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Cat: ZEN 259. Rel: 21 Oct 19
Experimental/Electronic

Side 1 - Track 1. Falaise Side 1 - Track 2. Last Bloom Side 1 - Track 3. Anasickmodular Side 1 - Track 4. Requiem For CS70 & Strings Side 1 - Track 5. Karakul Side 1 - Track 6. LesAlpx Side 2 - Track 1. Bias Side 2 - Track 2. Environments Side 2 - Track 3. Birth Side 2 - Track 4. Sea-watch Side 2 - Track 5. Apoptose (part 1) Side 2 - Track 6. Apoptose (part 2)

A new album from Sam Shepherd AKA Floating Points is always cause for celebration, but even by his standards "Crush" is rather special. Largely eschewing the ambient jazz soundscape shuffle of 2017's "Reflections - Mojave Desert", it sees the Shepherd showcase his musical dexterity in stunning fashion via cuts that wrap shimmering neo-classical strings around what sound like modular electronics and rhythms that variously touch on broken beat, off-kilter experimental D&B and Autechre-style IDM. Of course there are ambient and experimental soundscapes showcased, but it's the fact that the album contains a swathe of formidably dancefloor-focused cuts in the style that first made him standout that pleases us most. Highlights include recent single "LesAlpx", the dreamy "Anasickmodular" and the "People's Potential" style deep house intricacy of "Last Bloom".