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Promises (Movement 1)

The opening movement, which introduces the central motif.
Floating Points, from Promises (2021)

Shepherd wrote it, and at 6:24 it opens side A, Movements 1 to 5, 18:40 on vinyl. The central motif on synthesizer, piano and harpsichord is introduced here; NPR's Nate Chinen notes a recurring seven-note arpeggio. Which elements of this movement were recorded in Los Angeles and which in London is not documented in the sources we found, and we found no statement from the artists on this movement alone. Sanders told Chinen, as quoted, to just let the music come and spend as much time as you can listening. There is no single; the work is meant for one sitting. Setlist.fm shows no Promises entry on its first page, and WhoSampled returned nothing.

On stage

  • 2023-09-20, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles The staged performance with Shabaka Hutchings, Four Tet, Caribou and the Sun Ra Arkestra.

Sources

  1. Promises, Wikipedia
  2. Converging across generations to clear a space for new sounds, NPR / WBGO (2021-03-24)
  3. Promises at the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood Bowl
  4. Floating Points, Tape Op