Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 46:37 minutes | 406 MB
Modern Classical, Jazz, Electronic | Label: Luaka Bop, Official Digital Download
With Sam Shepherd’s Floating Points project moving further away from the dancefloor and former status as king of Plastic People with every release, it seemed like only a matter of time before he made a record with an orchestra and a free-jazz luminary. From that point of view, then, the music on Promises – a single, 45-minute semi-minimalist quasi-concerto for saxophone backed by various keyboard instruments and a string orchestra recorded in what appears to be a single, live, and rather spine-tingling take – is not a huge surprise.