Chrome Sparks
Chrome Sparks | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Genres | electronica, house, synth-pop |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Future Classic (2013-2015), Counter Records/Ninja Tune (2016-2021) |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | www |
Jeremy Fromm Malvin, known professionally as Chrome Sparks, is an American musician, record producer and DJ.
He has been releasing music commercially since 2010 through labels such as Future Classic and Ninja Tune. Known for his sound design and specialization in analog synthesizers[1], he has production credits with artists including Khalid, Petit Biscuit,[2] Dirty Projectors, Emotional Oranges, and Bryson Tiller. He has remixed Flume, Major Lazer, Porter Robinson, STRFKR and London Grammar, and appeared as a featured artist on projects by Whethan, Machinedrum and Hannibal Burress.[3]
Early life[edit]
Jeremy Fromm Malvin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Pittsburgh and began playing drums at an early age. He joined the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra as a percussionist, spent time performing in Asia, and in 2008 was the orchestra's Concerto Competition winner.[4] While in high school, he discovered music production software Ableton and began making electronic music under the moniker Professor Purple before settling on the name Chrome Sparks. He released his first singles, "I'll Be Wait for Sadness" and "Our Love Is Heartbeats; Our Love Is Hot Beats," in November 2010.
In 2010, he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan to study music and classical percussion at the University of Michigan.[5] While attending school he played drums in various bands and began releasing music under the name Chrome Sparks.
2011–2016[edit]
On 17 July 2011 he released his first EP, My <3. In the early 2010s he also played drums for Rich Aucoin and Miniature Tigers,.[6] and toured extensively as the drummer for Stepdad, with which he appeared on the Warped Tour in 2012.[7]
He signed with Australian label Future Classic and in 2012 released the track "Marijuana" hit #1 on Hype Machine. Relocating to Brooklyn, New York, he began working with the Future Classic label, releasing his second EP, Sparks, in March 2013, followed by the EP Goddess in April 2014.[8] That year he toured with The M Machine and The Glitch Mob.
In late 2015 he released the EPs Parellelism and Moonraker Remixes, also on Future Classic.[9] He toured Europe and Australia and played SXSW in 2017.[10]
In the same period he released remixes of 2 Live Crew, Flume, Alison Valentine, Erik Hassle, Porter Robinson, London Grammar, and Psychic Twin.
2016–present[edit]
In 2016, Chrome Sparks signed with Ninja Tune Records[11] and in April 2018 released a full-length, self-titled album.[12] It included the single "Still Think," and tracks featuring Angelica Bess of Body Language,[13] Kllo, and Graham Ulciny.
On New Year's Day 2019 he released the EP Be On Fire.[14] His singles in 2020 included tracks featuring Zubin, Machinedrum, Whethan, and, on "Judge Judy," Hannibal Burress and Roy Lamont.[3] That year he moved to Los Angeles.
In addition to original releases, in the same period he remixed STRFKR, Major Lazer, and Chet Faker.[3] Credits included Khalid's "Up All Night"[15][16] Emotional Oranges' "Iconic," Bryson Tiller's "Slept On You," Holiday87's "Elliptica", numerous tracks for Laurel,[17] Reo Cragun, and Kalbells, and "Empty Vessel" by Dirty Projectors.
Concert bookings have included the Time Festival and Pemberton Music Festival in 2016, Red Rocks Amphitheatre the same year with Flume, Hwls, and Vince Staples, a North American tour with Machinedrum in 2018,[18] Porter Robinson's Second Sky Festival in San Francisco[19] and Wonderfront Festival in 2019, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day 2019/20 at the Midway in San Francisco with Bonobo,[20] and a 2021 booking at Red Rocks.[21]
He continues to live and work in Los Angeles.
