Technology & Culture

Kage Sparks

Creative work at the intersection of AI and Afro-diasporic storytelling.

For over two decades I've used music, visual art, and storytelling to explore how technology shapes cultural identity, ownership, and creative agency.

Creative Director Songwriter Artist Producer

01 / Core Projects

AI, Culture & New Frontiers

Three interconnected projects exploring what happens when AI enters culturally rooted creative practice and what it means to keep authorship, voice and cultural specificity intact.

Daughter of the Sun
CONCEPT ALBUM: OFFICIAL VISUAL

AI Concept Album

Daughter of the Sun

Songwriter Co-Producer with AI Creative Director

A concept album built to test what happens to creative agency when generative AI tools are part of the production process. All lyrics were written by me. Production was a co-creation between my direction and AI generation.

Full Tracklist (14 Tracks)

01 Diaspora Blues Listen →
02 Pretty Gangsta Listen →
03 Madonna Frequency Listen →
04 D.O.T.S. Listen →
05 Rabbit Hole Listen →
06 Star Renegade Listen →
07 Lions In Alaska Listen →
08 Cook The Books Listen →
09 Mandela Effect Listen →
10 Kingdom Of The Rebel Kids Listen →
11 10 Acres of Heaven Listen →
12 Panic Room Listen →
13 Supervillain Mode Listen →
14 Museum of Scars Listen →
BigBadAI Persona
PERSONA IDENTITY: OFFICIAL VISUAL

AI Artist Persona

BigBadAI

Creator Identity Design

BigBadAI is an AI artist persona I created and directed. A deliberate experiment in building an artist identity through AI while grounding it in real cultural experience. Inspired by my daughter's heritage—Kenyan, Tanzanian and Nigerian roots connected to the UK.

[ DIGITAL ARTEFACT SAMPLES ]

Plantation Drive
STATUS: IN PRODUCTION

AI Short Film

Plantation Drive

Writer Director AI Filmmaker

An AI-generated techno-thriller built around a single question: what if the road to progress was built on an upgraded version of the same old system? The film examines how extraction rebrands itself as opportunity, and what it costs the communities excluded from building the technologies that now reshape their lives.

[ CINEMATIC TEASER COMING SOON ]

02 / Creative Direction

Directing the Vision

Treesha - Love, Scars, Attitude

Love, Scars, Attitude

Collaborator: Treesha

Creative direction and songwriting for Treesha's sophomore album, a 13-track project fusing Reggae, Pop and Hip Hop around themes of resilience, vulnerability and the go-getter spirit of her mantra Twende Kazi. The album features collaborations with Gentleman, Tanya Stephens, Bugle and Turbulence, positioning Treesha's Kenyan heritage and East African identity within a globally resonant sound.

TechRap: Jumped Off The Block

TechRap: Jumped Off The Block

Platform + Album

TechRap is a pioneering platform and musical project bridging hip hop storytelling with technology culture. The album "Jumped Off The Block Onto Blockchain" documents the evolution from street-level narratives to tech-forward creative sovereignty, ensuring cultural context is never lost in the digital transition.

Black Kid Miracles

Series: Volumes 1–3

A multi-volume exploration of identity, resilience and cultural inheritance through sound and story.

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"I believe in the power of creative collaboration."

03 / Visual & Design

Beyond Sound

Prophecy Portals Art
Physical Artefacts
Apparel Design
THE CALLING Artwork
Physical Artefacts Graphic
AFRICAN WHISPERS Artwork