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Promises

Album · 2021 · Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra · Luaka Bop; composed, arranged and produced by Sam Shepherd (Floating Points)

One tiny melody, repeated for 46 minutes, until it opens into something enormous. Stay with it. ✨ #Promises

Who it's for

The whole record is a single composition in nine movements, anchored by one short keyboard motif that repeats almost throughout while Sanders' tenor saxophone and the strings drift around it.

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What it is

Promises is a 2021 collaborative album by electronic musician Floating Points (Sam Shepherd), jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra, released on Luaka Bop. It is a single composition by Shepherd, about 46 minutes long and divided into nine movements.

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Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and other major streaming services; CD/vinyl from the label and usual retailers.

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