Floating Opera | en

There are 3 bands by this name: Operator is a hard rock group with their debut album being released August 21, 2007. Their first single is "Soulcrusher" and they are currently on tour promoting their forthcoming debut album. The second single off the album Soulcrusher is called "Nothing to Lose". The band bears a resemblance to Audioslave. Their lead singer, Johnny Strong, is also a MMA fighter, and appeared in the movie Black Hawk Down. In the movie, he played a Special Forces Delta Operator, which is in part how they got their band name. The band is also made...

Citing names as varied as Theo Parrish, Dorothy Ashby and Stravinsky as major influences on his work, it is not hard to see that Floating Points (Samuel T. Shepherd) has musical knowledge way beyond his (25) years, and having been an accomplished pianist since the age of 16 - he is a true musician. The variety in influences is mirrored in the diversity of his productions - one week it’s broken, the next a string quartet and sometimes just straight up gritty beats. Whatever the genre, the Floating Points ’sound’ shines brightly from within, projecting an individual range and texture...