Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has released a new single today entitled ‘Vocoder’ via Ninja Tune.
The track marks a return to the producer’s solo work after last year’s top of the list collaborative album Promises with Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra,.
‘Vocoder’ is typical of Sheperd’s penchant for creating memorable dance and electronic tracks with a minimal sonic palette, and is markedly a hugher BPM than most of his usual work
Floating Points is playing Forbidden Fruit this summer.
Floating Points Tour Dates
11-Mar: Pitch Music & Arts Festival, Victoria, AU
14-Mar: Womadelaide Festival, Adelaide, AU
19-Mar: Duke Street Block Party, Melbourne, AU
25-Mar: The Tivoli, Brisbane, AU
26-Mar: Beach Hotel Open Air, Byron Bay, AU
03-Apr: Slip Inn, Sydney, AU
09-Apr: Sonar, Lisbon, ES
14-Apr: W/ Flume Downtown Las Vegas Events Centre, Las Vegas, US
16-Apr: Coachella, Indio, US
23-Apr: Coachella, Indio, US
13-May: Funkhaus, Berlin, DE
28-May: Wide Awake Festival, London, UK
04-Jun: Festival Le Bon Air, Marseille, FR
05-Jun: Forbidden Fruit, Dublin, IE
11-Jun: Camber Sands, Kent, UK
03-Jul: Electrico Festival, Porto, PT
07-Jul: Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, ES
08-Jul: Pohoda Festival, Trencin, SL
17-Jul: Dour Festival, Dour, BE
14-Aug: Sziget, Budapest, HU
19-Aug: Lowlands, Dronten, NL
20-Aug: Field Day, London, UK
27-Aug: This Ain’t No Picnic, Pasadena, US
03-Sep: FORWARDS festival, Bristol, UK
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