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Floating Points Announces New Album 'Mere Mortals' Based on San Francisco Ballet Score

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Tom Breihan

2h ago· 2 min readenNews

Summary

Floating Points (Sam Shepherd) has announced a new album titled "Mere Mortals," which serves as the score for a San Francisco ballet production inspired by the myth of Pandora's box. The album follows his acclaimed 2021 collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra and Pharoah Sanders on "Promises." Floating Points performed synth alongside the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra during the ballet's debut in January 2024.

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Floating Points is getting into the ballet business.
Floating Points did the score for Mere Mortals, a show from the San Francisco ballet inspired by the myth of Pandora's box
He played synth alongside the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra when it had its debut performance in January 2024.
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Sam Shepherd studied classical piano before he started making brainy dance music as Floating Points. He still occasionally dips his toe back into the classical world, as when he collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra and the late jazz legend Phar

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