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Floating Points
'
Sam Shepherd
earned an enormous amount of attention and praise for
Promises
, his revelatory collaboration with
Pharoah Sanders
and the
London Symphony Orchestra
. The album's patient, slowly billowing soundscapes were far removed from his previous full-length,
Crush
, an often-playful set of experimental techno tracks and ambient pieces. He had wanted to explore the album's danceable side during live performances, but the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed those plans. In between work on a score for the
San Francisco Ballet
and preparation for a Hollywood Bowl performance of
in memory of
Sanders
,
Shepherd
continued making club tracks using a Buchla and other analog synths. Singles like "Vocoder" and "Problems" trickled out and were well-received, and
Cascade
is an entire full-length in this direction. A "club mix" of "Vocoder" opens the set, demonstrating
's skill at crafting tightly engineered festival bangers. Most of the album's other tracks maintain the same level of propulsion, but he allows them to be more melodic and psychedelic, with "Key103" and the breaky, acid-laced "Afflecks Palace" verging on trance. "Birth4000" sounds like a raw, filter-heavy update of
Moroder
-esque electro-disco, and the supremely lovely "Fast Forward" blooms with heavenly spiraling arpeggios. "Del Oro" is more of a taut garage shuffle, with sparkling synth tones in the beginning and an organ bassline and snare rushes during the second half. "Ocotillo" is a rapidly pulsing progressive electronic track which takes more than five minutes to encounter some electronic disturbances and erupt into a jittery beat. "Tilt Shift" surprisingly ramps up the tempo to skittering drum'n'bass, while the accompanying textures conjure up a haunting mood. "Ablaze" ends the album with a quiet, string-driven comedown.
is yet another marvelous
album, and easily the most successful work he's made as a dance producer. ~ Paul Simpson
'
Sam Shepherd
earned an enormous amount of attention and praise for
Promises
, his revelatory collaboration with
Pharoah Sanders
and the
London Symphony Orchestra
. The album's patient, slowly billowing soundscapes were far removed from his previous full-length,
Crush
, an often-playful set of experimental techno tracks and ambient pieces. He had wanted to explore the album's danceable side during live performances, but the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed those plans. In between work on a score for the
San Francisco Ballet
and preparation for a Hollywood Bowl performance of
in memory of
Sanders
,
Shepherd
continued making club tracks using a Buchla and other analog synths. Singles like "Vocoder" and "Problems" trickled out and were well-received, and
Cascade
is an entire full-length in this direction. A "club mix" of "Vocoder" opens the set, demonstrating
's skill at crafting tightly engineered festival bangers. Most of the album's other tracks maintain the same level of propulsion, but he allows them to be more melodic and psychedelic, with "Key103" and the breaky, acid-laced "Afflecks Palace" verging on trance. "Birth4000" sounds like a raw, filter-heavy update of
Moroder
-esque electro-disco, and the supremely lovely "Fast Forward" blooms with heavenly spiraling arpeggios. "Del Oro" is more of a taut garage shuffle, with sparkling synth tones in the beginning and an organ bassline and snare rushes during the second half. "Ocotillo" is a rapidly pulsing progressive electronic track which takes more than five minutes to encounter some electronic disturbances and erupt into a jittery beat. "Tilt Shift" surprisingly ramps up the tempo to skittering drum'n'bass, while the accompanying textures conjure up a haunting mood. "Ablaze" ends the album with a quiet, string-driven comedown.
is yet another marvelous
album, and easily the most successful work he's made as a dance producer. ~ Paul Simpson
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