Michael League: Analog Dreams

Snarky Puppy’s fearless leader reveals a new musical layer on his solo debut, So Many Me

Michael League: Analog Dreams

Snarky Puppy’s fearless leader reveals a new musical layer on his solo debut, So Many Me

While he’s most recognized with a bass strapped on, Michael League has steadily transformed himself into a Millenial-era Quincy Jones, thanks to his mad skills as a producer, songwriter, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader (most notably with Snarky Puppy), founder/owner of the global-minded, independent label GroundUP Music, and his overarching gift for collaboration. But while Le Q continued his art-of-the-phonebook approach in putting together his solo albums, the multi-Grammy-winning League chose to go it alone on his aptly-titled debut, So Many Me. Born of observing life during the pandemic lockdown, the evocative eleven-track effort examines relevant themes, including lack of physical contact, social media-enabled double lives, fear and hate-mongering politicians, and mortality. Most effectively, it does so by weaving such disparate ingredients as plush, ’80s pop-minded analog synths, Middle Eastern and North African percussion employed in new, non-traditional ways, s
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Chris Jisi   By: Chris Jisi