Resident Advisor contributor Stephen Titmus delves into the extraordinary musical world of Rewire 2018 artist Floating Points.
“[Sam] Shepherd’s skill-set is as diverse as his music. He writes, plays, records, engineers and mixes almost all of his music, at times directing ensembles of up to 16 musicians. He’s involved with three record labels: most famously Eglo, but also Pluto and the reissue label Melodies. When he found himself disappointed with the quality of DJ mixers on the market, he made his own in collaboration with Isonoe, a fantastic sounding and impractically oversized piece of high-end kit called the FP Mixer. When he struggled to get dubplates cut, he travelled to the German countryside to learn how to do it himself, taking a week-long course with an eccentric cutting-master. When he launched Melodies, he didn’t just re-issue a rare record. He wrote and published a fanzine to accompany the release, complete with charts and spoof ads for Shepherd’s services as a wedding DJ. When I met Shepherd at his studio, he told me he’d been organising visas for the 12 musicians in his band ahead of an international tour. He joked that he’s becoming “megalomaniacal.”
Floating Points presents his solo live performance at Rewire 2018. Listen to his latest release, Ratio below and learn more about his show at next year’s festival at: Floating Points solo live.
Rewire 2018 Festival Passes are available at:Tickets.
→ https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/345342050&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true