Samuel Shepherd (born 1986), known professionally as Floating Points, is a British electronic music producer, DJ, and musician.

[2] Raised in Manchester, England, Shepherd studied piano at Chetham's School of Music[3] before receiving a Ph.D. in neuroscience and epigenetics at University College London.

[4] His Ph.D. research focused on pain responses and the aberrant expression of RNAs in neurons, and included academic publications in neuroscience.

[9] 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.

[15] Hamill Industries and Floating Points created the exhibition ‘Future Shocks’ at 180, The Strand in London in collaboration with FACT.

The album recording was accompanied by a short film produced by long-time collaborator Anna Diaz Ortuño of Hamill Industries.

During lockdown, Shepherd collaborated with KDV Dance Ensemble and Boiler Room to host an interactive live stream on Zoom.

[17] On 26 March 2021, Shepherd released a collaborative album with Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra, entitled Promises.

[21][22][23] After Sanders' death in 2022, Shepherd put together a one-time live performance of the album at the Hollywood Bowl, conducted by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson with an ensemble cast including Sam Shepherd, Kieran Hebden, Dan Snaith, Shabaka Hutchings, Kara Lis Coverdale, Hinako Omori.

The Independent reviewed the performance, calling it "A near perfect body of music paired with a beautiful tribute" and gave it 4/5 stars.