Floating Points

Sam Shepherd, known professionally as Floating Points, is an English electronic musician.[1] Shepherd is also a co-founder of the label Eglo Records.

For the arithmetic, see Floating-point arithmetic.

Floating Points
Shepherd performing in Montreal, 2011
Background information
Birth nameSam Shepherd
OriginManchester, England
GenresElectronic
Years active2008–present
LabelsEglo Records
Luaka Bop
Ninja Tune
Websitefloatingpoints.co.uk

After several EPs, singles and live appearances, Shepherd's debut studio album, Elaenia, released in November 2015,[2] to widespread critical acclaim.[3] In 2019, his second studio album Crush, was released.

Biography

Raised in Manchester, England, Shepherd studied piano at Chetham's School of Music[4] before achieving a PhD in neuroscience and epigenetics at University College London.[5]

Floating Points Ensemble

Shepherd has previously performed with a sixteen-piece live incarnation of Floating Points, entitled the Floating Points Ensemble. The group won an award for "Best BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale Session".[6]

Discography

Studio albums

Soundtrack albums
  • Reflections – Mojave Desert (2017)[8]

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)
  • "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)

References
  1. "Floating Points". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. Andy Kellman (6 November 2015). "Elaenia - Floating Points | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. "Reviews for Elaenia". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. Hutchinson, Kate (29 October 2015). "I DJ, therefore I am: Floating Points on musical experiments and marathon sets". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  5. Titmus, Stephen (3 November 2015). "Floating Points: Extraordinary lengths". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. "Eglo Records". Eglo Records. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  7. Minsker, Evan (28 August 2019). "Floating Points Announces New Album Crush, Shares New Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  8. "Reflections – Mojave Desert by Floating Points on Apple Music". Apple Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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