Jon Hopkins – 7th Level Music

Jon Hopkins teams up with NASA (Yes, NASA.) to bring us an uplifting new single – “Forever Held.”

English electronic musician and producer Jon Hopkins presents a new single/video, “Forever Held,” in collaboration with NASA. A full orchestral piece with string arrangements by Icelandic multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds, “Forever Held” is an emotive and deeply peaceful piece of cinematic music which touches on themes of our Earth and its context within space. “Forever Held” was created in collaboration with NASA & Erica Bernhard.

NASA JPL collaborated with Hopkins to compose “Forever Held” for Space for Earth,which isNASA’s first immersive experience open to the public, commissioned by NASA and located at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The song was inspired by letters written by NASA Creative Director and artist Erica Bernhard during the creation of the installation. These letters, love letters from Earth to Space, ended with the phrase “Forever enveloped in your gravity.” From this, “Forever Held” was born. It has continued to evolve, grow, and live outside of the installation. The song, stills from its music video, the original letters and pieces of the Space for Earth installation, have been engraved and encoded onto a NanoFiche disk which will be sent to the moon as part of the Lunar Codex via NASA CLPS.

In discussing the music, Hopkins says:“I took this opportunity to create a full orchestral piece. I wanted to make something timeless that would transmit the feeling of being ‘held’ by the Earth. I was thinking about the fragility and power of our planet, and of the human race’s role in its own destiny.”

The music video for “Forever Held”, created and directed by Erica Bernhard, displays the range of her art-science studio COVALENT Collaboratory. It is a visual evolution of the love letters between Space and Earth – humans being an inextricable part of these interconnected systems. It poetically envelops NASA imagery and data onto two motion-captured dancers: the ‘Space’ character comprised of NASA James Webb Space Telescope while the ‘Earth’ character is wrapped in NASA satellite imagery of the Earth at night, as they perform their eternal dance.

Bernhard adds: “Space is not merely the backdrop to human existence, but a living, breathing dimension. There are invisible communications happening between Earth and the NASA satellites that observe our planet. The view from space offers a profound shift in perspective – astronauts call this the overview effect. Hopkins’ compositions capture that shift – infusing sound with the expansiveness of space while grounding us in the essence and rhythms of life on Earth. His soundscapes act as a bridge between these realms, translating the awe and wonder of space and Earth into a sonic and immersive journey that asks us to consider our place in the universe and our responsibility to the planet.”

Ahead of today’s single release, Coldplay used“Forever Held” to open their new album Moon Music and their Pyramid-headlining slot at this year’s Glastonbury. Hopkins also featured on the latest iteration of Charli XCX’s Brat, contributing to “I might say something stupid” with The 1975 on Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat.

Watch the Video For “Forever Held”

Jon Hopkins recently released his latest studio album RITUAL,a 41-minute ceremonial epic built from cavernous subs, hypnotic drumming and transcendent melodic interplay. Having premiered the album at collective immersive audio listening experiences around the globe ahead of its release, Hopkins is pleased to present the first large-scale event at London’s EartH Theatre next month which has already sold out. There will be a live piano performance and a Q&A with Hopkins and his collaborator 7RAYS.

Additionally, Hopkins will perform at London’s Southbank Centre with Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National on December 6thas part of the London premiere of All of This Unreal Time featuring actor Cillian Murphy. They will also perform at Manchester’s Aviva Studios on December 7th. Hopkins and The Dessners composed the soundtrack for All of This Unreal Time, which was written by Max Porter and directed by Aoife McArdle.

RITUAL is available to buy on DomMart-exclusive double clear vinyl (with artwork print and etching on one side of the vinyl), standard double vinyl, CD and digitally.

About NASA’s Space for Earth installation:
The interactive physical exhibit is located in the east lobby of NASA Headquarters in Washington DC, where visitors are invited to see Earth as NASA astronauts see it from space. Open M-F, 8:30AM – 5:30PM. https://earth.gov/

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Watch the Video for “RITUAL (evocation)”

Watch the Video For “RITUAL (palace)”

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Jon Hopkins and ANNA team up for a “night version” of “Deep in the Glowing Heart.”

