Culcha Vulcha
| Culcha Vulcha | ||||
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| Studio album by Snarky Puppy | ||||
| Released | April 29, 2016 | |||
| Studio | Sonic Ranch, Atlantic Sound | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 56:43 | |||
| Label | Ropeadope | |||
| Snarky Puppy chronology | ||||
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Culcha Vulcha is the eleventh 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". 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.
All songs composed by Michael League, except where noted.
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."
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