Jon Hopkins - Singularity (May 4, 2018) Album • Page 2

no way

 

Shiiiitt

 

hitting play

 

My record shipped yesterday, can’t wait

 

All 12 minutes of Luminous Beings are dazzling

 

Stray thoughts after one listen

From a sound design perspective, this is just as pristine as you'd expect. Everything sounds meticulously crafted and he's clearly a very singular producer in terms of pure talent and stretching synthetic noises to their extremes. Some of the hi-fi production was distracting for me on the dancefloor tracks at times because I've grown to like a slightly more organic sound in house and techno over the years, but this is Hopkins we're talking about and he's always been just as associated with the glitchy/mechanical sounds of IDM. The last ~20 minutes (Luminous Beings/Recovery) are some of the most sublime music you'll hear this year - life affirming, calming, contented.
I will need to spend more time with it but all in all I think if you're excited for this album based off of Immunity, this will be everything you are hoping for

It's meant to be heard in one sitting, it's ambitious in the way it ebbs and flows and creates a pretty distinct universe. I love it, but I'm looking forward to when it hits me at the right moment and the right mood and I can fully appreciate the magnitude of it

 

the first half is a continuation of immunity but the second half really starts to turn this thing into something realllllly interesting

 

this is v good but Immunity is better, I feel

 

few albums are better than immunity

 

Beautiful album

 

The last stretch of three tracks is astonishing. Excellent record

 

This rules

 

Of course Clark is on Emerald Rush

 

Ohhh wow, that makes so much sense

 

did not knoooow that!!

 

(as per the fork review)

 

Ahhhhh listening again I can totally hear it.

(I have no idea who Clark is I just want to sound cool and hip like you guys)

 

you have charli as your avatar - you cannot be any cooler than that

also

get to this

 

i'm on it m8

 

Clark self titled is a mammoth of an album

 

So is death peak

 

yeah @ChiliTacos youre in for a treat. S/T and Death Peak are two of the best electronic records this decade imo

 

Warp Records are electronic artist monsters, so much amazing stuff on that label.

 

God, this is so fucking good. Just gets better each listen.

I really hope I get the chance to see him in a club soon. I saw him twice in 2014 but both were midday festival sets lol.

 

Can confirm the live show is awesome. Also,

Jon Hopkins – 2018 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