Jon Hopkins has revealed a transcendent new collaboration with Brazilian techno producer ANNA, “Deep In The Glowing Heart (Night Version).” The original version of “Deep In The Glowing Heart” is found on Hopkins’ Music For Psychedelic Therapy, released last November on Domino. Talking about the original, Hopkins said there is a feeling that “music can cleanse you, music can guide you through.” Today’s “Night Version” takes you on a very different journey. Evolving over a month-long trans-Atlantic collaborative process, “Deep In The Glowing Heart (Night Version)” feels like an explosive release of energy, inspired by Hopkins’ return to regular DJing this year. With early versions of this track being premiered to huge crowds by both artists at their DJ sets across the world – including ANNA at Coachella and Hopkins at Fabric – “Deep In The Glowing Heart (Night Version)” is now available to hear widely for the first time.

Of the collaboration, Hopkins says: “I first came across ANNA’s music through her track ‘Hidden Beauties’, which I found myself playing in DJ sets all the time and always goes down so well. I then asked her to remix ‘Singularity’ and the results were so amazing I was super keen to work with her again but in a more collaborative way, rather than just handing over stems. We went back and forth a lot and it flowed really well. I love how this one turned out, it’s such a meeting of our two styles.”

ANNA adds: “It is a big honor to be able to create music together with Jon. His music is part of my daily life, part of my meditations, my long walks and contemplative moments. My remix for his track ‘Singularity’ had a huge impact on my career and getting to know Jon better since then, and collaborate on this version of DITGH, it feels like our relationship has come full circle!”

Listen to Jon Hopkins & ANNA’s “Deep In The Glowing Heart (Night Version)”
Music For Psychedelic Therapy was Hopkins’ first full-length since the release of sister albums, the GRAMMY-nominated Singularity (2018) and Immunity (2013), and it was a departure in sound from these records; “an album with no beats, not one drum sound, something that is closer to a classical symphony than a dance / electronica record.”

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Watch “Sit Around The Fire” (with Ram Dass, East Forest) Visualizer
Watch “Music For Psychedelic Therapy (Excerpt)” Visualizer

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Review: Jon Hopkins – Music for Psychedelic Therapy

How do you follow up releasing two records of house music, club beats, and dub tracks? If you’re Jon Hopkins, you do it by releasing Music for Psychedelic Therapy – a gorgeous record of ambient meditations that doesn’t have a single beat on it.

As Hopkins said in the liner notes from the press release I received for this album, “I feel I explored that particular sound (house and club music) as much as I could. Next, I wanted to make something that faced the opposite direction, something very far away from a cosmic party or a set of festival-ready bangers…Something looking inwards, something egoless, with no attempts made to ‘fit in.’ It felt like time for a total reset, to wait for music to appear from a different place.”

I don’t think I can put it better than that, and this album is already difficult to describe. It’s more of an experience than a record. “Welcome” sets you up for chakra alignment and to get you into your meditation space. After that follow three tracks called “Tayos Caves, Ecuador,” which put you into a cool, quiet place suitable for dreaming, sleeping, or the “total reset” he mentioned.

The entire record is a reset for whatever is bothering you at the time. “Love Flows Over Us in Prismatic Waves” feels like light hitting you through a window as you watch a rabbit bounce across your lawn. “Deep in the Glowing Heart” reflects the place we all hope to find and reside in at some point in our lives, hopefully in this plane and the next. These are the first two tracks of a thirty-five-minute uninterrupted journey that continues with the hopeful “Ascending, Dawn Sky,” the cosmic energy-tinged “Arriving,” and the beautiful, tear-inducing “Sit Around the Fire” – in which music is set to a recording of the spiritualist Ram Dass.

It’s a record that’s stunning with its simplicity and subtlety. Let it calm and warm you.

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Top 15 singles of 2020: #’s 5 – 1

Here we are at the top of the list!

#5: Too Free – “Elastic”

Yes, another song by Too Free. This thing is a sexy floor-filler EDM track that has an underlying hint of goth menace to it that immediately catches your ears.

#4: Jon Hopkins – “Singing Bowl (Ascension)”

If 2020 did anything right, it forced all of us to sit and be here. There was often nothing else to do. It was a year of zazen if you let it be so. Along comes Jon Hopkins with this lovely, stunning track suitable for meditation and making out – again two things that we were given a lot of time to do in 2020. Everyone needed to hear this last year, and any other year before or since.

#3: Matt Karmil – “PB”

I don’t know what “PB” means. Peanut butter? Pittsburgh? Pulsating beats? Yeah, that’s probably it, because this dance track is full of them.

