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    Floating Points

    Mere Mortals

    2LP
    €38,99

    Release date: August 28, 2026

    Composer-producer-musician-DJ Floating Points, aka Sam Shepherd, presents Mere Mortals, his first full-length ballet score. Commissioned and directed by the San Francisco Ballet’s Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, with choreography by Aszure Barton and design and visuals by Hamill Industries, the ballet reimagines the story of Pandora in a fusion of myth, music and movement. Recorded with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon, the 14-track album is a potent mix of elegiac strings, apocalyptic brass and pulsing electronics. From the lyrical solo violin of Hope to the dissonance and pummelling percussion of Rage of the Gods, and the exquisite harp melody of Her Gift before the eeriness of Opening of the Jar, the score is rich in texture and effect. Orchestral music emerges from an electronic haze, mirroring the ballet’s central question: where does the human end and the machine begin?

    Tracklisting:

    Side A

    01 Movement 1 - Fire
    02 Movement 2 - Hope
    03 Movement 3 - Rage of the Gods
    04 Movement 4 - Zeus’ Command
    05 Movement 5 - Pandora’s Creation

     

    Side B

    06 Movement 6 - Pandora’s Theme
    07 Movement 7 - Gift from the Gods
    08 Movement 8 - Falling to Earth
    09 Movement 9 - Prometheus’ Warning

     

    Side C

    10 Movement 10 - Her Gift
    11 Movement 11 - Opening of the Jar
    12 Movement 12 - A Plea
    13 Movement 13 - Hope Taking Flight
    14 Movement 14 - Nowhere to Land

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    Release Date 2026