LATE NIGHT TALES PRES. FLOATING POINTS (2LP + DL)

Pressed on double 180 gram virgin vinyl. Includes 30cm art print. Including download codes for the Floating Points mix and full unmixed tracks as MP3 / FLAC / WAV. Vinyl Splits A1. Sarah Davachi  Untitled, live in Portland (Exclusive track) A2. Carlos Walker - Via Láctea A3. The Rationals  Glowin™ A4. William S. Fischer  Circle B1. Max Roach - Equipoise B2. Bobby Wright - Blood Of An American B3. Sweet & Innocent - Express Your Love B4. Robert Vanderbilt & The Foundation of Souls - A Message Especially From God C1. The Defaulters - Gentle Man C2. Alain Bellaïche  Sun Blues C3. Alain Bellaïche - Sea Fluorescent C4. Kara-Lis Coverdale  Moments In Love D1. Azimuth  The Tunnel D2. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith  Milk D3. Toshimaru Nakamura  Nimb#59 (Exclusive track) D4. Floating Points  Sweet Time Suite Opening (Exclusive Kenny Wheeler cover version) D5. Lauren Laverne - Ah! Why, Because The Dazzling Sun (Exclusive spoken word piece) Overview Floating Points™ personal collection of global soul, ambient, jazz and folk treasures form the latest in the warmly revered Late Night Tales series. Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points™ music taste is notoriously tricky to define, ranging from ethereal classical at one end to coruscating techno at the other, united only in a firm belief in the transcendental power of music to move hearts, minds and  yes  feet. Similarly, his production career has ranged from early experiments in dance music with breakout records such as the ˜Shadows EP™ and collaborating with legendary Gnawa master Mahmoud Guinia to his expansive album ˜Elaenia™, which met with critical acclaim upon its release in 2015. This Late Night Tales excursion into the depths of the evening reflects his broad tastes. The globally-travelled producer has collected untold treasures on his travels from dusty stores in Brazil to market stalls near his hometown. There™s the gorgeous ˜Via Làctea™, culled from Carlos Walker™s debut album, Abu Talib™s (Bobby Wright) plaintive ˜Blood Of An American™ and Robert Vanderbilt™s gospel reworking of Manchild™s ˜Especially For You™. Raw soul and feeling oozing from each song™s pores. At the other end of the music scale are the modernists, such as Québécoise Kara-Lis Coverdale who weighs in with the indelible ˜Moments In Love™, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith whose ˜Milk™ is an exercise in tranquility, while Sarah Davachi™s meditative mix-opener offers respite from a weary world. We have some exclusive tracks for Late Night Tales alongside Davachi™s offerings there is also Toshimaru Nakamura™s ˜Nimb #59™, as well as the now traditional cover version. Shepherd delved into his childhood memory for this one, a track taken from the first album his parents bought him, Kenny Wheeler™s ˜Music For Large & Small Ensembles™: Sam offers up his interpretation of ˜Opening Part 1™. Wheeler also contributes horns to Azimuth track The Tunnel, written and performed by Norma Winstone and John Taylor who, coincidentally, are the parents of Floating Points™ drummer Leo Taylor. Closing the album, Lauren Laverne reads the suitably nocturnal poem ˜Ah! Why, Because The Dazzling Sun™ by Emily Brontë. šI tried to find music that reflects the stillness of night. And because my musical interests lie all over the place, it™s quite difficult to distil that notion down to just a few songs. I was quite keen to have some electronic music in there but I also really wanted to have some soul music mixed in, so I had to try and find a pathway between all of this different music.› - Sam Shepherd (Floating Points) March 2019