Various Artists: Floating Points - ‘Late Night Tales’ double black vinyl LP.

Floating Points’ personal collection of global soul, ambient, jazz and folk treasures form this great compilation in the warmly revered Late Night Tales series.

Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points’ music taste is notoriously tricky to define, ranging from ethereal classical at one end to coruscating techno at the other, united only in a firm belief in the transcendental power of music to move hearts, minds and – yes – feet.

This Late Night Tales excursion into the depths of the evening reflects his broad tastes. The globally-travelled producer has collected untold treasures on his travels from dusty stores in Brazil to market stalls near his hometown. There’s the gorgeous ‘Via Làctea’, culled from Carlos Walker’s debut album, Abu Talib’s (Bobby Wright) plaintive ‘Blood Of An American’ and Robert Vanderbilt’s gospel reworking of Manchild’s ‘Especially For You’. Raw soul and feeling oozing from each song’s pores.

At the other end of the music scale are the modernists, such as Québécoise Kara-Lis Coverdale who weighs in with the indelible ‘Moments In Love’, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith whose ‘Milk’ is an exercise in tranquility, while Sarah Davachi’s meditative mix-opener offers respite from a weary world.

Tracklisting -

A1. Sarah Davachi – Untitled, Live In Portland (Excerpt)

A2. Carlos Walker – Via Láctea

A3. The Rationals – Glowin'

A4. William S. Fischer – Chains

B1. Max Roach – Equipoise

B2. Abu Talib (Bobby Wright) – Blood Of An American

B3. Sweet And Innocent – Express Your Love

B4. Robert Vanderbilt And The Foundations Of Soul – A Message Especially From God

C1. The Defaulters – Gentle Man

C2. Alain Bellaïche – Sun Blues

C3. Alain Bellaïche – Sea Fluorescent

C4. Kara-Lis Coverdale – Moments In Love (Excerpt)

D1. Azimuth – The Tunnel

D2. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Milk (Excerpt)

D3. Toshimaru Nakamura – NImb#59

D4. Floating Points – The Sweet Time Suite. Part 1 - Opening

D5. Lauren Laverne – Ah! Why. Because The Dazzling Sun