February 27, 2019 For Immediate Release

Floang Points Announces Late Night Tales Compilaon, Out March 29th

Watch the Album Trailer HERE

(photo credit: Dan Medhurst)

Late Night Tales is thrilled to announce its latest installment to its long-running arst-curated mix series, this me helmed by Sam Shepherd (aka Floang Points). Floang Points’ personal collecon of global soul, ambient, jazz, and folk treasures form the contents of his mix, aimed to reflect the sllness of night. Previous contributors to the LNT series have included Agnes Obel, BadBadNotGood, Nils Frahm, Jon Hopkins, The Flaming Lips, Four Tet, MGMT, Röyksopp, Bonobo, and more.

Watch Late Night Tales: Floang Points Trailer - hps://youtu.be/7JJL_RheMxo

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Sam Shepherd aka Floang Points’ music taste is notoriously tricky to define, ranging from ethereal classical at one end to coruscang 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 producon career has ranged from early experiments in dance music with breakout records such as the “Shadows” EP and collaborang with legendary Gnawa master Mahmoud Guinia to his expansive album Elaenia, which met with crical 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, Bobby Wright’s plainve “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 meditave mix-opener offers respite from a weary world.

We have some tracks exclusive to Late Night Tales; alongside Davachi’s offerings there is also Toshimaru Nakamura’s “Nimb #59”, as well as the now tradional 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 interpretaon of “Opening Part 1”. Wheeler also contributes horns to Azimuth track “The Tunnel”, wrien and performed by Norma Winstone and John Taylor who, coincidentally, are the parents of Floang Points’ drummer Leo Taylor. Closing the album, Lauren Laverne reads the suitably nocturnal poem “Ah! Why, Because The Dazzling Sun” by Emily Brontë.

"I’ve learnt about a lot of incredible music from listening to the Late Night Tales compilaons over the years, so I jumped at the opportunity to compile one myself,” says Shepherd. “The music is a selecon of the kind of records I play to set the tone when DJing all night long."

Floang Points’ Late Night Tales Tracklist: 01. Sarah Davachi - “Untled, live in Portland” (Excerpt) (Exclusive track) 02. Carlos Walker - “Via Láctea” 03. The Raonals - “Glowin’" 40. William S. Fischer - “Chains” 05. Max Roach - “Equipoise” 06. Bobby Wright - “Blood Of An American” 07. Sweet & Innocent - “Express Your Love” 08. Robert Vanderbilt & The Foundaon of Souls - “A Message Especially From God” 09. The Defaulters - "Gentle Man” 10. Alain Bellaïche - “Sun Blues” 11. Alain Bellaïche - “Sea Fluorescent” 12. Kara-Lis Coverdale - “Moments In Love” (Excerpt) 13. Azimuth - “The Tunnel" 14. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - “Milk" (Excerpt) 15. Toshimaru Nakamura - “Nimb#59” (Exclusive track) 16. Floang Points - The Sweet Time Suite, Part I - “Opening” (Exclusive Kenny Wheeler cover version) 17. Lauren Laverne - “Ah! Why, Because The Dazzling Sun” (Exclusive Emily Brontë spoken word piece) Download hi-res images and jpegs - hp://pitchperfectpr.com/floang-points/

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(Floang Points’ Late Night Tales cover art)

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