Release Date: 30th June 2017
Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has never been someone to standstill in his approach to music. And with his proper debut LP 2015's glorious Elaenia he started to move away from creating solo produced electronica geared towards the dance-floor and really opened up his music to full-band live acoustic instruments. Reflections - Mojave Desert sees Shepherd taking this approach to the next level with him now recording and performing with a full live band. Reflections is a new short film and soundtrack featuring entirely new and unheard compositions. The film in collaboration with director Anna Diaz Ortuño finds the ensemble in a thrilling sonic exploration of environment under an endless desert sky. The first in a planned series of environmental recordings by Floating Points to be filmed and recorded at different locations around the world; the recording was made last year as Floating Points travelled to the Mojave to rehearse in between US touring. The music on Reflections mirrors the landscape: soaring and vast dynamic and intimate centred around two longer works and shorter pieces that create a singular and seamless experience.
