The Caliph's Tea Party
is a remix album of
Gonjasufi
's breakout,
A Sufi and a Killer
. Featuring
Mark Pritchard
,
Bibio
Broadcast & the Focus Group
Bear in Heaven
, and
Shlohmo
, among others, the list of contributors is impressive. Their aesthetic fits in with the left-field hip-hop styled by former producers (
Mainframe
the Gaslamp Killer
Flying Lotus
) as they chop the dreadlocked L.A. yoga instructor/froggy vocalist's a cappella parts to the point that they're left even more detached and disoriented -- which is saying a lot, considering the state of the originals. These psychedelic beats rarely stick to the 4/4 formula, but as undanceable as they are, they are innovative, and it's interesting to see just how whacked out these remix artists can be with proper motivation. Of course,
doesn't match up to the source material, but it manages to push the envelope and take the visions of
to unique new places. ~ Jason Lymangrover