原名：Samuel Shepherd 国籍：英国 职业：英国电子音乐家、神经科学家 代表作：“Elaenia” 歌手名：Floating Points 简介：Sam Shepherd是一位英国电子音乐家和神经科学家，以Floating Points的名义录制和演奏音乐。 Shepherd也是Eglo Records品牌的联合创始人。 在几张EP，单曲和现场表演之后，Shepherd于2015年11月发行了Floating Points的首张专辑“Elaenia”，获得了广泛的赞誉。 从艺历程：Raised in Manchester, England, Shepherd studied piano at Chetham's School of Music before receiving a Ph.D. in neuroscience and epigenetics at University College London. His Ph.D. research focused on pain responses and the aberrant expression of RNAs in neurons, and included academic publications in neuroscience. He also worked as a DJ at Plastic People, a London club, in the late 2000s. In late 2008, Shepherd and Alexander Nut launched the Eglo record label. Eglo Records had released music by Floating Points, Fatima, Funkineven, Steve Spacek, Dego & Kaidi, Shafiq Husayn, K15, Mizz Beats, Natalie Slade, Destiny71z, Shy One, Henry Wu, Chunky and others. In 2010, Shepherd performed with a 16-piece live incarnation of Floating Points, entitled the Floating Points Ensemble. The group won an award for "Best BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale Session". In 2015, Shepherd founded Pluto records. He released projects such as Eleania, Kuiper, Crush, and Reflections: Mojave Desert from the label. Shepherd's musical influences include Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, and Bill Evans. He began releasing work under the Floating Points moniker in 2008， and in 2017 toured with The xx. He has also remixed musicians such as Thundercat, Caribou, Basement Jaxx, Skepta & Headie One.