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Raised in [[Manchester]], England, Shepherd studied piano at [[Chetham's School of Music]]<ref name=guardian_interview>{{cite news|last1=Hutchinson|first1=Kate|title=I DJ, therefore I am: Floating Points on musical experiments and marathon sets|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/29/floating-points-dj-sam-shepherd-elaenia-album-interview|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=17 December 2015|date=29 October 2015|archive-date=20 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220030503/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/29/floating-points-dj-sam-shepherd-elaenia-album-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> before receiving a PhD in [[neuroscience]] and [[epigenetics]] at [[University College London]].<ref name=ra_interview>{{cite web|last1=Titmus|first1=Stephen|title=Floating Points: Extraordinary lengths|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2139|website=[[Resident Advisor]]|access-date=17 December 2015|date=3 November 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222184732/http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2139|url-status=live}}</ref> He also worked as a DJ at Plastic People, a London club, in the late 2000s.<ref name="kingofpain">{{Cite news|last1=Bromwich|first1=Jonah Engel|date=2019-10-16|title=Floating Points, Electronic Music's King of Pain|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/arts/music/floating-points-crush.html|access-date=2020-12-06|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225115508/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/arts/music/floating-points-crush.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Raised in [[Manchester]], England, Shepherd studied piano at [[Chetham's School of Music]]<ref name=guardian_interview>{{cite news|last1=Hutchinson|first1=Kate|title=I DJ, therefore I am: Floating Points on musical experiments and marathon sets|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/29/floating-points-dj-sam-shepherd-elaenia-album-interview|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=17 December 2015|date=29 October 2015|archive-date=20 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220030503/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/29/floating-points-dj-sam-shepherd-elaenia-album-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> before receiving a PhD in [[neuroscience]] and [[epigenetics]] at [[University College London]].<ref name=ra_interview>{{cite web|last1=Titmus|first1=Stephen|title=Floating Points: Extraordinary lengths|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2139|website=[[Resident Advisor]]|access-date=17 December 2015|date=3 November 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222184732/http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2139|url-status=live}}</ref> He also worked as a DJ at Plastic People, a London club, in the late 2000s.<ref name="kingofpain">{{Cite news|last1=Bromwich|first1=Jonah Engel|date=2019-10-16|title=Floating Points, Electronic Music's King of Pain|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/arts/music/floating-points-crush.html|access-date=2020-12-06|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225115508/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/arts/music/floating-points-crush.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Shepherd's musical influences include [[Claude Debussy]], [[Olivier Messiaen]], and [[Bill Evans]].<ref name="kingofpain" /> He began releasing work under the Floating Points moniker in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jeffries|first1=David|title=Artist Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/floating-points-mn0002132247/biography|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609065313/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/floating-points-mn0002132247/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2017 toured with [[The xx]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Roisin|date=2019-10-17|title=Floating Points review, Crush: An insight into Sam Shepherd's brilliant mind|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/floating-points-review-crush-album-release-date-stream-tracklist-tour-a9159701.html|access-date=2020-12-06|work=[[The Independent]]|language=en|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126210604/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/floating-points-review-crush-album-release-date-stream-tracklist-tour-a9159701.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 2019 and 2020, Shepherd collaborated with [[jazz]] saxophonist [[Pharoah Sanders]] and [[The London Symphony Orchestra]] for the album ''[[Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album)|Promises]]'', which was released on 26 March 2021 to critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/promises/floating-points|title=Promises by Floating Points}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://floatingpoints.bandcamp.com/album/promises|title = Promises, by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Russonello|first=Giovanni|date=2021-03-25|title=Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points Meet in the Atmosphere|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/arts/music/floating-points-pharoah-sanders-promises-review.html|access-date=2021-05-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It was the first major new album released by Sanders in nearly two decades.<ref name=":0" />
Shepherd's musical influences include [[Claude Debussy]], [[Olivier Messiaen]], and [[Bill Evans]].<ref name="kingofpain" /> He began releasing work under the Floating Points moniker in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jeffries|first1=David|title=Artist Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/floating-points-mn0002132247/biography|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609065313/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/floating-points-mn0002132247/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2017 toured with [[The xx]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Roisin|date=2019-10-17|title=Floating Points review, Crush: An insight into Sam Shepherd's brilliant mind|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/floating-points-review-crush-album-release-date-stream-tracklist-tour-a9159701.html|access-date=2020-12-06|work=[[The Independent]]|language=en|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126210604/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/floating-points-review-crush-album-release-date-stream-tracklist-tour-a9159701.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 2019 and 2020, Shepherd collaborated with [[jazz]] saxophonist [[Pharoah Sanders]] and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] for the album ''[[Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album)|Promises]]'', which was released on 26 March 2021 to critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/promises/floating-points|title=Promises by Floating Points}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://floatingpoints.bandcamp.com/album/promises|title = Promises, by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Russonello|first=Giovanni|date=2021-03-25|title=Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points Meet in the Atmosphere|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/arts/music/floating-points-pharoah-sanders-promises-review.html|access-date=2021-05-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It was the first major new album released by Sanders in nearly two decades.<ref name=":0" />


