Snöleoparden is formed by a trained sitar player/multi instrumentalist member of Mofus and Badun. The guy's name is Jonas Stampe, he spent one year in India as a sitar student with Ravi Shankar as teacher and later he became part of his live band line-up. He took the name of his solo project from a rare animal who lives in the remote areas of the Central Asia mountains. Snöleoparden wanted to diversify its sound giving freedom to different form of expression: on Jonas' music you can find minimalism, children choirs, joyful melodies or weird sounds. Everything is good at the purpose of creating something free from every boundaries. Also his instrumentation follow the same rule and if you check out his photos you can see him playing self made instruments (mostly percussive ones). The eleven tracks of his first solo album span from world music (his main influence is Pakistani music and "Dreng" could remember that culture with a nice melodic song sung by a kid) to random rhythms passing through simple songs or semi-ritualistic ones (like "Trance") which could remember American Indian (low percussive sounds coupled with a blow instrument but in this case with the addiction of few synth sounds). The album closes with a joyful rickety tune titled "Grieg": a sort of drunk instrumental anthem. If you are looking for a different attitude to sound and music but you want it to sound fresh and also experimental, check this album. P.s. Unfortunately you'll have to wait until the 3rd of March when it will be released...