#2: Kelly Lee Owens – “Melt!”

Yes, Ms. Owens has two tracks in my top 15 singles of 2020. I think she is the only person alive who can pull off an absolute club banger about global warming. She does nothing but amaze me and make me want to smash my digital turntables with a twelve-pound sledge hammer.

#1: Flat Worms – “Market Forces”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzCX1Sf46us&pbjreload=101

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that my favorite single of 2020 comes from my favorite album of 2020. Everything about this song works on a high level – beat, riffs, lyrics, and vocals. It moves and slugs like a professional boxer as it throws out lyrics about getting off your ass and shaking illusions out of your head so you can embrace the present and reality.

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“The Longest Day” charity compilation for the Alzheimer’s Association features Moby, Beach Slang, Anna Calvi, TR/ST, and more.

As part of the Alzheimer’s Association‘s yearly fundraiser, The Longest Day, Mon Amie Records announces a benefit album to be released on CD, vinyl, and digitally with 100% of profits going to the organization. The album will be released on June 19^th and features previously unreleased material from Anna Calvi, Moby, Algiers, Daniel Avery, Sad13, Cold Specks, Rhys Chatham, Rituals of Mine, M83 alumni J. Laser, and Wolfmanhattan Project (comprised of legends Mick Collins,Kid CongoPowers, and Bob Bert).

It is also the first time the Extended Mix of New Order‘s “Nothing But A Fool” will be released on vinyl. Hayden Thorpe and Jon Hopkins‘ haunting cover of “Goodbye Horses” was originally released in 2013 but hasn’t been available for over 5 years. See below for the full track listing.

The compilation is now available for pre-order, and those who order a physical format will have the option to include a name of a loved one affected by dementia in the liner notes. The artwork features photographs by acclaimed photographer Ebru Yildiz, who documented her mother’s journey with Alzheimer’s.

MORE ABOUT DEMENTIA & THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION: Currently every 65 seconds, someone in the US develops Alzheimer’s or a form of dementia. At the current rate, 1 in 4 people will develop the disease, and this rate is increasing at an alarming rate. It is currently the 6^th leading cause of death in the US and the #1 cause of death in England. The disease doesn’t just affect those who are diagnosed. Caregivers provide over 18.6 billion hours, valued at $244 billion in unpaid care. The physical and emotional stress on caregivers is so severe that they are reported to die at a 63% higher rate than people the same age who are not caring for someone with dementia. The Alzheimer’s Association is the #1 resource for anyone dealing with dementia. They offer care and support for all those facing the disease, including a 24/7 free help line, referrals, and support groups. They are currently investing $185 Million toward treatment, prevention and a cure. They also speak up for the needs and rights of people with Alzheimer’s via government advocacy.

MORE ABOUT THE LABEL: Mon Amie Records is a one-woman operation out of Brooklyn, NY. Founded in 2010 by Mona Dehghan who utilizes her experience from working at major indie labels Sub Pop, Domino and Mute to release personal passion projects. Her most notable releases so far include two reissues of Q Lazzarus’s “Goodbye Horses.” Mona’s father was diagnosed with dementia in February of 2019, and her grandmother passed from the disease in 1998. Having been closely affected by the disease twice, she’s using her skillset to raise funds and create awareness in the hopes of not facing this devastating disease a third time. Also, research suggests that listening to music can provide emotional and behavioral benefits for people with dementia. Musical memories are often preserved in Alzheimer’s patients because key brain areas linked to musical memory are relatively undamaged by the disease. Studies also show music helps decrease anxiety in those living with dementia.

TRACKLIST: Anna Calvi – Adélaïde / Rituals of Mine – The Only Way Out Is Through / Daniel Avery – JXJ ‘ Cold Specks – Turn To Stone / TR/ST – Destroyer / Shadowparty – Marigold / Beach Slang – Under the Milky Way / New Order – Nothing But A Fool (Extended Mix 2) / HAAi – Drumting / J. Laser – Dreamphone /Sad13 – Who Goes There / Algiers – There Is No Year (Remix) / Astronauts, Etc. – The Border / Wolfmanhattan Project – Friday the 13^th / Hayden Thorpe & Jon Hopkins – Goodbye Horses / Moby – In Between Violence / Rhys Chatham – For Bob – In Memory (2014) for flute orchestra.

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Jon Hopkins helps us meditate with “Singing Bowl (Ascension).”