He collaborated as a producer for Japanese American singer-songwriter [[Hikaru Utada]] album [[Bad Mode]], working on the songs "BAD MODE", "Kibunja Naino (Not In The Mood)" and "Somewhere Near Marseilles".<ref>{{cite web|title= Hikaru Utada Will Release 8th Studio Album Bad Mode Wednesday, January 19 From Milan Records
He collaborated as a producer for Japanese American singer-songwriter [[Hikaru Utada]] album [[Bad Mode]], working on the songs "BAD MODE", "Kibunja Naino (Not In The Mood)" and "Somewhere Near Marseilles".<ref>{{cite web|title= Hikaru Utada Will Release 8th Studio Album Bad Mode Wednesday, January 19 From Milan Records
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*''Reflections – Mojave Desert'' (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reflections-mojave-desert/id1223604159|title=Reflections – Mojave Desert by Floating Points on Apple Music|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=4 July 2017|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525025535/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reflections-mojave-desert/id1223604159|url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Reflections – Mojave Desert'' (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reflections-mojave-desert/id1223604159|title=Reflections – Mojave Desert by Floating Points on Apple Music|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=4 July 2017|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525025535/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reflections-mojave-desert/id1223604159|url-status=live}}</ref>
*''[[Crush (Floating Points album)|Crush]]'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Floating Points Announces New Album Crush, Shares New Song: Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/floating-points-announces-new-album-crush-shares-new-song-listen/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=29 August 2019 |date=28 August 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829003831/https://pitchfork.com/news/floating-points-announces-new-album-crush-shares-new-song-listen/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''[[Crush (Floating Points album)|Crush]]'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Floating Points Announces New Album Crush, Shares New Song: Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/floating-points-announces-new-album-crush-shares-new-song-listen/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=29 August 2019 |date=28 August 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829003831/https://pitchfork.com/news/floating-points-announces-new-album-crush-shares-new-song-listen/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''[[Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album)|Promises]]'' <small>(with [[Pharoah Sanders]] & [[The London Symphony Orchestra]])</small> (2021)
*''[[Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album)|Promises]]'' <small>(with [[Pharoah Sanders]] & the [[London Symphony Orchestra]])</small> (2021)


===Compilation albums===
===Compilation albums===

Revision as of 22:22, 17 January 2024

For the arithmetic, see Floating-point arithmetic. For the album by John McLaughlin, see Floating Point.
For other people with similar names, see Sam Shephard (disambiguation) and Sam Shepherd (disambiguation).

Floating Points
Shepherd performing in Montreal, 2011
Shepherd performing in Montreal, 2011
Background information
Birth nameSamuel Shepherd
Born1986 (age 37–38)
Manchester, England, UK
GenresElectronic, jazz
Years active2008–present
LabelsPluto Records
Eglo Records
Luaka Bop
Ninja Tune
Websitefloatingpoints.co.uk

Samuel Shepherd, known professionally as Floating Points, is a British electronic music producer, DJ, and musician. He is the founder of Pluto Records,[1] co-founder of Eglo Records and leader of a 16-piece group called Floating Points Ensemble.

Biography

Raised in Manchester, England, Shepherd studied piano at Chetham's School of Music[2] before receiving a PhD in neuroscience and epigenetics at University College London.[3] He also worked as a DJ at Plastic People, a London club, in the late 2000s.[4]

Shepherd's musical influences include Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, and Bill Evans.[4] He began releasing work under the Floating Points moniker in 2008,[5] and in 2017 toured with The xx.[6] Between 2019 and 2020, Shepherd collaborated with jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra for the album Promises, which was released on 26 March 2021 to critical acclaim.[7][8][9] It was the first major new album released by Sanders in nearly two decades.[9]

He collaborated as a producer for Japanese American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada album Bad Mode, working on the songs "BAD MODE", "Kibunja Naino (Not In The Mood)" and "Somewhere Near Marseilles".[10]

Floating Points Ensemble

Shepherd has previously performed with a 16-piece live incarnation of Floating Points, entitled the Floating Points Ensemble. The group won an award for "Best BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale Session".[11]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

EPs

  • Vacuum EP (2009)
  • Shadows EP (2011)
  • Kuiper (2016)

Singles

  • "J&W Beat" (2009)
  • "Love Me Like This" (2009)
  • "For You" (2009)
  • "People's Potential" / "Shark Chase" (2010)
  • "Post Suite" / "Almost in Profile" (2010) (as Floating Points Ensemble)
  • "Sais (Dub)" (2011)
  • "Marilyn" (2011)
  • "Danger" (2011)
  • "Wires" (2013)
  • "King Bromeliad" / "Montparnasse" (2014)
  • "Sparkling Controversy" (2014)
  • "Nuits Sonores" / "Nectarines" (2014)
  • "Kuiper" (2016)
  • "For Marmish Part II" (2016)
  • "Silurian Blue" (2017)
  • "Ratio" (2017)
  • "LesAlpx" (2019)
  • "Last Bloom" (2019)
  • "Anasickmodular" (2019)
  • "Bias" (2020)
  • "Vocoder" (2022)
  • "Grammar" (2022)
  • "Problems" (2022)
  • "Someone Close" (2022)
  • "Birth4000" (2023)

References

  1. ^ "Pluto · Record label ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ Hutchinson, Kate (29 October 2015). "I DJ, therefore I am: Floating Points on musical experiments and marathon sets". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ^ Titmus, Stephen (3 November 2015). "Floating Points: Extraordinary lengths". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b Bromwich, Jonah Engel (16 October 2019). "Floating Points, Electronic Music's King of Pain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. ^ Jeffries, David. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. ^ O'Connor, Roisin (17 October 2019). "Floating Points review, Crush: An insight into Sam Shepherd's brilliant mind". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Promises by Floating Points".
  8. ^ "Promises, by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra".
  9. ^ a b Russonello, Giovanni (25 March 2021). "Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points Meet in the Atmosphere". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Hikaru Utada Will Release 8th Studio Album Bad Mode Wednesday, January 19 From Milan Records". Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Eglo Records". Eglo Records. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  12. ^ Kellman, Andy (6 November 2015). "Elaenia". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Reflections – Mojave Desert by Floating Points on Apple Music". Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  14. ^ Minsker, Evan (28 August 2019). "Floating Points Announces New Album Crush, Shares New Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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