# Sparkle Division

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{{Short description|American electronic music group}}
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'''Sparkle Division''' is an American [electronic music](/source/electronic_music) group composed of composers [William Basinski](/source/William_Basinski), [Preston Wendel](/source/Preston_Wendel), and Gary Thomas Wright.

The album is a [concept album](/source/concept_album) centred around two naïve female interns attending a fictional party at a [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles) 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](/source/AllMusic)</ref> The pair collaborated on an electronic, [saxophone](/source/saxophone)-heavy album, which was completed in 2016 but not released until 2020.<ref name=amg/> The album, ''[To Feel Embraced](/source/To_Feel_Embraced)'', features [Henry Grimes](/source/Henry_Grimes) playing bass on one track.<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sparkle-division-to-feel-embraced/ Review], ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''</ref> In 2023, a follow-up, ''[Foxy](/source/Foxy_(album))'', 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](/source/Stereogum)'', July 31, 2023.</ref>

==Discography==
*''[To Feel Embraced](/source/To_Feel_Embraced)'' ([Temporary Residence](/source/Temporary_Residence), 2020)
*''Classified'' EP (Temporary Residence, 2021)
*''[Foxy](/source/Foxy_(album))'' (Temporary Residence, 2023)

==References==
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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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