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Sparks
Electronic · 2014 · 73 tracks · 19h 18m

Sparks

Imogen Heap

A sprawling, hyper-detailed playground of three-dimensional soundscapes, found-sound percussion, and vocals transformed into living, breathing synthesizers.

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It sounds like someone built a beautiful, emotional pop album inside a clockwork music box made of rain and whispers.

A curious, hyper-creative exploration of human connection through the lens of cutting-edge technology.

Sparks · vs · Imogen Heap
Vocal Layering+1.4σ

The vocals lean notably further into vocal layering than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 73 Tracks · 19h 18m
02
Run‐Time
4:56
02
Propeller Seeds
3:51
02
Entanglement
4:19
02
You Know Where to Find Me
4:56
02
Neglected Space
5:14
02
Cycle Song
2:25
02
Minds Without Fear
3:42
02
Lifeline
4:46
02
Me the Machine
4:26
02
The Listening Chair
5:24
02
Xizi She Knows
4:41
03
Entanglement
4:20
03
Telemiscommunications
4:05
03
Run‐Time
5:17
03
Neglected Space
5:17
03
Minds Without Fear
3:43
03
Xizi She Knows
4:48
03
The Listening Chair
5:25
03
Me the Machine
4:28
04
You Know Where to Find Me (instrumental)
4:57
04
Propeller Seeds: Spaces and places commentary
9:38
04
Minds Without Fear (making of)
42:10
04
Telemiscommunications (making of)
7:47
04
The Listening Chair (making of)
19:32
04
Entanglement (making of)
7:51
04
It’s Your World Now (intro piece)
2:51
04
Me the Machine (making of)
48:44
04
Lifeline (instrumental)
4:46
04
Climb to Sakteng
3:38
05
It’s Your World Now (week 1)
5:12
05
You Know Where to Find Me
5:02
05
Xizi She Knows
4:41
05
Neglected Space (instrumental)
5:13
06
Xizi She Knows
4:45
06
Neglected Space (making of)
13:59
06
Propeller Seeds (instrumental)
3:50
06
Telemiscommunications (instrumental)
3:53
06
The Listening Chair (instrumental)
5:19
06
Entanglement (instrumental)
4:19
06
Climb to Sakteng (instrumental)
3:37
06
Me the Machine (instrumental)
4:27
06
Minds Without Fear (instrumental)
3:41
06
Lifeline (instrumental 2: seeds and solos only)
4:45
06
It’s Your World Now (week 2)
3:48
06
You Know Where to Find Me (making of)
8:00
07
50 Min Live Stream From A Room for London, QEII. 22nd June 2012
45:06
07
Cycle Song
2:27
07
Propeller Seeds
3:57
07
Neglected Space (John Crossley’s Pirouette surround sound mix)
5:19
07
It’s Your World Now (week 3)
4:30
08
Xizi She Knows (instrumental)
4:40
08
Propeller Seeds (making of)
12:18
08
You Know Where to Find Me (John Crossley’s Pirouette surround sound mix)
4:57
08
Lifeline: Heap speaks on seeds and solos
18:46
08
It’s Your World Now (week 4)
2:28
08
Climb to Sakteng
3:39
09
It's Your World Now App Demo
9:19
09
Lifeline
4:51
10
You Know Where, How & Why
5:11
10
Run‐Time (making of)
8:54
10
Xizi's Bits
22:43
10
Cycle Song (instrumental)
2:25
11
Cycle Song & Climb to Sakteng (making of)
13:25
11
Lifeline (unplugged)
4:44
11
Xizi She Knows (making of)
26:41
12
Run‐Time (instrumental)
4:56
12
The Beast
3:26
12
Lifeline (making of)
12:52
12
The Beast
3:27
13
Telemiscommunications
3:55
27
The Beast (making of)
6:09
28
The Final Spark: The Making of the Deluxe Album
13:14
29
Credits
3:26
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition in Propeller Seeds where the 3D audio field suddenly shifts, making the listener feel as though footsteps are circling directly behind them.
The mechanical, stuttering vocal rhythm of Me the Machine that gradually blooms into a sweeping, deeply human orchestral climax.
The haunting, isolated piano chords opening You Know Where to Find Me, slowly enveloped by a warm tide of layered vocal harmonies.
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