Floating Points live in concert.
ON TOUR

Floating Points

30
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

77
%
Based on 
30
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 30 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Floating Points is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Floating Points concert reviews describe live shows and performances as uplifting, funky, innovative, seamless, and melodic.

ON TOUR

Parque Simón Bolivar, Bogotá, Colombia (March 21); Parque Bicentenario, Mexico City, Mexico (March 23); Under the K Bridge Park, Brooklyn, United States (May 5)

Latest release

Someone Close (November 9, 2022)

artist info

GENRE
electronic
ORIGIN
BIO
Floating Points is British electronic musician and neuroscientist Sam Shepherd from Manchester. Citing influences as varied as Theo Parrish, Dorothy Ashby and Stravinsky, Shepherd has been an accomplished pianist since the age of 16.
HAS PERFORMED with

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

The Independent (UK)

September 23, 2023
80
%
A near perfect body of music paired with a beautiful tribute as Floating Points, Shabaka Hutchings, Four Tet and more bring the album ‘Promises’ to life to honour the late Pharoah Sanders

Gaffa (Denmark)

August 14, 2022
67
%
O / Day Fest, Refshaleøen, Denmark

Undertoner (Denmark)

August 14, 2022
50
%
Floating Points Live In Concert In Copenhagen, Denmark

The Skinny (UK)

August 18, 2021
60
%
Even on such unfamiliar terrain, Floating Points can still offer escapism and adventure, but next time let's get him somewhere with four walls and standing room only

Soundvenue (Denmark)

March 1, 2020
67
%
Copenhagen, Denmark

Resident Advisor

November 16, 2019
%
Sam Shepherd bangs it out with his Buchla. Floating Points live at Funkhaus Berlin The challenge, surely, was to get everyone dancing.

Evening Standard (UK)

October 18, 2019
80
%
Floating Points, Crush With your mind empty, it comes alive

Past critic reviews published in

Reflections of Darkness (Germany), Bido Lito (UK), GetIntoThis (UK), Austin 360 (USA), Festivalrykten (Sweden) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Basic Sounds [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons