Float Up LSO!
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises [PLP-7135 JPN 2021 24-Bit FLAC] Promises seems to feature on nearly all 'best-of' album lists for 2021, so what is it all about? Some of the genrefication police will struggle with a tag for this album, I have settled for ambient , but it could also be jazz or classical ......choose whatever you prefer. This is a recording full of air and space - I chose the black vinyl Japanese version on the P-Vine label, rather than all the different coloured Luaka Bop vinyl versions or the compact disc. The vinyl has a low noise floor which allows the music to shine through, even at lower volumes. Sam Shepherd's simple pattern of keyboard notes builds on familiarity as the nine segments build - they must have heavily mic'ed the studio as you can hear his hands move across the keyboard and his feet move across the piano pedals. Pharoah Sanders' saxophone drifts and floats at the front of the sound...