Album Review: Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
“What must have appealed to Sanders are the indefinable similarities that link these two cross-generational musicians. He must have recognised in Shepherd someone who shares his own boundless appreciation of music, his visual understanding of sound, and, perhaps most importantly, his patience when it comes to creation. Even when Shepherd is behind the decks as an in-demand peak hour DJ, playing 120BPM+ music, he clearly has an ear and eye that sees beyond the fast-paced beats and what he’s going to play next; he’s envisioning the ebb and flow of his set as a whole, sculpting an experience, and reacting to the audience as necessary – something that a seasoned improviser like Sanders understands implicitly.”
I had a great time writing about this absolute stunner of a record from Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the LSO. Head over to Beats Per Minute to read.
