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Elaenia (Album) by Floating Points

Artist Biography For Floating Points

Floating Points Is British Electronic Musician And Neuroscientist Sam Shepherd From Manchester. He Also Has A Monthly Radio Programme On NTS.Live Named Floating Points Citing Influences As Varied As Theo Parrish Dorothy Ashby And Stravinsky Shepherd Has Been An Accomplished Pianist Since The Age Of 16. The Variety In Influences Is Mirrored In The Diversity Of His Productions That Range From String Quartet To Gritty Beats. As A DJ Mostly His Sets Sit Between Boogie & House.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Elaenia

Elaenia Is The Debut Studio Album By British Electronic Musician Sam Shepherd Released Under His Alias Floating Points On 6 November 2015 By Shepherd's Own Pluto Label And Luaka Bop. Shepherd Created The Artwork For The Album By Connecting Fibre-Optic Cables To A Home Made Harmonograph. Shepherd Had Originally Conceived The Album To Contain Only One Track But Was Advised Against The Idea And Eventually Cut The Music Into Seven Songs. Elaenia '​s Title Track Was Named When Shepherd Experienced A Dream About A Bird That Became Engulfed In A Forest After He Had Been Reading The Speculative Fiction Novel Sum Forty Tales From The Afterlives By American Neuroscientist David Eagleman Which Had Been Given To Him By A Fan At A Concert In San Francisco.