Jon Hopkins presents “Singing Bowl (Ascension),” the first in a new series of “Meditations” that is available to stream now and appears on “Quiet,” his 24-hour long collaborative playlist for Spotify. Designed with deep meditation experiences in mind, “Singing Bowl (Ascension)” perfectly fits into Jon’s transcendent selections. To create this piece, Hopkins recorded a range of vibrations created by a 100 year-old singing bowl found in an antique shop in Delhi. He then fed these into a laptop running a simple, generative system that triggered the hits and drones at random. This would allow synchronicity to play a central part in the composition process, and remove as much “thinking” as possible from the writing. An earlier version of this generative piece was used as a sound installation at last year’s Helsinki Arts Festival.

Hopkins further explains the inspiration behind the track: “Like so many people I felt pretty paralysed by this situation when it first unfolded. All my plans for the year were cancelled, and everything felt so weird and dreamlike. But gradually I found I wanted to create something – to find peace and perspective through making music, as I have always done. It felt beautifully pure to just use one acoustic sound source, and no synths. It was liberating to write something without playing anything on a keyboard – to avoid the familiar diatonic scale for the first time, and thus avoid any of my own conditioned playing habits. There was a magic in setting this generative system in motion then just letting the vibrations of this bowl create their own world. I listened to harmonics layering on top of harmonics for hours and was transported.”

Watch Jon Hopkins’ “Singing Bowl (Ascension) – excerpt”
https://smarturl.it/JHSBAyt

Listen to “Singing Bowl (Ascension)” here
https://smarturl.it/SingingBowlAscension

Listen to the “Quiet” Spotify Playlist
https://smarturl.it/JHSBAsp

Jon Hopkins Tour:
Wed. Aug. 12 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ RÜFÜS DU SOL
Thu. Aug. 13 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ RÜFÜS DU SOL
Sun. Nov. 11 – Stockholm, SE @ Gota Lejon
Mon. Nov. 12 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
Thu. Nov. 5 – Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
Mon. Nov. 8 – Copenhagen, DK @ DR Koncerthuset – Koncertsalen
Mon. Nov. 9 – Paris, DR @ Salle Pleyel
Wed. Nov. 11 – The Hague, NL @ Zuiderstrandtheater
Mon. Nov. 16 – Berlin, DE @ Philharmonie
Fri. Dec. 4 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall

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Jon Hopkins and Kelly Lee Owens create “Luminous Spaces.”

Jon Hopkins and Kelly Lee Owens present their new single and first collaborative recording, “Luminous Spaces,” available digitally now and on 12” on January 24, 2020. The track was originally destined to be a remix of Hopkins’ “Luminous Beings” by Owens, but after the pair worked closely together in the studio, it morphed into a standalone single. The two have built a working relationship over the past few years through sharing the same bill in live capacities and on DJ line-ups across the globe. Their work perfectly complements each other; Hopkins transcendent, dancefloor-focused electronics paired with Owens’ entrancing vocals and ethereal techno production creates a euphoric collaboration.

Hopkins on working with Owens:
“This project started as something very different from what you’re hearing now – I wanted Kelly to do a straight remix of ‘Luminous Beings.’ I sent her the parts, but what she sent back just felt like something totally new, and had the potential to be so much more than a remix. She’d recorded these beautiful, uplifting vocal lines and had come up with joyous new riffs that recalled for me the best bits of the 90s trance/euphoria that I had grown up loving. I got a beautiful sense of nostalgia and a true heart-lifting joy the first time I heard it, and it was so painless to take it from there to a finished piece – related and born out of ‘Luminous Beings’ but very much its own thing.”

Owens on working with Hopkins:
“‘Luminous Spaces’ initially began as a remix I did for Jon, which I also wrote vocals on top of. I sent the whole track to Jon for feedback and this lead to the start of a more collaborative effort, with him adding extra sound design/ production, and a new intro and outro, which I loved! The exchanging of ideas back and forth made it an extra special process for us and is why he decided to upgrade it to a full and proper collaboration. Our worlds truly colliding!”

Hopkins has forged a reputation for music that marries the dancefloor to the devotional, and for live performances that are visceral, generous, charged with a rapt, sensuous beauty. He’s regarded by The New Yorker as “one of the most celebrated electronic musicians of his generation” for his five solo albums – as well as collaborations with Brian Eno, David Lynch and King Creosote, and film scores for The Lovely Bones and Monsters. Last year, Hopkins’ Singularity received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album.

