Overview
- Deutsche Grammophon will release Mere Mortals, Floating Points’ full-length ballet score, on August 28, 2026, according to the artist and label.
- The album preserves the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s performance of a work that premiered as a full production in January 2024.
- Shepherd has already shared preview tracks from the score, including the 13-minute “Falling To Earth” and the harp and Therevox duet “Her Gift,” which features harpist Miriam Adefris.
- Shepherd will perform the European premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival on August 28–30 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the production will move to Sadler’s Wells in London in September.
- The project pairs Shepherd’s electronic palette with choreography by Aszure Barton and visuals by Hamill Industries and builds on his classical training and past collaborations with artists such as Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra.