Floating Points on Plastic People, Record Collecting and Eglo | Red Bull Music Academy

DJ, producer and sound scientist Sam Shepherd AKA Floating Points talked about his path to music, DJing, setting up the Eglo label and finding ways to keep challenging himself in his RBMA Tokyo 2014 Lecture. TOPICS: 04:00 – Piano/Debussy 12:11 – Plastic People 32:52 – Record collecting 42:28 – New mixer 48:19 – Fatima & Eglo 1:05:52 – Gnawa MUSIC: 7:53 – Floating Points – "Vacuum Boogie"    • Video   17:21 – Azymuth – “Manha”    • Azymuth - Morning (Manha)   29:05 – Air – "Mr. Man"    • Air - Mr.Man (1971)   39:06 – Aged in Harmony – "You're a Melody"    • Aged In Harmony - You're A Melody   52:22 – Fatima with Floating Points – "Mind"    • Fatima w/ Floating Points — Mind (2011)   1:01:05 – The Invisible – “Wings (Floating Points remix)”    • The Invisible - Wings (Floating Points remix)   1:01:07 – Maâlem Mahmoud Guinia & Floating Points – “Mimoun Marhaba”    • Maalem Mahmoud Guinia & Floating Points - ...   Floating Points is many things. Musically, he’s a DJ, producer and co-founder of UK label Eglo Records, blending house, soul, hip-hop and jazz in myriad ways. He’s also Dr. Sam Shepherd: a neuroscientist who was writing music while studying for his PhD. It may seem like he lives two lives, but his work shows how a studious mind and a talent for experimental composition can intertwine. As well as solo productions for Eglo, he has collaborated with a 16-piece orchestra as the Floating Points Ensemble, and designed a DJ mixer with Isonoe. The Red Bull Music Academy is a global music institution committed to fostering creativity in music. We celebrate music, its culture, and the transformative minds behind it. Begun in 1998, the Academy has taken the core principles that underlie its annual workshop for selected participants and applied this curatorial approach to events, lectures, and city-wide festivals throughout the year. ► Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/10OyDHc ► Visit Red Bull TV: http://win.gs/1uy4YFF ► Visit our official website: http://win.gs/avjLrK ► Our latest videos on YouTube: http://bit.ly/12nkX7h ► Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/12N5Ch0 ► Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2BdQWiH ► Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/Lx4wQy