Reflections - Mojave Desert

General | Sep 2017

Reviews

Nick Bien
Reviewed 2017-09-29
Instrumental prog electronica. Composed & recorded during a week off admidst touring. Released along with a film of the music performed live in the desert by the five-piece Floating Points band. Less dance-inspired than previous Floating Points releases.

FCC Clean
Recommended: 2, 4

1. Mojave Desert (2:23) - ambient, minimal, build up
2. Silurian Blue *** (7:01) - Pink Floyd, soft keys filled in with bass & drums ~2:00, complex fills, cool time signatures
3. Kites * (3:16) - sweeping arpeggios with varying speeds, filters & effects
4. Kelso Dunes ** (12:48) - begins with same arpeggios as Kites, speeds up, band adds driving beat ~3:00, building intensity until ~7:15, another build up then dies out
5. Lucerne Valley (3:39) - loose structure, washes of synth with touch of bass

Recent airplay

Silurian Blue
Kelso Dunes
Music CasseroleDec 30, 2017
Silurian Blue
Waste FMDec 19, 2017
Silurian Blue
Music CasseroleDec 16, 2017
Silurian Blue
All Passion No TechniqueNov 30, 2017
Lucerne Valley
Pumping IronNov 23, 2017

Charting

2017-10-22 — 2017-12-24 Electronic
Week EndingAirplays
Dec 24 1
Dec 17 1
Dec 3 1
Nov 26 1
Nov 12 1
Oct 29 3

Track listing

1. Mojave Desert
2. Silurian Blue
3. Kites
4. Kelso Dunes
5. Lucerne Valley