SPARKLE DIVISION

Sparkle Division is a collaboration between ambient composer William Basinski and his studio assistant, Preston Wendel. A far cry from the somber, elegiac meditations Basinski is best known for, the duo's 2020 debut, To Feel Embraced, is a playful, spirited mélange of numerous genres including jazz, disco, lounge, and hip-hop, with 2023's Foxy adding drum'n'bass into the mix. Basinski moved to Los Angeles during the 2000s after residing and working in New York City for decades. He hired engineer Preston Wendel, who is also a composer, and the two began collaborating. Basinski...