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Floating Points

Floating Points is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Zara McFarlane, Bonobo, Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen and Bill Evans. Those roots explain a lot about how Floating Points arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Leon Vynehall, Joy Orbison, Daniel Avery, Against All Logic and Bicep, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Thundercat, Caribou, Luaka Bop, Kamasi Washington and Hikaru Utada, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Floating Points, reaching back through Zara McFarlane and forward to Thundercat. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Samuel Thomas Shepherd, known professionally as Floating Points, is a British electronic music producer, DJ, and musician. He is the founder of Pluto Records, co-founder of Eglo Records and leader of a 16-piece group called Floating Points Ensemble.

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Floating PointsZara McFarlaneBonoboClaude DebussyOlivier MessiaenBill EvansThundercatCaribouLuaka BopKamasi WashingtonHikaru UtadaPharoah SandersBasement JaxxFatimaLeon VynehallJoy OrbisonDaniel AveryAgainst All LogicBicepDaphniFlying LotusMount Kimbie

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Floating Points connections

Floating Points grew out of Zara McFarlane, Bonobo, Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen, shares an orbit with Leon Vynehall, Joy Orbison, Daniel Avery and Against All Logic, went on to shape Thundercat, Caribou, Luaka Bop and Kamasi Washington. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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