Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Promises (Black Vinyl)

Pharoah: Huh...?
Sam: Were you asleep? I’m sorry...
Pharoah: No no... I was listening... and dreaming... and listening to music in my head...
Sam: Oh wow... sorry.
Pharoah: Many times, people think I might be asleep... but in fact, I am just listening to music in my head. I’m

always listening... to the sounds around me... and playing, in my mind... and sometimes I dream.
Sam: What were you dreaming about?
Pharoah: I’m on a ship. In the ocean. Bears coming around smoking cigars. The bears are singing, ‘We have the

music. We have what you’re looking for.’
Pharoah: How you like that take, Sam?
Sam: It’s cool. I think the bit in the middle, where it stops again...I think you can hear...We were both kind of

confused. I like it as well because it sounds like two musicians that are trying to guide each other.
Pharoah: I think that’s it right there. It came out different. It came out good though.
Sam: You happy?
Pharoah: Yeah, I’m cool with it.
Sam: Okay. Yeah, I think your playing is beautiful.
#promises

-> “Electronic Music’s King...” NYTIMES
-> “There’s an attention to detail at work that’s practically unrivaled in electronic music.” PITCHFORK (BEST NEW ALBUM, CRUSH)
-> “The best tenor player in the world.” ORNETTE COLEMAN
-> “Few musicians have said more than the saxophonist Pharoah Sanders.” THE NEW YORKER
-> “The album is extraordinarily beautiful, mesmerizing and spatially haunting. Listening to it is a profound experience." JULIE MEHRETU
-> “Best thing I’ve ever done.” SAM SHEPHERD (FLOATING POINTS)