Samual Shepherd a.k.a. Floating Points has emerged as one of the UK's most impressive new talents over the past year, combining elements taken from Detroit house, dubstep, hip-hop and electronica in his broad-minded, yet highly distinct productions. His track 'Vacuum Boogie', which was released on his own Eglo label in 2009, made many best-of lists that year, and more of his music has lately been coming forward via Planet Mu, R2, and remixes for artists like Sébastien Tellier, Four Tet or Basement Jaxx.
The Compilation 14 Tracks From Planet Mu
is featured in Update #047:
BPitch Control, Seefeel, Hercules & Love Affair
The new year's release schedule reaches a fever pitch with a barrage of huge albums and essential singles. BPitch Control's 'Werkschau' compilation surely stands tall among the rest, presenting unreleased material by the label's entire line-up of illustrious more...
The Compilation 14 Tracks From Planet Mu
was reviewed:
Hugely influential UK label Planet Mu showcases the talents of its amazing artist roster, from Floating Points and Falty DL to Slugabed, Starkey, Ikonika, and Rudi Zygadlo. As much a retrospective as a glimpse of things to come, exclusives on this volume include tracks by Oriol, Solar Bears, and Boxcutter. Essential!


