Kent Sparling

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Passed 00:00 Tools
During Shooting Star 00:00 Tools
Fellahin Snapshot 00:00 Tools
Called Out of Time 00:00 Tools
City Lotus 00:00 Tools
Prayer on the Lost Road 00:00 Tools
Horse Latitudes 00:00 Tools
Air, Stars 00:00 Tools
Night Lotus 00:00 Tools
Halcyon 00:00 Tools
Error Start 00:00 Tools
Evening Air, Freeway Birds, No Wind Birds 00:00 Tools
Kelvin Balance 00:00 Tools
Edge Band 00:00 Tools
Held Under 00:00 Tools
Pearl Rolling in an Open Palm 00:00 Tools
High Atlas 00:00 Tools
Error, Start 00:00 Tools
White Cloud Radio 00:00 Tools
Weren't Long 00:00 Tools
In a Mumbling Sky 00:00 Tools
Good Posture 00:00 Tools
A Dark Sound of Hail 00:00 Tools
Pulling On A Line 00:00 Tools
Spiral 00:00 Tools
Lahar 00:00 Tools
Indian King 00:00 Tools
Tamarind Cup, Half Full 00:00 Tools
No Decision 00:00 Tools
(Memories of) Tehema 00:00 Tools
Para Mas 00:00 Tools
Salt Snow Pack 00:00 Tools
Go 00:00 Tools
I Think He Found Something 00:00 Tools
Poseidon Horse 00:00 Tools
Follow the Candle Path 00:00 Tools
Man on the Window 00:00 Tools
All Around Us 00:00 Tools
Hour Century 00:00 Tools
Empty Village 00:00 Tools
Tied Up Outside 00:00 Tools
Just Drive Away 00:00 Tools
Some Believe 00:00 Tools
No Coverage 00:00 Tools
Oregos In Fog 00:00 Tools
Sliding Downstairs 00:00 Tools
Don't Cough 00:00 Tools
Dawn 00:00 Tools
Halycon 00:00 Tools
Ghost Moon 00:00 Tools
At a Crossing 00:00 Tools
Air Stars 00:00 Tools
- During Shooting Start -- Route Canal Diary (1997) -- T5920-KSPARLNG 00:00 Tools
Low Ceiling 00:00 Tools
Converge 00:00 Tools
- Passed -- Route Canal Diary (1997) -- T5920-KSPARLNG 00:00 Tools
- Spiral -- Under New Manna (2000) -- A5933-KSPARLNG-NEWMANNA--EV 00:00 Tools
- White Cloud Radio -- Under New Manna (2000) -- A5933-KSPARLNG-NEWMANNA--EV 00:00 Tools
- Edge Band -- Under New Manna (2000) -- A5933-KSPARLNG-NEWMANNA--EV 00:00 Tools
Seventh Moon: Ghost Moon 00:00 Tools
- Kelvin Balance -- Under New Manna (2000) -- A5933-KSPARLNG-NEWMANNA--EV 00:00 Tools
- In A Mumbling Sky -- Under New Manna (2000) -- A5933-KSPARLNG-NEWMANNA--EV 00:00 Tools
- Good Posture -- Route Canal Diary (1997) -- T5920-KSPARLNG 00:00 Tools
Pale Arms 00:00 Tools
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Kent Sparling was born in San Francisco in 1966; he began working with experimental music techniques in 1984, creating unique recordings up to 45 minutes long, using the classic musique concrète methods of manipulation and montage. With the use of electronic devices and electro-mechanical constructions such as oil drum reverbs and modified speaker systems, he alters the sonic character of a broad range of recorded sounds, from environmental noises, raw electronic sound and natural VLF radio reception, to more traditional "musical" sounds created by familiar instruments. The result is driftmusic, rich in imagery and emotion. He has been working since 1996 with Gunnar Madsen, founder of the á cappella group The Bobs, acting as producer on Gunnar's first solo CD releases, "Spinning World", 13 original waltzes for small ensemble with string quartet, piano, clarinet and bassoon, and "The Power of a Hat" which is a full blown pop album with a live band. He continues his trio collaboration with poet Mark Neville and jazz bassist Ron Crotty on recorded works and live performances. Their "Sounds Familiar" release has been aired on experimental radio programs in Italy, Australia, Canada, Belgium, Russia, Cuba and across the US. Four compositions from his first solo album, "Route Canal Diary", were included in the soundtrack of the Canadian National Film Board documentary "In The Flesh", which aired across North America in early 2000. He has handled the sound duties on "How to Pick Up Girls", and "Transpositional Landscapes" two short films by the Apes of God, "Ripple", a short film by Tim Kerns, "Fear Itself" and "Thirteen Ways" by Dan Weir, and AD Liano's "Three Cornered Hat". He also records and performs with Vanessa Lowe in her band, Bug Eyed Sprite, playing 'tiny instruments': ukulele, melodica and electronics. KS spent three years as Operations Director at Sound Transform Systems, building Serge, the most advanced modular analog synthesizer currently manufactured in the US. He continues his work in the world of motion pictures as a Re-Recording Mixer at Skywalker Sound, recently on films such as Spike Jonze's "Adaptation", Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" and "Marie Antoinette", Mike Mills' "Thumbsucker", James Gray's "We Own the Night" and "Two Lovers", and Michael Moore's "Sicko". In 2000 he released his second solo album of experimental music, "Under New Manna" and an album of 'orphaned and unfinished works' called "Camphor and Caraway". He released "Leaf Spring" in December 2003 followed by "Evening Air, Freeway Birds, No Wind Birds" and "Indina King" in 2006. In 2007 he composed the original score for Wayne Wang's "Princess of Nebraska", which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, and in 2008 the original score for Eduardo Sanchez's "Seventh Moon" with Antonio Cora. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.