Culcha Vulcha

Culcha Vulcha
Studio album by Snarky Puppy
Released April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)
Studio Sonic Ranch, Atlantic Sound
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 74:27
Label Ropeadope
Snarky Puppy chronology
Family Dinner – Volume 2
(2016)		 Culcha Vulcha
(2016)

Culcha Vulcha is the twelfth album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy, released on April 29, 2016. The album includes performances by a number of musicians loosely associated with the band and called "the Fam".[1] The band's first purely studio album in eight years (since Bring Us the Bright), it was recorded at the Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, near El Paso and Atlantic Sound Studios in Brooklyn, New York by Nic Hard.[2][3]

Track listing

All songs composed by Michael League, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Tarova"3:40
2."Semente"7:12
3."Gemini" (Justin Stanton)5:16
4."Grown Folks"7:58
5."Beep Box" (Chris Bullock)4:02
6."GØ"8:54
7."The Simple Life" (Bob Lanzetti)4:02
8."Palermo" (Marcelo Woloski)6:38
9."Big Ugly"9:10
10."Jefe" (Mark Lettieri, bonus)8:51
Total length:01:14:27

Personnel

Snarky Puppy
  • Michael League – bass, Moog bass, keyboards, nylon-string guitar, ukulele bass, vocals
  • Cory Henry – keyboards, Moog bass, organ, piano
  • Bill Laurance – clavichord, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, piano, theremin, vocals
  • Shaun Martin – talkbox, vocoder
  • Bobby Sparks – Moog bass, keyboards, organ, synths
  • Justin Stanton – Fender Rhodes, keyboards, Moog bass, Prophet 6, synths, vocals
  • Bob Lanzetti – baritone guitar, electric guitar
  • Mark Lettieri – baritone guitar, electric guitar, Hammertone guitar
  • Chris McQueen – electric guitar
  • Keita Ogawa – percussion
  • Nate Werth – percussion
  • Marcelo Woloski – percussion
  • Jay Jennings – trumpet & flugelhorn
  • Mike 'Maz' Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn & vocals
  • Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, keyboards, vocals
  • Bob Reynolds – tenor saxophone
  • Zach Brock – violin
  • Larnell Lewis – drums on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  • Robert 'Sput' Searight – drums on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
  • Jason 'J.T.' Thomas – drums on 1, 6, 8, 10
  • Nic Hard – recording / mixing

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4] 184
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[5] 69
French Albums (SNEP)[6] 173
US Billboard 200[7] 159

Reception

Culcha Vulcha received moderate praise upon release, with NPR extolling the "core sonic idea [of Culcha Vulcha], it's an intricate melody over a multifaceted groove...It gathers ideas openly and avidly from all over the world". John Fordham of The Guardian remarked that "Jazzers might still balk at the high-concept planning, but it's remarkable how much polish has been applied without cramping the band's irrepressible creative energy."

Culcha Vulcha also received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album in 2017. In a release on social media, the band offered thanks, saying, "It's the first time that we've been awarded a Grammy for an album that represents who we are (99 percent) of the time—just us, without special guests, playing our own music."

References

  1. ↑ Nate Chinen, "Snarky Puppy: A House Built on Solid Funk", The New York Times, February 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Snarky Puppy Releasing New LP 'Culcha Vulcha' April 29th", Glide Magazine, April 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kristel Latecki, "Snarky Puppy; 'Música para el cerebro y el trasero', El Observador (Uruguay), March 8, 2016 (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Snarky Puppy – Culcha Vulcha" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Snarky Puppy – Culcha Vulcha" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Snarky Puppy – Culcha Vulcha". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Snarky Puppy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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