjasufi , is a rapper, singer, disc jockey and yoga teacher who resides somewhere in the Mojave Desert, an area situated on the periphery of civilization. As one could expect from a man who lives in almost total isolation, much of his work has been a product of his observations of moral depravity. In regards to the motives behind his music, he writes-

“For me it’s like the collective mass. The power of thought and everybody focused on one thing is the most important thing in life on this planet. If everbody’s so tuned in to a television that’s dumbing down the frequency and telling them that Doomsday or Armageddon is coming, then that’s what’s goign to happen. So when I made these songs, it was a prayer to the most high and a call out to the people. I wasn’t thinking about money, or a record deal, or fame or any of that shit. That was the furthest thing from the my mind.”
(via The Quietus )

Sumach admits that he would be “a dangerous man” if music wasn’t present in his life. This is his latest piece of work- a video of a profoundly personal song that follows the artist as he wanders through his vision of a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. The Blame can be found on Sumach’s most recent release of a mini-album entitled MU.ZZ.LE. Pick up the whole thing, or just the track, here .

Rest easy,

alh