Floating Points announces Kuiper EP, shares ‘Kuiper’ live video
FLOATING POINTS ANNOUNCES KUIPER EP
RELEASED 22ND JULY 2016 VIA PLUTO
Watch a full live video of ‘Kuiper’ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7wzxHE_rkg
Floating Points – also known as Sam Shepherd – has today announced Kuiper, a follow-up EP to last year’s critically acclaimed debut album Elaenia. Out 22 July 2016 via Pluto, the Kuiper EP comes ahead of Shepherd’s first ever North American tour, and will be available as a limited 12″ and digital download. To celebrate the announcement, a live video of ‘Kuiper’ has been shared and can be watched here.
Speaking about the new EP, Shepherd says:
“Since starting a band to realise the music from my LP, it has sparked a deep interest in the band itself, and so Kuiper is the result of playing with Leo, Alex and Susumu. Each time we play it it’s completely different. We set the scene with electronics, and some drum machines which forms the foundation to allow the unfurling of the rest of the track. The version on this EP – believe it or not – was recorded at 8am!
The other side – ‘For Marmish Part II‘ – is carbon dated by my singing voice. I can’t get that high anymore! It was recorded way before ‘For Marmish’ on the LP, but the two tracks happened to be written around the same time.
I want to share them because both sides reflect in two tracks where I was right at the start of the Elaenia project, right up to now post LP release, playing live and going on the road with a band. I hope, like I feel, people will find a common strand in the hypnotic nature of both tracks.“
Floating Points’ Kuiper EP will be released 22 July 2016 via Pluto. Pre-orders for the 12″ go live tomorrow (22nd April) here.
Elaenia is out now on LP, CD and digital download and can be purchased from the Floating Points store. It can also be purchased from iTunes.
Kuiper track list:
A/1. Kuiper
B/2. For Marmish Part II
Live dates
28 May Liverpool Sound City
29 May Brighton The Dome, Brighton Festival
2 Jun Barcelona Primavera Sound
3 Jun Dudingen Bad Bonn Kilbi
4 Jun Paris We Love Green
10 Jun Porto Primavera Sound
11 Jun London Field Day
16 Jun Ferrera Astro
18 Jun County Westmeath Body & Soul
25 Jun Shepton Mallet Glastonbury Festival
30 Jun Roskilde Roskilde Festival
1 Jul Amsterdam Pitch
10 Jul Sète Worldwide
13 Jul Milan Magnolia Summer
14 Jul Montreaux Montreaux Jazz Festival
15 Jul Belgium Dour
16 Jul Gräfenhainichen Melt! Festival
23 Jul Cheshire Blue Dot Festival
5 Aug Locorotondo Locus Festival
7 Aug Obonjan Croatia
11 Aug Oslo Øya Festival
12 Aug Gothenburg Way Out West
13 Aug Helsinki Flow Festival
19 Aug Brecon Beacons Green Man Festival
20 Aug Katowice Nowa Muzyka
Praise for Elaenia
“Wall-to-wall gorgeousness”
4/5 RA Album of the Year
“An extraordinarily beautiful debut”
4/5 MOJO Electronic Album of the Year
“Music to lose yourself in”
The Guardian
“Pay attention to [Elaenia] and you’ll be rewarded”
Album of the Month 8/10 Mixmag
“The perfect meld of Shepherd’s machine trickery and musical background”
Red Bull
“Floating Points is free from the pretension of the crate-digger cliché”
CRACK
“[Floating Points] is just one of those people who always plunges in at the deep end”
FACT
“Exquisite”
8.5/10 DJ
“A visible and disciplined seven-track movement made for deep mental involvement”
Dummy
“A dizzying, virtuoso and bold act”
9/10 Loud & Quiet
“A soaring debut”
8/10 The Observer
“An astonishingly cohesive record”
4/5 Q
“Mesmerising”
4/5 DIY
“A sweeping, majestic debut that pleases hearts and minds alike”
8/10 Clash
8/10 Uncut
8/10 FT
8/10 The Line of Best Fit
“A brilliant encapsulation of a huge talent”
4/5 musicOMH
“A sublime introduction”
8/10 The Skinny
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