Kelly Lee Owens bridges the gaps between cavernous techno, spectral pop, and krautrock’s mechanical pulse, and is known for her energetic, engaging live shows and DJ sets. She is also an in-demand remixer, working with Björk, Mount Kimbie, St Vincent and Jenny Hval. Her debut self-titled album was released via Smalltown Supersound in 2017.

Listen to “Luminous Spaces” –
http://smarturl.it/LuminousSpacesYT
http://smarturl.it/LuminousSpacesStrm

Pre-order the “Luminous Spaces” 12” –
https://smarturl.it/LuminousSpacesMart

Following the single, Hopkins will play shows in New Zealand and Australia, including the Sydney Opera House, early in the new year. He will then begin his Polarity Tour across the UK and Europe, combining his more meditative piano music, for which he will be joined on stage by a small group of consummate musician and long-time friends, with his harder more techno-focused material. A full list of dates for the Polarity Tour can found below.

Watch the Polarity Tour trailer here –
https://youtu.be/dGX_PzKVDzw

Jon Hopkins Polarity Tour:
Tue. March 3 – Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
Thu. March 5 – Gateshead, UK @ Sage Gateshead
Fri. March 6 – Dublin, IE @ Bord Gais Energy Theatre – SOLD OUT
Fri. March 13 – Manchester, UK @ Bridgewater Hall
Sat. March 14 – Bath, UK @ The Forum
Sun. March 15 – Brighton, UK @ Dome
Wed. March 18 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall – SOLD OUT
Fri. March 20 – Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel
Wed. March 25 – Copenhagen, DK @ Koncerthuset – Koncertsalen
Thu. March 26 – Stockholm, SE @ Gota Lejon
Fri. March 27 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
Sun. March 29 – Helsinki, FI @ Helsinki Music Centre
Tue. March 31 – Hamburg, DE @ Laeiszhalle
Wed. April 1 – Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
Thu. April 2 – Berlin, DE @ Philharmonie
Sat. April 4 – The Hague, NL @ Rewire

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Top 20 singles of 2018: #’s 20 – 16

2018 was the first year I started keeping track of my favorite singles of the year. It’s probably because there were so many good ones, including some that were just released as singles and others that stuck in my head for days. Who made the top 20? Read on and find out.

#20: “Sleepers” by Exploded View – This dreamy psych / synth track is a trippy mix of Velvet Underground and 80’s synthwave. It’s the kind of track that makes you wonder, “Who is this?” as soon as you hear it.

#19: “Nocturnal” by Magic Wands – Easily one of the best synthwave tracks of the year, this lush song is great for make-out sessions and has just enough of a dark edge to keep it dangerous.

#18: “You Are Dinner” by Constant Lovers – Good grief, does this thing have power. It’s a wild rock track with punk guitars and spat lyrics that the lead singer almost screws up but uses the moment to push his vocals even further.

#17: “Wheel of Fortune” by Protomartyr – The video of this shows one of the band members punching himself in the face. That’s apt, because this songs hits you just like that (especially when the chorus kicks in).

#16: “Singularity” by Jon Hopkins – The build of this electronic track is stunning to behold. It almost takes you by surprise like a big wave you didn’t see coming while standing hip-deep in the ocean. It’s over far too soon.

Who made the top 15? Come back tomorrow to find out.

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Jon Hopkins’ new single and video, “Singularity,” is an electro stunner.

Jon Hopkins Shares “The Single Most Epic Video I’ve Ever Had Made” —
Watch The Video For “Singularity,” Directed by Seb Edwards HEREJon Hopkins Currently On Sold Out International Singularity Tour,
Including Pitchfork Live Performance On Tue. Sep. 25

(photo credit – Khalid Mohtaseb)

Jon Hopkins is proud to share the video for the title track off his highly acclaimed new album, Singularity. Directed by Academy Films’ Seb Edwards, “Singularity” is the visual pinnacle of this project, and a continuation and deepening of all the themes that pervade Hopkins’ work.

Watch Jon Hopkins’ “Singularity” Video Here

Jon Hopkins says of the video: “This is the single most epic video I’ve ever had made. Seb has been a friend and collaborator for nearly 15 years now, but this is the first opportunity we’ve had to work with total freedom on a video for my own music. The power of what he has done left me speechless the first time I saw it. He translated the themes of destruction and defiance that I fed into the music into a powerful, violent ballet between male and female and I totally love it.”

