No Pain In Pop

Floating Points

Video by Hayden Bannochie & Alex Pissourios

What’s struck me most about Floating Points is the moment’s peace all his tunes seem to enjoy before they step into life, the way that they start out with clear sonic motives before succumbing to the intricate detail and minutiae that clutters days, emotional phosphorence that only makes itself known after-the-event, dust glowing as the lights go down. Such complications, when combined with the jazz soothe of beat lopers like Sun Ra, Metro Area and the pluvial Flying Lotus, seem to mark new evolutionary wanders in electric blues; 22-year-old Londoner Sam Sheperd with empathy enough to know all you need is to mirror and soak your noise and confusion in the music rather than have anyone radically alter the mood. The video’s a fit, the sharp angles of its pylons connected by sudden light that fizzes and pops like a dance of panicked neurones, solution found at 02:03.

‘For You’ b/w ‘Radiality’ is out through Eglo Records now - get it here. A 12″ (’Love Me Like This’ b/w ‘Shangri-La’) will arrive in the spring through Eglo/R2 and you should check out recent mixes Shepard has done for Mary Anne Hobbs and Gilles Peterson. He’s at London’s Vibe Bar on Friday March 6th and then down the road at the Truman Brewery on Saturday 28th.



MP3: After the Rain - Little Dragon (Floating Points Remix)
(via Just A Moment)

Tags: alex pissourios, eglo, floating points, hayden bannochie, r2, sam shepherd