The Arts Desk

Album: Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises

Indeed, what brings together Sanders and the lead musical figure in this collaboration – Sam Shepherd, or Floating Points – is their shared dedication to exploring the spiritual qualities of music ...
The Arts Desk

Album: Floating Points - Cascade

Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points is a virtuoso producer – and one of the world’s best DJs, which has taken him on a consistent upward trajectory parallel to that of his UK near contemporary Kieran ...
The Fader

Floating Points returns with “Birth4000”

Floating Points has shared a new single titled "Birth4000." The track is out via Ninja Tune and has featured in DJ sets from Four Tet, Peggy Gou, and Ben UFO among others over the summer. Check it out ...
Under the Radar

Floating Points Shares Video for New Song “Ocotillo”

Floating Points (aka Sam Shepherd) is releasing a new album, Cascade, on September 13 via Ninja Tune. Now he has shared its newest single, “Ocotillo,” via a music video. Watch it below. The song is ...
Stereogum

Floating Points – “Corner Of My Eye”

One of my favorite musical memories from this year is the moment that almost the entire Stereogum staff, all slaphappy and exhausted, got together to dance like goofballs to an extremely late-night ...
Stereogum

Floating Points – “Key103”

Sam Shepherd's been busy over the past few years. Under his Floating Points guise, he teamed with the late, great Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra on 2021's transcendent Promises. He ...