Tag Archives: Floating Points

Mixtape #185

02 July 2026


A strikingly talented and inventive drummer, producer and composer, Naná Rizinni is one of the most adventurous voices to emerge from São Paulo's vibrant alternative scene. Since relocating to London in 2020, she has continued to push her music into exciting new territory, weaving together Brazilian rhythmic traditions with improvisation, electronics and an expansive, jazz-forward sensibility that's entirely her own. A sought-after collaborator for years, Rizinni has toured and recorded with a remarkable array of artists while steadily carving out a singular artistic identity through her solo work. Her magnificent latest album, Epiblast, is nothing short of breathtaking, a stunning album that balances emotional depth with fearless sonic exploration, transforming experiences of migration, motherhood, love and loss into something immersive, life-affirming and emotionally resonant. One of our absolute favourite records of the year, it's been on constant rotation ever since it landed. So we're beyond thrilled to have Naná behind this month's mixtape, with a stunning selection of tracks that opens a window into the rich and adventurous musical world that inspires her own work. Press play and enjoy.

  1. Egberto Gismonti – Janela de Ouro [Polydor]
  2. Azymuth – Partido Alto [Bellaphon / Milestone]
  3. Juçara Marçal – Vi de Relance a Coroa [Mais Um Discos / QTV Label]
  4. Kiko Dinucci – Olodé [Três Selos / Mais Um Discos]
  5. 44th Move – Anthem [Black Acre]
  6. Yoni Mayraz – Pawnshop [Astigmatic Records]
  7. Jaga Jazzist – Animal Chin [WEA / Press Play Recordings]
  8. Richard Spaven – Spin feat. Jordan Rakei [Fine Line Records]
  9. Maria Chiara Argiró – Forest City [Innovative Leisure]
  10. Source Direct – Secret Liaison [Good Looking Records]
  11. Burial – The Spaceape [Hyperdub]
  12. James Blake – Loading [Republic Records / Polydor]
  13. Floating Points – Falaise [Ninja Tune]
  14. Kenny Wheeler – The Sweet Time Suite: Part 1: Opening [ECM]
  15. Joyce Moreno – Jardim dos Deuses [Far Out Recordings]
  16. Lello Bezerra – Bairro Kennedy [Bastet / YB Music]

Mixtape #154

01 December 2023


We love Don Kapot, the explosive and exhilarating Brussels-based trio of Giotis Damianidis (bass), Viktor Perdieus (baritone saxophone) and Jakob Warmenbol (drums), all three key players in the vibrant Belgian jazz scene. They have crushed it again this year, spiraling skywards with their fourth album, I Love Tempo, an intoxicating opus blending elements of free jazz, afrobeat, and krautrock, fizzing with both groove and virtuosity and driven by an unabashed punk spirit. What a better way to go out this year than with this rad mix Don Kapot put together for us. Press play and get into their headspace!

  1. Don Cherry – Brown Rice [EMI]
  2. Micachu & The Shapes – Golden Phone [Rough Trade]
  3. Jaimie Branch – Take Over The World [International Anthem]
  4. Duke Ellington – The Mooche [OKeh Records]
  5. Deerhoof – The Japanese Monster Mash [Joyful Noise Recordings]
  6. Satanique Samba Trio – Badtriptronics #8 [Rebel Up Records]
  7. Chico Buarque – Construção [Philips]
  8. Steve Reich – Piano Phase (excerpt) [WERGO]
  9. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Movement 1 [Luaka Bop]
  10. Frank Zappa – Peaches En Regalia [Rykodisc]
  11. Satanique Samba Trio – Badtriptronics #45 [Rebel Up Records]
  12. Ennio Morricone – La classe operaia va in paradiso [RCA]
  13. Naked City – Batman [Nonesuch / Elektra]
  14. Fela Kuti – Shakara [EMI]

Mixtape #123

01 February 2021

We love Nightports’ sublime music. The inventive duo of British musicians and producers Adam Martin and Mark Slater approach their different projects with sets of pre-defined rules. Their recent EP, Wat Chedi Luang, was created using recordings from a unique day and place. Similarly, for their two previous albums, they only used sounds produced by a featured musician, discovering varied ways to explore and rework the artist’s music. Following their 2018 collaboration with Matthew Bourne, last year’s dazzling sonic collaboration, Nightports w/ Betamax, made it to our favourite Albums of 2020 and we simply can’t put it down. So we’re delighted they stitched together this phenomenal mix for us. Dig in!

  1. Anna Meredith – Calion [Moshi Moshi] 0:00
  2. Eli Keszler – Measurement Doesn’t Change the System At All [Shelter Press] 4:30
  3. Floating Points – Anasickmodular [Ninja Tune] 8:03
  4. Beatrice Dillon – Workaround One [Pan (3)] 11:10
  5. Laurence Pike – Rapture [The Leaf Label] 14:29
  6. TOMAGA – Squeek and Chatter [Negative Days] 18:06
  7. Leafcutter John – Pillar [Border Community] 22:35
  8. Sebastian Rochford & Pamelia Kurstin – Ouch [i] [Slowfoot] 27:28
  9. MRR-ADM – 2wo 31:35
  10. Autechre – esc desc [Warp] 33:46
  11. A Winged Victory for the Sullen – The Rhythm Of A Dividing Pair [Ninja Tune] 38:27
  12. No. 3 – No. 3 42:34
  13. Ametsub – Snowy Lava [Progressive Form / Third Ear] 50:30
  14. Domenique Dumont – People on Sunday [The Leaf Label] 54:42

Floating Points returns with new album Crush

29 August 2019

Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points is back with a new record, his first in four years. Entitled Crush, the effort arrives October 18th though Ninja Tune, and according to a press release, nods to the UK bass scene he emerged from in the late 2000s. Crush is described as “a tempestuous blast of electronic experimentalism whose title alludes to the pressure-cooker of the current environment we find ourselves in”.

Shepherd has shared new track ‘Last Bloom’, paired with an accompanying video by Hamill Industries, who are behind the reactive laser technologies used in his previous tours. Take a look.