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Cascade pushes Floating Points’ sound forward into new places. The eight songs here are allowed to smoulder and spark for up to eight minutes at a time, allowing for more expansive exploration of sounds and grooves than before.

A subtle homage to his hometown of Manchester ripples across Cascade. “Afflecks Palace” an enveloping glide of harp melodies overtaken by otherworldly bleeps and beeps, named after a Mancunian market described as an “emporium of eclecticism.” Elsewhere, there’s ‘Key 103’, named after “an underground Manchester radio station a young Sam Shepherd would listen to “religiously”.

Almost a decade on since Elaenia, his revered debut album, the composer has discovered ways to thread his experiments outside of club music seamlessly into his music designed for the dancefloor.

Recommended if you like… Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Jon Hopkins, Caribou, DJ Koze.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: I know, Floating Points is a hugely talented composer in every one of his guises, pensive ambient music, tentative slo-jazz and wispy drifting electronica, but without a doubt the best Floating Points for me is 'Modular synth led percussive glitchy dancefloor orientated' floating points. It reminds me pretty heavily of Simian Mobile Disco's 'Whorl', and as one of the albums that got me into modular synths, that's big.

TICKET COMPETITION!!!!!

We have a pair of tickets to give away for Floating Points Manchester show at O2 Victoria Warehouse on February 1st 2025.

Order* any format of the new album ‘Cascade’ from the shop before Midnight Thursday 19th Sept for a chance to win. Winners will be informed by email w/c 23 September.

* No purchase necessary

TRACK LISTING

1. Vocoder [Club Mix]
2. Key103
3. Birth4000
4. Del Oro
5. Fast Forward
6. Ocotillo
7. Afflecks Palace
8. Tilt Shift
9. Ablaze