Stereogum — In the past, the London jazz great Shabaka Hutchings has been one of the driving forces of bands like Sons Of Kemet and the Comet Is Coming. Shabaka is now a first-name-only guy, and he released his solo debut Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its... more info

Stereogum — Sam Shepherd, the UK producer who makes meditative electronic music under the Floating Points name, is getting ready to follow up 2021’s Promises , his absolutely beautiful 2021 collaboration with the late jazz legend Pharoah Sanders and the Lo... more info

Stereogum — 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 did the score for the ballet Mere Mortals a... more info

Stereogum — It’s been about three years since Floating Points, the UK producer known to the government as Sam Shepherd, teamed up with the late Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra on the great album Promises. Since then, Floating Points has be... more info

Stereogum — The great London jazz musician Shabaka Hutchings has already played a key part in hugely consequential groups like Sons Of Kemet and the Comet Is Coming, and he’s now getting ready to release his first solo album. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledg... more info

Stereogum — The electronic-oriented Lightning In A Bottle festival is coming back to Buena Vista Lake in Southern California this spring. Centered on Memorial Day weekend, the fest will run May 22-27, with headliners including Skrillex, Labrinth, Lane 8, Jame... more info

Nialler9 — Featuring Kojaque, CMAT, The Last Dinner Party, Sufjan, Floating Points, VTSS, Boys Noize, Future Islands, Earl Sweatshirt, Lil Yachty, J. Cole, Danny Brown, The Mary Wallopers, Serpentwithfeet, Casisdead, ØXN, Aby Coulibaly, Tandem Felix. The be... more info

Stereogum — Last month, Floating Points (aka UK producer Sam Shepherd) performed Promises — his 2021 collaborative album with the London Symphony Orchestra and the late Pharoah Sanders — live for the first time during a very special show at the Hollywood ... more info

Nialler9 — The single is available on limited white label. Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has shared a new song. called ‘Birth4000’, which via Ninja Tune, which will be released on a limited white label. It follows recent singles from 2022 – ‘Vocoder... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — This week on the show, we’re joined by Sam Shepherd, AKA Floating Points. His discography is full of beautiful and strange electronic music—bubbling Buchalas, skittering beats, washes of synthesized sound, and even moody, spacious post-rock. But ... more info