Floating Points

Floating Points — Sam Shepherd — is one of those rare artists who makes you feel like you're hearing something genuinely new every time, which is wild given how deeply rooted his work is in jazz, soul, and classical tradition. His debut album Elaenia was the kind of record that landed fully formed and instantly felt timeless, and then Crush in 2019 pushed things into darker, more electronic territory without losing that warmth. But honestly, Promises — the 2021 collaboration with the late, great Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra — is the thing that put him in a different category altogether. That album is quietly one of the most moving records of the decade. Add in the fact that the guy holds a neuroscience PhD from University College London and you start to think he's operating on a level most of us can't even map.

Name (English)

Floating Points

Name (Japanese)

フローティング・ポインツ

Reading

ふろーてぃんぐ・ぽいんつ

Born

January 1, 1986 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

Origin

Manchester, United Kingdom

Occupation

recording artist / composer / disc jockey / musician

University

University College London

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.floatingpoints.co.uk/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/floatingpoints/
• Xhttps://x.com/floatingpoints
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84

Tags

• recording artist
• composer
• disc jockey

Last updated

2026-06-02

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