Floating Points returns with “Birth4000”
Sam Shepherd drops his first new music of 2023 and it’s a big one.
Floating Points has shared a new single titled "Birth4000." The track is out via Ninja Tune and has featured in DJ sets from Four Tet, Peggy Gou, and Ben UFO among others over the summer. Check it out below.
The heavy-hitting techno track is a world away from Promises, the cosmic 2021 album Floating Points recorded alongside the late saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. Last month Sam Shepherd recruited an all-star team of artists, including Shabaka Hutchings, Dan Snaith (Caribou) Kara-Lis Coverdale, John Escreet, Jeffrey Makinson, and Hinako Omori, to perform the album live at the Hollywood Bowl.
"Birth4000" is the first new Floating Points music of the year. Press materials note that he is currently composing his first ballet, Mere Mortals, which will be performed by the San Francisco Ballet in January 2024.
In 2022 Shepherd shared singles including "Vocoder," "Grammar," and "Problems."