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Floating Points
British musician and producer

Floating Points

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British musician and producer
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Gender
Male
Birth
Place of birth
Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Age
38 years
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Spotify
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Biography

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

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

Biography

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

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".

Discography

Studio albums

  • Elaenia (2015)
  • Crush (2019)

Soundtrack albums

  • Reflections – Mojave Desert (2017)

Compilation albums

  • Late Night Tales: Floating Points (2019)

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)
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