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Daniel Griffiths

“I need to build a sound of my own that has the power that I want”: Floating Points hates festival sound systems so much that he’s invented his own

Floating Points The Sunflower.

If you’re a gigging musician it’s safe to say that – alongside enduring some questionable burgers and availing yourself of some eye-raising toilet facilities – that you’ve most likely suffered behind some shocking PA systems too.

Yes, while the fantasy is always to peel off a solo as clear and cutting as hot knife through butter, the reality is too often like parping under the duvet. The solution is, of course, to cut out the grubby middleman and take matters into your own hands and – inspired by systems where their smart makers got it just right – DJ and producer Floating Points, has done just that.

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