Floating Points shares first new music in a year
‘Vocoder’ comes almost 12 months after the critically acclaimed album ‘Promises’
Floating Points has just released his first new music in almost a year.
The brand new single titled ‘Vocoder’ dropped yesterday, March 9, via Ninja Tune marking his first release since 2021’s critically acclaimed record ‘Promises’ in collaboration with Pharaoh Sanders and The London Symphony Orchestra.
“Finishing this up in the studio… New track ‘Vocoder’ out this Wednesday on all digi platforms,” Floating Points announced on Instagram on Monday with a snippet of the new track.
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Dropping the 7-minute long track today, the DJ and producer hones back in on club-focused sounds with choppy, glitchy, drums, synths and vocal samples.
Almost 12 months to the date earlier, Floating Points released ‘Promises’ with American saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders and orchestral group London Symphony Orchestra, instantly receiving critical acclaim.
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The hotly-tipped record, a fusion of jazz, classical and electronic, reached number one in multiple best album of 2021 lists.
Check out the new track, ‘Vocoder’, here, and find a full list of tour dates below:
Floating Points tour dates:
11 Mar - Victoria, AU @ Pitch Festival 14 Mar - Adelaide, AU @ Womadelaide Festival 19 Mar - Melbourne, AU @ Duke Street Block Party 25 Mar - Turrbal & Yaggera / Brisbane @ The Tivoli 26 Mar - Byron Bay, AU @ Beach Hotel Open Air 3 Apr - Sydney, AU @ Slip Inn 9 Apr - Lisbon, ES @ Sonar 14 Apr - Las Vegas, US @ Downtown Las Vegas Events Centre (W/ Flume) 16 Apr - Indio, US @ Coachella 23 Apr - Indio, US @ Coachella 13 May - Berlin, DE @ Funkhaus 28 May - London @ Wide Awake Festival 04 Jun - Marseille, FR @ Le Bon Air 05 Jun - Dublin, IE @ Forbidden Fruit 11 Jun - Margate @ SANDS 03 Jul - Porto, PR @ Electrico Festival 07 Jul - Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Festival 08 Jul - Trencin, SL @ Pohoda Festival 17 Jul - Dour, BE @ Dour Festival 14 Aug - Budapest, HU @ Sziget 19 Aug - Dronten, NL @ Lowlands 20 Aug - London @ Field Day 27 Aug - Pasadena, US @ This Ain’t No Picnic 03 Sep - Bristol @ FORWARDS Festival
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