colored vinyl version - After spending decades creating music out of undiscovered noises, avant-garde composer William Basinski lets his hair down on this joyful, funky release.
Disintegration, decay, black holes… these are a few words that might spring to mind at the thought of ambient composer William Basinski, who has somehow made music from all of the above in the past few decades. Two words that probably wouldn’t? Sparkle Division. The unlikely moniker brands Basinski’s creative partnership with his collaborator and studio assistant Preston Wendel. Basinski and Wendel have spent the past four years conceptualizing and recording their debut album To Feel Embraced, and the result is a heady cocktail of free jazz, exotica, dub-lounge, disco, and just about every genre that could be described as “vibey.” Conceived and largely completed in 2016, Basinski and Wendel paused the album’s release due to the onset of a bleak political climate and ongoing environmental catastrophe. But now that things have become inconceivably worse, Sparkle Division figured “fuck it.” To Feel Embraced has floated in like a Golden Record from a distant planet, where things are relaxed, joyful, and funky.
| A1 | You Go Girl! |
| A2 | You Ain't Takin' My Man |
| A3 | For Gato |
| A4 | Oh Henry! |
| A5 | To The Stars Major Tom |
| A6 | Oh No You Did Not! |
| B1 | To Feel |
| B2 | To Feel Embraced |
| B3 | Slappin' Yo Face |
| B4 | Mmmmkayy I'm Goin' Out Now And I Don't Want Any Trouble From You! |
| B5 | Queenie Got Her Blues |
| B6 | Sparkle On Sad Sister Mother Queen |
| B7 | No Exit |
