{"product_id":"sylva","title":"Sylva","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe New York collective Snarky Puppy have made an album unlike any of their earlier ventures, with Holland’s genre-crossing Metropole Orkest. \u003ci\u003eSylva\u003c\/i\u003e is a refined and cohesive orchestral suite rather than a collection of quirky groove vehicles, and also the band’s first work for a major label. Fans can relax, however: this isn’t a mainstream smoothing out out of an inimitably original band’s rough edges. Bassist \/ leader Michael League’s long-term dream has been to take a composer’s personal vision into a bigger and more cinematic soundscape without abandoning Snarky trademarks such as catchy soul-jazz horn hooks, loose improv and dancefloor funk. There are six movements, each inspired by forests around the world that have left a deep impression on League. Gliding high strings lines and a cello ostinato turn into silkily intricate horn melodies; coolly riffing groovers build to funky, Jazz Crusaders-like dances; humming string meditations pass through pensive keyboard solos into gentle waltzes; harmonies reminiscent of Marcus Miller’s work with Miles Davis colour the graceful melodic transformations of the 19-minute finale, \u003ci\u003eThe Clearing\u003c\/i\u003e. League has boldly used Orkest’s mix of precision and hipness in an unmistakeably Snarky way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ground Up","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50465657553227,"sku":"1013300","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/156e01c8-f736-4bbd-b57b-eef050d416be_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727294437","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/sylva","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}