Sam Shepherd, el hombre detrás de Floating Points, es sin duda el músico y DJ británico reúne todas las condiciones necesarias: conocimiento enciclopédico de la historia de la música (funk, house, jazz, soul, garage, techno); experiencia en cabinas y espacios de todo tipo, desde clubs de aforos reducidos a festivales de gran formato; un talento innato para saber qué tiene que sonar en cada momento; y una técnica exquisita y casi invisible, siempre primando el feeling y la rítmica de las canciones por encima de exhibicionismos y florituras con la mesa de mezclas. Su carrera como productor y músico ha evolucionado al mismo tiempo que la de DJ, con numerosos maxis, releases y remezclas publicados en su propio sello (Eglo Records) y también, más puntualmente, en plataformas como Planet Mu, Luaka Bop o Pluto. Destacan sus experimentos con pianos e instrumentos acústicos, como el de Floating Points Ensemble, y las escapadas al free jazz o al desierto de Mojave como leit motiv de sus dos álbumes «Elaenia» (2015) y «Reflections» (2017).
ENG: No stranger to the long form DJ set, Sam Shepard is one of the few DJ’s capable of weaving tracks from across genres and eras into exhilarating dancefloor narratives. A walking encyclopaedia of dance music history, his sets reflect his extraordinary breadth of knowledge, where funk, house, jazz, soul, world beat and techno co-exist. Shepard is also an expert at reading the crowd, whether in small capacity venues such as the much missed Plastic People, or at festivals. In parallel to his career as a DJ, Shepard is also a critically acclaimed producer, with a number of 12″ releases and remixes to his name released through his own label (Eglo Records), as well as on prestigious platforms such as Planet Mu, Luaka Bop or Pluto. His eclectic tastes as a DJ are matched in his own releases, with the acoustic experimentation of the Floating Points Ensemble, or his leaning into free jazz and cinematic structures on albums Elaenia (2015) and Reflections (2017)
