Reflections - Mojave Desert is arguably Floating Point's most ambitious recording to date, if only because he availed himself of the Mojave Desert itself as his recording studio. Sam Shepherd and his ensemble incorporate the vast, rocky landscape of the California desert into the very fabric of their ambient post-rock. It's a far cry from the house and garage with which Shepherd made his name: Certain heads may find themselves waiting for Shine on You Crazy Diamond to burst forth at any moment.

Floating Points has always been especially attentive to the way sound exists in space; many of his most electrifying moments take place along the periphery of silence. Here, the painstaking way he details the psychoacoustic properties of the landscape is remarkable.

[Reflections – Mojave Desert]