FLOATING POINTS’ REFLECTIONS – MOJAVE DESERT PROJECT
IS STREAMING NOW VIA BOILER ROOM
Floating Points‘ latest project Reflections – Mojave Desert this morning premiered via Boiler Room to coincide with it’s release today on Pod via Inertia Music.
Reflections – Mojave Desert finds Floating Points, aka Sam Shepherd, and his band exploring the sonic environment of the Mojave Desert outside Joshua Tree in this thrilling film shot on location last summer.
The sold out world premiere of the short film took place overnight at Barbican in London and Boiler Room are hosting the global live stream of the event along with a 24 hour loop of the film happening right now. The screening was followed by a Q&A with Sam Shepherd and film director Anna Diaz Ortuno, hosted by Boiler Room’s Raj Chaudhuri.
The first in a planned series of environmental recordings by Floating Points to be filmed and recorded at different locations around the world; the recording was made last year, as Floating Points travelled to the Mojave to rehearse in between US touring. Immediately struck by the distinct sonic tapestry created by the rock formations and valleys, Sam and the band set up a recording operation and filmed this new work at the base of the natural sculptures they encountered. The music of Reflections – Mojave Desert mirrors the landscape: soaring and vast, dynamic and intimate, centred around two longer works and shorter pieces that create a singular and seamless 27-minute experience.
One of London’s most sought-after DJs, producers and live entities, Floating Points has toured with The xx – supporting their record breaking string of dates at Brixton Academy, collaborated with Caribou, Four Tet, and has performed across the globe including festivals like Glastonbury, Primavera, Pitchfork Festival Europe, Coachella and a well received closing set at St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival across Australia. Floating Points’ debut LP Elaenia was deemed Resident Advisor’s Album of the Year in 2015, an accolade vehemently supported by many here in the Inertia office. This was followed by the Kuiper EP in 2016.
Reflections – Mojave Desert features five entirely new compositions, and is available digitally and physically as LP+DVD or CD/DVD packages.
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