Discography[edit]
EPs and albums[edit]
- My<3 EP (2011)
- Sparks EP (2013)
- Goddess EP (2014)
- Parallelism EP (2015)
- Moonraker Remixes EP (2015)
- Chrome Sparks Album (2018)
- Be On Fire EP (2019)
Singles (as lead or featured artist)[edit]
- "I'll Be Wait For Sadness" (2010)
- "Our Love Is Heartbeats; Our Love Is Hot Beats" (2010)
- "Marijuana" (2012)
- "Send the Pain On" (2012)
- "Lookin at Me" (2013)
- "Goddess" (2014)
- "Losing U" (2014)
- "Mannus & Venus" (2015)
- "Moonraker" (2015)
- "Tunnelrunner" (2016)
- "All Or Nothing" (2016)
- "Wake" (2017)
- "What's It Gonna Take" (2018)
- "Still Think" (2018)
- "What's It Gonna Take" (Machinedrum Remix) (2018)
- "I Just Wanna" (2018)
- "O, My Perfection" (2018)
- "Hot Tropix" (feat. Nasty Nigel) (2018)
- "In2 Your Love" (2018)
- "Judge Judy" (with Hannibal Burress and Roy Lamont) (2020)
- "Touch" (with Zubin) (2020)
- "Idea 36" (with Machinedrum) (2020)
- "Intro" (with Whethan) (2020)
Mixes[edit]
- Le Musicassette Dance Mix (2012)
- Sole Fixtape (2014)
- Triple J Mixup Exclusive (2014)
- Fader Mix (2014)
- Nest HQ MiniMix (2015)
- BBC Radio 1 Diplo and Friends (2018)
- Solid Steel Radio Show (2018)
Production and Songwriting[edit]
| Track or LP | Artist | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mia Pharaoh (LP) |
Miniature Tigers |
Production |
2012 |
| "Iconic" |
Emotional Oranges |
Production/Songwriting |
2019 |
| "Up All Night" |
Khalid |
Production/Songwriting |
2019 |
| "Red Light Green Light" |
THEY. |
Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Burnin" |
Petit Biscuit |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Slept On You" |
Bryson Tiller |
Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Empty Vessel" |
Dirty Projectors |
Songwriting/Production |
2020 |
| "Scream Drive Faster" |
Laurel |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Best I Ever Had" |
Laurel |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Appetite" |
Laurel |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "When You're Walking Away" |
Laurel |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Sometimes" |
Laurel |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Beam Me Up" |
Reo Cragun |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Grown Men Don't Cry" |
Reo Cragun |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Mothertime" |
Kalbells |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Cool and Bendable" |
Kalbells |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Precipice" |
Kalbells |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Tremble" |
Kalbells |
Production/Songwriting |
2020 |
| "Secondary Handstand" |
Ernest Rareberrg |
Production |
2020 |
Remixes[edit]
| Song | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Hawaii" |
Blackbird Blackbird |
2011 |
| "cuspcake" |
Time Wharp |
2011 |
| "Be My Private Dancer" |
2 Live Crew |
2011 |
| "Sex on the Regular" |
Miniature Tigers |
2012 |
| "Houseboat Babies" |
Reptar |
2012 |
| "Robots" |
Gemini |
2012 |
| "Left Alone" feat. Chet Faker |
Flume |
2013 |
| "Curious" |
Alison Valentine |
2014 |
| "Sound of Erasing" |
Rubblebucket |
2014 |
| "Pathetic" |
Erik Hassle |
2014 |
| "Handful of Gold" |
Chela |
2015 |
| "Beauty of an Unhidden Heart" |
Glitch Mob |
2015 |
| "Jungle" |
Panama |
2015 |
| "Goodbye to a World" |
Porter Robinson |
2015 |
| "Realise" feat. Noah Slee |
Carmada |
2016 |
| "It's a Memory" feat. Elohim and Mansions on the Moon |
Fred Falke |
2016 |
| "Psychic Twin meets Chrome Sparks" |
Psychic Twin |
2016 |
| "Oh Woman Oh Man" |
London Grammar |
2017 |
| "Open Your Eyes" |
STRFKR |
2017 |
| "Get Free" |
Major Lazer |
2019 |
| "Summer Love" feat. Crystal Fighters |
Whethan and The Knox |
2019 |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Chrome Sparks". Teamwass. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ dubiks. "Petit Biscuit shares his gripping new video "Burnin"". Dubiks. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Stack, Chris (1 May 2020). "Chrome Sparks teams up with comedian Hannibal Buress on ode to 'Judge Judy'". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ ""East Meets West" on May 3". 1 April 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ D'Amore, Rachael (4 November 2014). "Lunch With Jeremy Malvin of Chrome Sparks, A Wünderkind Of Percussion Electronica". Vice. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Fortune, Drew (19 April 2013). "Chrome Sparks on Loving Stereolab, Downing Absinthe Shots". Spin. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ "Chrome Sparks". High Noon. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Pagnani, Renato (7 April 2014). "Chrome Sparks "Goddess"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Bell, Georgia (13 November 2015). "In Review: Chrome Sparks' 'Parallelism'". Howl and Echoes. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Bolin, Seth (8 March 2017). "Chrome Sparks – Wake". Cafe Chill. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ "Chrome Sparks". DiverseVinyl. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ Middleton, Ryan (20 February 2018). "CHROME SPARKS ANNOUNCES DEBUT LP, SHARES FIRST SINGLE 'STILL THINK'". Magnetic Magazine. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Smith, Joseph (11 January 2018). "Chrome Sparks returns with heavenly cut, 'What's It Gonna Take'". Stoney Roads. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ "Chrome Sparks Shares New Track - 'In2 Your Love'". Giglist. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Kaufman, Gil (14 November 2019). "Khalid Takes a Chill, Sleepless Trip Around the World On 'Up All Night': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Howard, Lindsay (14 November 2019). "Khalid just shared a new song he wrote on his latest tour". Variance. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Newstead, Al (4 December 2020). "How bike trouble helped LAUREL bloom into a synthpop queen". ABC. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Matt McDermott (23 March 2018). "Machinedrum hits the road with Chrome Sparks". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ↑ "Chrome Sparks @ Second Sky Festival, United States 2019-06-15". 1001TrackLists. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ↑ "Chrome Sparks". ConcertArchives. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Kirk, Alexander (14 January 2021). "The rescheduled Red Rocks concert lineup we hope to see in 2021". 9News. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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