“I’ve always loved Jon’s work and we’ve been wanting to collaborate for a while,” comments Seb Edwards. “‘Singularity’ is such an incredible track, its merciless intensity somehow reflects our troubled times. I wanted to capture the feeling of defiance that rises from the initial brutality. The track is ultimately about acceptance and finding peace in nature. I hope I did it justice.”

In what has been an incredibly successful 2018 thus far, Hopkins is currently on a sold out tour in North America and will return to Europe and UK for a slew of sold out dates. A special Pitchfork Live stream will take place Tuesday, September 25th at 2pm Eastern. A full list of shows including festival appearances can be found below.

Additionally, Jon Hopkins and Daniel Avery have recently remixed each other’s songs. Listen to Jon Hopkins’ “COSM” (Daniel Avery remix) and Daniel Avery’s “Glitter” (Jon Hopkins remix) HERE.

“Singularity” video credits:
Production Company – Academy Films
Director – Seb Edwards
EP – Medb Riordan
Producer – Ash Lockmun
Cast – Aliashka Hilsum
Cast – Jarkko Mandelin
DOP – Khalid Mohtaseb
Production Designer – Robin Brown
Choreographer – Hofesh Shechter
Stylist – Bratsk
Local Service Production Company – BAS Productions, Belgrade
Editor: Sam Rice-Edwards @ Assembly Rooms
Sound Design – Mark Hills @ Factory Studios
Colourist – Jean-Clement Soret @ MPC London
VFX by Mikros-MPCPraise for Singularity:

“One of the most celebrated electronic musicians of his generation.” — New Yorker

“Pitched between heat-seeking acid house and ambient bliss, the techno auteur’s first album since 2013 is a beat-music odyssey that thrums with spiritual resonance” — Pitchfork, Best New Music

“With one weird trick, Jon Hopkins collapses the tedious boundary between dancefloor hedonism and chin-stroking ‘intelligence’ that plagues so much electronic music.” — SPIN, Best Songs of 2018 So Far

“Simple melodies fracture and layer into a complex soundscape; lush sounds and textures are constantly developing and regenerating. They break and rebuild, conjuring a tale of evolution and destruction.”
— Stereogum, Best Albums of 2018 So Far

“As with Immunity before it, you’d be hard-pressed to hear a more inexplicably
moving electronic album this year.” — The AV Club, Best Albums of 2018 So Far

“[Hopkins] creates landscapes on Singularity, but unlike much ambient music that wants you to sit in the middle of it and simply bask, Hopkins takes your hand and guides you through
the vast and detailed landscape.” — Uproxx, Best Albums of 2018 So Far

“From beginning to end, through songs fast or slow, ambient or hard-hitting, Hopkins never fails to provide the listener with an aural massage. He displays the perfect balance of tones, textures, and volumes in a highly-effortless way.” — HYPEBEAST, Best Music Projects of 2018 So Far

“Jon Hopkins knows how to fill a dance floor with techno that throbs insistently. But he’s also got
a tremendous gift for the comedown; for warm, ambient baths of sound
that slow the blood and settle the mind” — NPR Music

“A sonic realization of a better world, conceived in the depths of psychedelic experimentation”
— MOJO, 4*

“His long standing enchantment with nature, electricity
and mindfulness glimmers anew on Singularity” — Q Mag, 4*

Stream/Purchase Singularity –
http://smarturl.it/SingularityJH

Watch “Everything Connected” Visualizer –
http://smarturl.it/ConnectedVid

Watch “Emerald Rush” Video –
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Watch Singularity Trailer –
https://bit.ly/2F1mzkg

