Turn up the quiet
Diana Krall
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PopMatters
d. 12. Apr. 2017
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Paul Carr
d. 12. Apr. 2017
"It is incredibly difficult to make remix albums hang together well and Mandela Effect is no different. There is a distinct absence of flow to the album as each reinterpretation proves to be so radically different. Nonetheless, each guest adds something memorable with certain songs arguably more powerful than the originals. Impressively, the whole thing retains the angular peril and stifling claustrophobia of the original but with slightly more light and shade. As an alternate version of his Callous album, it is one well worth remembering".
AllMusic
2017
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Paul Simpson
2017
"Mandela Effect is a companion piece to Gonjasufi's bleak, confrontational 2016 full-length, Callus, containing remixes of several tracks from that album, in addition to new recordings and collaborations ... Mandela Effect is certainly more varied than Callus (which, like all Gonjasufi releases, is a heady mix of styles itself), and while it isn't exactly lighter or more listener-friendly, it often seems to get its messages across in more intriguing ways".
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d. 24. Mar. 2017
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Ralf Christensen
d. 24. Mar. 2017
"Den særegne californiske musiker Gonjasufis nye hybridalbum, mestendels beskæftiget med remixes af numre fra sidste års album Callus. Titlens pointe er vel, at det skete bliver ombygget, at fortiden omskrives. Blandt højdepunkterne er en opfuckning af »Afrikan Spaceship« komplet med formel 1-racere og klumpebeats ved hiphopafrofuturisterne Shabazz Palaces. Samt Massive Attacks Daddy G's remix af »Your Maker,« nu en potent rumopera med tv-støj fra fjerne tider og Gonjasufi som pergamentspøgelse. The Mandela Effect er en tilrøget, mystisk affære. Og ikke bare et remixalbum. Der er således også nyt fra Gonjasufi, for eksempel en skrammelcoverversion af Beth Gibbons og Rustin Mans »Show«. Og det radbrækkede nummer »Etherwave« med afrobeatmesteren, nigerianske Tony Allen på trommer. Gonjasufier en vagabond i psykedeliske ørkener. En rasta-Guthrie i gang med at genvinde det land, som dubjamaicanerne slap i hashtågerne. Han er folk-musiker fra det ydre rum, og derfor giver detogsåmening, at han sender sine sange i nyt kredsløb i andres hænder. Ingen ejer musikken. Men få ejer hallucinationen så stærkt som Gonjasufi".
