Floating Points Ensemble released the double-A side, ten inch single at the end of last year, which features two tracks by the full ensemble, arranged and written by Manchester born Sam Shepherd. The Floating Points Ensemble is a 16 piece group that have recently won ‘Best Maida Vale Session’ at Gilles Peterson’s ‘Worldwide Awards’ which suggests their great capability.
‘Post Suite’ begins with an array of sensual strings when the percussion is added; the musicianship portrays a vast sense of imagery of running through a patchwork of fields. As the track makes an unexpected change in its acoustics a third of the way through, Floating Points Ensemble portrays a more jazz oriented feel, as Fatima Bramme Sey empowers the touching rhythm with her Motown style vocals. Freddie Gavita on the trumpet heightens the track’s atmosphere prior to constructing a more dramatic persona with the songs epically written saxophone parts, played by James Gardiner Bateman. The crescendo of the whole ensemble creates a dramatic climax to the canvas Shepherd has painted, which ends the fairy-tale tune strikingly.
‘Almost in Profile’ a slightly shorter piece, begins with a threatening arrangement of strings, taking a piercing turn by placing the track in a lighter corner infused with relaxed, soaring sensations as the ensemble touches your subconscious. Accentuating Shepherd’s talent for arranging the amazing skills of the musicians involved in the Floating Points Ensemble, the overall feel is of being lost in its unexpected phenomena, depicting a floaty feeling as you move through their compositions.
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