Jon Hopkins Singularity Live Tour 2018
Wed. Sep. 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda #
Thu. Sep. 20 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom #
Thu. Sep. 20 – San Francisco, CA @ Folsom 1015 (DJ)
Sat. Sep. 22 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos ^
Sun. Sep. 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial ^
Tue. Sep. 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel ^
Wed. Sep. 26 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair, Together Fest
Wed. Oct. 10 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
Thu. Oct. 11 – Stockholm, SE @ Nobelberget
Fri. Oct. 12 – Copenhagen, DK @ Den Grå Hal
Sat. Oct. 13 – Turin, IT @ Movement Festival
Thu. Oct. 18 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
Fri. Oct. 19 – Glasgow, UK @ The Galvanizers
Sat. Oct. 20 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso for ADE
Sat. Oct. 20 – Amsterdam, NL @ Het Sieraad for ADE (DJ)
Wed. Oct. 24 – Brussels, BE @ AB
Thu. Oct. 25 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
Fri. Oct. 26 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
Sat. Oct. 27 – Bilbao, ES @ BIME Live
Fri. Nov. 2 – London, UK @ o2 Brixton Academy
Sat. Nov. 3 – London, UK @ o2 Brixton Academy
Sat. Nov. 17 –Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop
Thu. Nov. 22 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
Fri. Nov. 23 – Rome, IT @ Spazio 900
Wed. Nov. 28 – Madrid, ES @ La Riviera
Fri. Dec. 21 – London, UK @ Jon Hopkins Curates Fabric (DJ)

# = with Daniel Avery
^ = with Leon Vynehall

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Jon Hopkins announces tour dates for North America in September.

Jon Hopkins Announces North American Tour In Support of Singularity,
New Album Out Now On Domino

Special Guests Daniel Avery and Leon Vynehall Will Support

photo credit – Steve Gullick

“One of the most celebrated electronic musicians of his generation.” – New Yorker

“Pitched between heat-seeking acid house and ambient bliss, the techno auteur’s first album since 2013 is a beat-music odyssey that thrums with spiritual resonance.” – Pitchfork, Best New Music

“Singularity still tells a grand story—a synesthetic evocation of how it feels to be alive.” – The AV Club

“Singularity continues in the vein of Immunity, though its depth of feeling is greater,
and rhythmic power more potent.” – XLR8R

“Jon Hopkins knows how to fill a dance floor with techno that throbs insistently. But he’s also got a tremendous gift for the comedown; for warm, ambient baths of sound that slow the blood and settle the mind.” – NPR Music

“A spellbindingly impactful LP, Singularity blends ethereal choruses with nostalgic instrumentals, all constructed around industrious, reverb-heavy noise tunnels.” – INTERVIEW

Jon Hopkins released his new album, Singularity, earlier this month. Debuting at #3 on the Billboard US Dance/Electronic Chart, #9 in the UK overall, and #1 on the UK Dance and Independent Charts, it marks Hopkins first top 10 release in the UK. Following Moogfest, Festival of Disruption, and tomorrow night’s sold out performance at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, Hopkins will return for a proper North American tour this fall. Special guests Daniel Avery and Leon Vynehall will support. All dates are below and tickets are on sale this Thu. May 24th.

Where Hopkins’ last album, Immunity, charted the dark alternative reality of an epic night out, Singularity explores the dissonance between dystopian urbanity and the green forest. Shaped by his experiences with meditation and trance states, the album explores the connectivity of the mind, sonics and the natural world. It flows seamlessly from rugged techno to transcendent choral music, from solo acoustic piano to psychedelic ambient. Its epic musical palette is visceral and emotionally honest: with a destructive opener full of industrial electronics and sonic claustrophobia and a redemptive, pure end on solo piano.

For more insight into Singularity, head over to NPR Music for a Track By Track breakdown by Hopkins, and keep your ears peeled for a Song Exploder episode, out this Wednesday.

Stream Singularity –
http://smarturl.it/SingularityJH

Watch “Everything Connected” Visualizer –
http://smarturl.it/ConnectedVid

Watch “Emerald Rush” Video –
http://smarturl.it/EmeraldRushVid

Watch Singularity Trailer –
https://bit.ly/2F1mzkg

Purchase Singularity –
http://smarturl.it/SingularityDLX

Jon Hopkins Singularity North American Tour Dates
Tue. May 22 – Elsewhere – Brooklyn, NY – SOLD OUT
Wed. Sep. 12 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall #
Fri. Sep. 14 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall #
Sat. Sep. 15 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre #
Sun. Sep. 16 – Denver, CO @ Grandoozy – DJ set
Tue. Sep. 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre #
Thu. Sep. 20 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom #
Sat. Sep. 22 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos ^
Sun. Sep. 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial ^
Tue. Sep. 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel ^
Wed. Sep. 26 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair

# = with Daniel Avery
^ = with Leon Vynehall

Download hi-res press images and cover art –
www.pitchperfectpr.com/jonhopkins/

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