Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders on Album Whale

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Albums Heard (2026)

sam

06/08/26 (1st Listen)
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Hugologous

best jazz x electronic album ever
2021

James

Promises unfolds through repetition and gradual transformation, allowing tiny shifts in texture and harmony to become emotionally enormous. Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra create a calm, cyclical framework around Pharoah Sanders’ extraordinary late-career saxophone performance. Sanders plays with immense fragility and warmth, sounding reflective without losing spiritual force. The album moves slowly but never statically; each repetition subtly alters the emotional atmosphere. It feels meditative without becoming background music. Few collaborative records achieve this level of patience and emotional coherence.
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Joseph Tilden

Wait this is a cool concept album. Kendrick repetition type thing. Orchestral/electronic type thing.
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stumpnugget

I also loved the Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders album Promises. It’s a very weird mix of a symphony orchestra, a free jazz saxophone, and some ambient elements. I think it’s brilliant.
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