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Nearly three years in the making, Sparks is an ambitious concept album from Imogen Heap. Almost all of the 14 songs find their origin in short, brief aural snippets of found sounds, audio that is almost buried in the finished form on Sparks but nevertheless gives the album a skittish, otherworldly feeling. Often, the record dances on the far side of elliptical: not only are the rhythms simultaneously skeletal and elastic -- sometimes they barely seem to be there -- but the melodies aren't direct, so it takes a while for this album to sink in. Sometimes, it seems like a spacier, chillier counterpart to tUnE-yArDs; it's not as dense in its arrangements or allusions but it is cerebral and worldly, refusing to take a direct route when a detour will do. As such, it sometimes walks the line between close listening and a wash of sound, but it's intriguing from whatever angle it is approached.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer - Andy Miles, Assistant Engineer - Kelly Snook, Recording Engineer - Michael Lebor, Recording Engineer - Alexander Goodman, Recording Engineer
(P) 2012 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Ian Burdge, Cello - Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Cello, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Emma Smith, Recording Engineer, Strings - Vincent Sipprell, Viola, Recording Engineer
(P) 2012 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to RCA Records
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer, Percussion, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to RCA Records
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Emma Smith, Recording Engineer, Strings - Vincent Sipprell, Viola, Recording Engineer - Kheng Sonam Dorji, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Stoddard, Recording Engineer - Ben Henretig, Recording Engineer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to RCA Records
Joel Zimmerman, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Deadmau5, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - deadmau5 & Imogen Heap, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2012 Mau5trap Recordings under exclusive license to Ultra Records, Inc.
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal
(P) 2011 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer - Andy Miles, Assistant Engineer - Kelly Snook, AdditionalStudioProducer
(P) 2011 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Vishal Dadlani, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Shekhar Ravjiani, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer - Andy Miles, Assistant Engineer - Kelly Snook, AdditionalStudioProducer - The Papuler Band from Samode Village, Background Vocal
(P) 2011 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Xylophone, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to RCA Records
Rob Thomas, Programmer - Ian Burdge, Cello - Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Arranger, Cello, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer - Emma Smith, Violin, Recording Engineer - Vincent Sipprell, Viola, Recording Engineer - Tristan Mercer, Keyboards - Bill Sellar, Assistant Engineer - Julia Deng, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Kheng Sonam Dorji, Vocal - Peter Stoddard, Recording Engineer - Ben Henretig, Recording Engineer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to RCA Records
B.O.B, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocal - Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Emma Smith, Recording Engineer, Strings - Vincent Sipprell, Viola, Recording Engineer - Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to RCA Records
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Editor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer - Andy Miles, Assistant Engineer - Alex Goodman, Recording Engineer - Kelly Snook, Editor, Recording Engineer - Pang Wei, Translator - Mike Lebor, Recording Engineer - Gesha Zhu, Recording Engineer - Hedley Dindoyal, Recording Engineer
(P) 2012 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer - Nick Ryan, Producer - Andy Miles, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2011 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer - Andy Miles, Assistant Engineer - Kelly Snook, Recording Engineer - Michael Lebor, Recording Engineer - Alexander Goodman, Recording Engineer
(P) 2012 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Joel Zimmerman, Composer, Lyricist - Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Deadmau5, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - deadmau5 & Imogen Heap, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Vishal Dadlani, Composer, Lyricist - Shekhar Ravjiani, Composer, Lyricist - Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Rob Thomas, Programmer - Ian Burdge, Cello - Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Arranger, Cello, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer - Emma Smith, Violin, Recording Engineer - Vincent Sipprell, Viola, Recording Engineer - Tristan Mercer, Keyboards - Bill Sellar, Assistant Engineer - Julia Deng, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pang Wei, Translator
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Imogen Heap, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Album review
Nearly three years in the making, Sparks is an ambitious concept album from Imogen Heap. Almost all of the 14 songs find their origin in short, brief aural snippets of found sounds, audio that is almost buried in the finished form on Sparks but nevertheless gives the album a skittish, otherworldly feeling. Often, the record dances on the far side of elliptical: not only are the rhythms simultaneously skeletal and elastic -- sometimes they barely seem to be there -- but the melodies aren't direct, so it takes a while for this album to sink in. Sometimes, it seems like a spacier, chillier counterpart to tUnE-yArDs; it's not as dense in its arrangements or allusions but it is cerebral and worldly, refusing to take a direct route when a detour will do. As such, it sometimes walks the line between close listening and a wash of sound, but it's intriguing from whatever angle it is approached.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:59:06
- Main artists: Imogen Heap
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA - Legacy
- Genre: Electronic
(P) 2014 Megaphonic Records Limited under exclusive license to RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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