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Snöleoparden Snöleoparden

Release date: March 3, 2008

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What is so special about this record is that each song opens up a new realm of possibility, you literally never know what is coming next, but you can rest assured that it will be an enjoyable listen.

- Holly Emblem, The Silent Ballet (UK)

A great and beautiful album that will conquer your heart. Beauty of the month March!!!

- Michael Mück, Cuemix Magazine (DE)

..an album that captures the rapturous ramblings of a truly creative mind

- Will Joines, Sonic Frontiers (UK)

..a record full of disarmingly hypnotic child-like patterns and rhythms made by a disarmingly talented dude living in Denmark

- Everett True, The Village Voice (US)

Snöleoparden er et mærkeligt dyr, som går sine egne veje. Heldigvis får vi lov at luske i hans fodspor... Det her er rigtigt charmerende, men ikke noget for hverken musikalske vanetænkere eller omkvædsjunkier

- Per Buhl, GAFFA (DK)

Listeners are urged to 'dig-deep' and keep an open mind when listening as Snöleoparden will lead to the discovery of some of Denmark's most unique and charming soundscapes!!!

- Kamyar Sadegzadeh, Experimusic (UK)

The 45 minutes make for an interesting ride in the mind of Stampe, who is creative and manages to keep the child in himself alive

- Martijn Busink, Musique Machine (NL)

Bearing in mind the sound of bands like Gang Gang Dance, early Animal Collective and Kemialliset Ystävät, it is tempting to file Snöleoparden´s sound under 'psych folk', but it just wouldn´t be fair to the music.

Apart from being mainly instrumental (unlike the above mentioned artists), Snöleoparden´s selftitlted album comprises such different elements as Steve Reich-like minimalism ('Xylofon' & 'Lillecykel'), Pakistani folk songs ('Dreng'), childrens pop songs ('Hodja Fra Pjort' & 'Grieg'), ritual/ceremonial music ('Trance' & 'Snabel E'), electronica ('Den Evige') & psychedelic rock ('Water Puppet Theatre').
Elements of world music also has a strong influence on Snöleoparden´s music, but to simply label it 'world music', wouldn´t do it justice either.
What unites the tracks is the fact that they´re created in a state of childish ingenuousness, musical curiosity, and with eminent instrumental skills rarely heard like this.

During recordings as well as live sets Snöleoparden uses mostly homemade instruments, reel-to-reel tape recorders and guitar pedals to create his music. The hypnotic rhythms are all hand-played and only in one case ('Trance') based on a loop, done the old fashioned way of course, using a reel to reel tape.

Most tracks have small stories to accompany them. Like the track 'Dreng' which were done with a 6-year old busking boy from the town of Sadikeabad in Pakistan on vocals. Or the charming rendition of Danish composer Sebastian's 'Hodja Fra Pjort', where the voices were recorded in a kindergarden and the instruments in the music room of a public school, using only the available instruments.

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