Floating Points
London based musician, composer and producer Sam Shepherd began Floating Points in 2008 upon the release of several white-label singles. Shepherd formed Eglo Records in 2009 with his own early highlights for the label including cuts ‘Vacuum Boogie’ and ‘ARP3’ leading to increasingly spacious and musical releases ‘Sais’, ‘King Bromeliad’, and ‘Nuits Sonores’.
Shepherd released his breakout, esteemed debut ‘Elaenia’ in 2015 on his label Pluto Records. He composed and recorded the album, which bridges the gap between dance music and his formative classical roots. 2017 saw Shepherd put out ‘Reflections - Mojave Desert’, a short film and soundtrack featuring tracks recorded in the Mojave Desert, and ‘Ratio’; an epic track bordering on 19-minutes that harks back to his earlier dance floor focussed releases. Shepherd followed in 2019 with the equally lauded ‘Crush’ which earned him Best New Music reviews (Pitchfork) and led to his biggest headline show to date at London’s Printworks.
‘Promises’, Floating Points’ latest album, is a continuous 46 minute piece composed by Shepherd featuring Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. Released in March 2021, it has been hailed as “one of the greatest modern jazz albums” (Resident Advisor), receiving critical acclaim worldwide and was shortlisted for the 2021 Mercury Prize.
New tracks 'Vocoder’ and ‘Grammar’ released in 2022 have been met with widespread praise including a Best New Track from Pitchfork and a glowing review from Resident Advisor describing Shepherd as "one of electronic music's undisputed MVPs".
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- Floating Points
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- Birth4000
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- Ninja Tune
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- ZENDNL303BDJ
- Release Date
- October 17, 2023
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- Floating Points
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- Someone Close
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- Ninja Tune
- Catalogue Number
- ZENDNLS633W
- Release Date
- November 9, 2022
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- Floating Points
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- Ninja Tune
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- ZENDNLS633W
- Release Date
- November 9, 2022
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- Floating Points
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- Problems
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- Ninja Tune
- Catalogue Number
- ZENDNLS616W
- Release Date
- September 21, 2022
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- Floating Points
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- Grammar
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- Ninja Tune
- Catalogue Number
- ZENDNLS613W
- Release Date
- April 5, 2022
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- Floating Points
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- Vocoder
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- Ninja Tune
- Catalogue Number
- ZENDNLS609
- Release Date
- March 9, 2022
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- Floating Points
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- Bias
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- Ninja Tune
- Catalogue Number
- ZENDNLS538
- Release Date
- April 8, 2020
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- Floating Points
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- Crush
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- Ninja Tune
- Catalogue Number
- ZEN259
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- October 18, 2019
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- Floating Points
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- LesAlpx / Coorabell
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- Ninja Tune
- Catalogue Number
- ZENDNLS517S
- Release Date
- July 12, 2019
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- Floating Points
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- Late Night Tales: Floating Points
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- Late Night Tales
- Catalogue Number
- ALN52
- Release Date
- March 29, 2019
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- Floating Points
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- Ratio (Deconstructed Mixes)
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- Pluto
- Catalogue Number
- FPL03D
- Release Date
- October 19, 2017
- 12”
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- Ratio
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- Pluto
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- FPL03D
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- October 19, 2017
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- Floating Points
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- Ratio (Radio Edit)
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- Pluto
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- FPL03R
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- October 6, 2017
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- Floating Points
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- Reflections - Mojave Desert
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- Pluto
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- RE001DX
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- June 30, 2017
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- Floating Points
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- Reflections - Mojave Desert
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- Luaka Bop
- Catalogue Number
- 5041
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- June 30, 2017
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- Floating Points
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- For Marmish Part II
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- Pluto
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- FPD04
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- August 5, 2016
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- Floating Points
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- Pluto
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- FP2
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- July 22, 2016
- 12”
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- Pluto
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- FP02D
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- July 22, 2016
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- Kuiper
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- Pluto
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- FP0D02
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- May 20, 2016
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- Floating Points
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- Elaenia
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- Pluto
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- FPD01
- Release Date
- November 6, 2015
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- Floating Points
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- Elaenia
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- Pluto
- Catalogue Number
- 0085
- Release Date
- November 6, 2015
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- Floating Points
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- Nuits Sonores / Nectarines
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- Pluto
- Catalogue Number
- FPL012
- Release Date
- December 8, 2014
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- Floating Points
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- Sparkling Controversy
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- Pluto
- Catalogue Number
- FPL011
- Release Date
- August 18, 2014
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- Floating Points
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- Sparkling Controversy
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- Eglo Records
- Catalogue Number
- EGLO38
- Release Date
- August 18, 2014
- 12”
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- FABRICLIVE 59: Four Tet
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- Fabric Records
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- 802560011881
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- September 19, 2011
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- Fabric Records
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- 5060845321604
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- September 19, 2011
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- PLZ Make It Ruins - Locked Grooves
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- December 4, 2020
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- Eglo Records, Vol. 2
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- Eglo Records
- Catalogue Number
- EGLO74R
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- December 6, 2019
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- Bleep 100 Tracks 2019
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- 100 Tracks
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- December 25, 2019
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- BLP1002017
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- December 24, 2017
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- The Top 100 Tracks of 2010
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- January 10, 2011
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- January 21, 2013
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- 14 Tracks From Planet Mu
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- 5055300321206
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- January 31, 2011
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- November 2, 2009
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- Planet Mu Records Ltd.
- Catalogue Number
- 600116825032
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- August 16, 2005
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- Herbert
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- Musca (Remixes)
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- Accidental
- Catalogue Number
- AC181D
- Release Date
- July 27, 2022
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- Thundercat
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- Fair Chance (Floating Points Remix)
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- Brainfeeder
- Catalogue Number
- BFDNL105
- Release Date
- November 12, 2020
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- Various Artists
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- Ninja Tune XX 2
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- Ninja Tune
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- ZENDNL160R
- Release Date
- September 20, 2010
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