Shadows

by Floating Points

Shadows cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 21 November 2011
  • Label: Eglo
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:05
  • Community rating: 3.34/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A vital early document from the neuroscientist and producer Sam Shepherd, highlighting his sophisticated, jazz-influenced approach to electronic dance music. The record utilizes crisp, shuffling garage rhythms underneath incredibly warm, organic analog synthesizer pads, marking a definitive shift toward more musically complex UK club aesthetics.

Genres

Descriptors: Dance, atmospheric, rhythmic, instrumental, repetitive, minimalistic

Tracklist

  1. Myrtle Avenue (10:02)
  2. Obfuse (4:11)
  3. Realise (5:26)
  4. ARP3 (9:20)
  5. Sais (8:03)

Credits

  • Floating Points - primary artist
  • Will Hurt - artwork
  • Sam Shepherd - written by, performer
  • Fatima Bramme Sey - vocals
  • Charlotte Bonneton - strings
  • Magda Pietrewska - strings
  • Mariko McTier - strings
  • Qian Wu - strings

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