Sparklmami – in this body (CD)
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Sparklmami arrives on the radar of adventurous listeners at a moment when Chicago's experimental music community has been producing some of the most boundary-pushing work in the country. Rooted in the same spirit of intuitive expression that connects Sun Ra to AACM to the city's current generation of improvisers, her debut draws from a genuinely personal well, weaving together diasporic memory and vocal spontaneity in ways that feel earned rather than assembled.
Sparklmami is a Texas-raised, Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist of Mexican and Indian heritage who transcends mediums to build a world untethered to conventional structures. Having grown up singing in church, Sparklmami uses instinctual improvisation reminiscent of Brazilian jazz, experimental soul, Mexican bolero, and funk to express the sentient nature of being. Sparklmami opens her debut record, in this body, by playfully inviting us into a lush world of reverie, nostalgia, and possibility. Across nine songs, we’re immersed in a gorgeous pastiche of cascading vocal runs and breathy sighs, golden saxophone improvisations, and twinkling drum beats. Singing in both Spanish and English, Sparklmami dives into the murky and wondrous world of her childhood memories. Sonically, she is inspired by the glimmering, verdant jazz made in 1970s Brazil, as well as the open-hearted Mexican boleros she grew up listening to at home.
Tracklist:
- no te vayas
- fajas
- vaga
- running
- quisiera
- penso en voce
- grounded
- it was 5am
- in this body
UPC: 199957431378
Label: Verve
Release Date: 6.5.26
Format: CD