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Sparkle Division

Foxy

    Second album from the electronic lounge-jazz-dance hybrid of William Basinski, Preston Wendel (Shania Taint), and Gary Wright.

    1969. Two gorgeous young interns in the film industry get invited to a glamorous A-list Hollywood party in the

    Trousdale Estates in one of those fabulous pavilion-style mid-century modern homes at the top of Beverly Hills. They go in their best mod clewths. Eyes popping at the technicolor scene of Hollywood stars smoking and drinking in the sunken living room, they do as instructed and have some punch and watch wallflower style as drama ensues...oh, and the the house is owned by Foxy, the pimp and drug dealer who everybody there owes munty, hunty...and he’s ready to get paid! Oh yeah, and the punch is dosed with LSD25.

    They manage to make it home, panties and purses and shoes intact and will never forget this party for as long as they live.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Have Some Punch (3:00)
    2. Here Comes Trouble (3:45)
    3. Foxy (3:25)
    4. The Punch! (8:37)
    5. Bitch Fight (3:47)
    6. Oh Yeah (3:05)
    7. Slip And Slide (3:09)
    8. We Were There (4:59)

    A vibrant electronic fusion of lounge, jazz, and disco is maybe not the first (or fifth) thing you would expect to hear from one of the world's most renowned modern composers and ambient tape loop pioneers, but upon first listen, it makes so much sense that one wonders why it didn't happen sooner.

    After years of producing and mentoring slews of young artists in 1990s Williamsburg, Brooklyn, William Basinski moved to Los Angeles. There he hired a young studio assistant, Preston Wendel, who eventually introduced his own works to the curious composer. That spawned a creative partnership that inspired Wendel to persuade Basinski to haul out his saxophone. Five years later, SPARKLE DIVISION has arrived with their enchanting debut album, To Feel Embraced.

    Produced by SPARKLE DIVISION at Basinskiís Musex International in Los Angeles, the duo were joined by a few notable friends: Mrs. Leonora Russo (who Basinski affectionately calls "the true Sicilian Sparkle Division, my Brooklyn Mom, the Queen of Williamsburg") offers her sparkling voice to ìQueenie Got Her Bluesî; fabled free-jazz icon and genuine bodhisattva, the late Henry Grimes, contributed upright bass and violin to the aptly-named "Oh Henry!" ("Lotta babies gonna be born from this one," Henry and Margaret Davis Grimes playfully declared); and London vocalist Xeli Grana offers her ethereal voice to the albumís meditative title track.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. You Go Girl!
    2. You Ain't Takin' My Man
    3. For Gato
    4. Oh Henry!
    5. To The Stars Major Tom
    6. Oh No You Did Not!
    7. To Feel
    8. To Feel Embraced
    9. Slappin’ Yo Face
    10. Mmmmkayy I'm Goin' Out Now And I Don't Want Any Trouble From You!
    11. Queenie Got Her Blues
    12. Sparkle On Sad Sister Mother Queen
    13. No Exit


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