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The ensemble began to attract international attention in the 1980's for its unique fusing of elements of world music with the aesthetics of the jazz avant-garde and has remained Apfelbaum's primary vehicle for composing throughout his career. In 2013, he formed the electronica-based, vocal-driven sextet Sparkler, which released its debut EP, \"I Colored It In For You,\" on Bill Laswell's MOD Technologies label in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApfelbaum has worked with many of the leading figures in contemporary music, including the late Don Cherry, Kronos Quartet, Cecil Taylor, Harry Belafonte, Omar Sosa and Phish. He currently performs with Dafnis Prieto's various bands - he received a Grammy award in 2018 as part of Prieto's album \"Back To The Sunset\" - and Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, among others. 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