{{Short description|American electronic music group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} '''Sparkle Division''' is an American electronic music group composed of composers William Basinski, Preston Wendel, and Gary Thomas Wright.
The album is a concept album centred around two naïve female interns attending a fictional party at a Hollywood estate owned by a prominent drug dealer in the late 60s. Each song charts a notable event or stage of the party, in a loosely chronological order.
==History== Sparkle Division grew out of collaborations between ambient/electronic composer William Basinski and Preston Wendel, a recording engineer and composer whom Basinski had initially hired as a studio assistant.<ref name=amg>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sparkle-division-mn0003956425/biography Sparkle Division] at AllMusic</ref> The pair collaborated on an electronic, saxophone-heavy album, which was completed in 2016 but not released until 2020.<ref name=amg/> The album, ''To Feel Embraced'', features Henry Grimes playing bass on one track.<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sparkle-division-to-feel-embraced/ Review], ''Pitchfork''</ref> In 2023, a follow-up, ''Foxy'', was announced, with the group continuing as a trio after adding Gary Thomas Wright as a member.<ref>[https://www.stereogum.com/2231754/sparkle-division-foxy/music/ Sparkle Division – “Foxy”]. ''Stereogum'', July 31, 2023.</ref>
==Discography== *''To Feel Embraced'' (Temporary Residence, 2020) *''Classified'' EP (Temporary Residence, 2021) *''Foxy'' (Temporary Residence, 2023)
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Category:American musical duos Category:American electronic music groups Category:Temporary Residence Limited artists Category:American musical trios
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