Jon Hopkins

[ThomThomDrum]

Great album, cant stand the four tet track on it though.

Yeah its very much filler or score type music but in the right context I could see it working. It does not hurt my ear for sure.

[ThomThomDrum]

Sorry, but I had to revisit this, as I have been listening to this mix album a fair bit now and the more I listen to it the more that Four Tet tune gets under my skin and into my mind in a very good, thought provoking way. So much so that on the most recent listen it elicited a proper emotional response, as if I have known this tune and what it represents for a long time................

A tad waffley there, but basically its a grower IMO...........

I also find it works a whole lot better in the mix rather than as a stand alone track.............

[Mardy]

Sorry, but I had to revisit this, as I have been listening to this mix album a fair bit now and the more I listen to it the more that Four Tet tune gets under my skin and into my mind in a very good, thought provoking way. So much so that on the most recent listen it elicited a proper emotional response, as if I have known this tune and what it represents for a long time................

A tad waffley there, but basically its a grower IMO...........

I also find it works a whole lot better in the mix rather than as a stand alone track.............

Beautiful man, just beautiful. This is exactly why skipping tracks/ cherry picking parts of albums is bollocks. Some of the most moving art I've ever encountered I absolutely hated at first. Some things need a chance. True art needs time and space to reveal its beauty. I'm so glad to hear this.

[stuartbert two hats]

Id love that remix on vinyl. Is it getting an official release?

It's on Spotify now, so I hopefully you'll be able to get it on vinyl.

[stuartbert two hats]

Beautiful man, just beautiful. This is exactly why skipping tracks/ cherry picking parts of albums is bollocks. Some of the most moving art I've ever encountered I absolutely hated at first. Some things need a chance. True art needs time and space to reveal its beauty. I'm so glad to hear this.

Agreed totally. Incidentally, since I started Spotifying, I've found it far easier to stick full albums on, rather than when I used to download individual tracks.

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Its on iTunes as well so would imagine it will get some kind of vinyl release.

I am a fully paid up member of the no-skipping club, have a few mates who just skip through albums when I'm in the car with them, drives me mad.

[Winslow Leach]

Anyone manage to listen to his new mix album "Late Night Tales" yet?

Some nice tunage on it

I love listening to Late Night Tales albums. The music is almost always great and you learn a lot about the artist who compiled it from their choices.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Right this guy is one of my must sees after missing him for Tallica last year. No regrets as didn't really know him them but have had to miss both London gigs so really keen to see him at Glasto.

Where would you place him? What day? What stage? Hoping for no clash with Hot Chip or Funkadelic!

[willsnewman]

Really hoping he's back in the Glade. I missed him last year too, and would love to have a chance to go to that again.

[Mr November]

Right this guy is one of my must sees after missing him for Tallica last year. No regrets as didn't really know him them but have had to miss both London gigs so really keen to see him at Glasto.

Where would you place him? What day? What stage? Hoping for no clash with Hot Chip or Funkadelic!

I'm really struggling to place him. Also hoping for no clash with Hot Chip, so before or after Caribou on The Park, any night but the night HC are playing would be fine with me.

Really hoping he's back in the Glade. I missed him last year too, and would love to have a chance to go to that again.

Glade show was great, but it was way too full and spilling out the sides. I think he'll get a bigger stage this year.

Edited April 16, 2015 by Mr November

[Space Shanty]

Yeah he's too big for the Glade nowadays.

Hard to be sure where he'll end up... maybe West Holts?

[addicted2noise]

And no, that's not a Coldplay sample he's using! The other way round.

Coldplay basically just copied and pasted it at the start and end of Viva La Vida didn't they?

[addicted2noise]

He was first announcement for the Picnic. The chap is a big name over here now.

He's the main reason I got an early bird ticket, missed him at the glade last year.

[ThomThomDrum]

Park or West Holts I reckon.

Im just hoping he isnt clashing with anyone significant this year. Was pretty annoyed I missed him last year, but it was an opportunity to see Metallica (one I really could not pass up on) and I will probably see Hopkins 3 times this year alone. First starting with Brixton next week

[Mr November]

Yeah he's too big for the Glade nowadays.

Hard to be sure where he'll end up... maybe West Holts?

Would be ideal. Caribou > Jon Hopkins > Hot Chip on West Holts. ^{In my dreams}

[jamiemaher]

Very much looking forwards (clash permitting) to seeing him live. I saw him play with King Creosote a few years back and that was glorious and in turn made me interested in his solo works. Really hope the line-up is kind and I get to see him.

[Tuna]

The Brixton Academy show (next week) was advertised as the last one of his Immunity tour - lots of new material this summer, I guess? He's got quite a number of dates now. Hoping West Holts sub or Park headline for the Sunday.

[stuartbert two hats]

Coldplay basically just copied and pasted it at the start and end of Viva La Vida didn't they?

Well, he worked on the album with Eno, so I suppose either Eno or the band decided they liked that track, so drafted him in to integrate it into their song. It might be freshly synthesized rather than a direct sample. Sounds pretty similar to me, but I've not listened to the Coldplay album enough to tell whether it's an actual sample or not. This is what Wikipedia says about it:

In early 2007 Hopkins was invited by Brian Eno, who was producing Coldplay's upcoming album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, to join the band in the studio for a day.^%5B19%5D Hopkins ended up staying and contributing to the album for the next year, co-producing^%5B17%5D several tracks and playingorgans, harmoniums, and other keyboard instruments on others. The intro to the track "Violet Hill" came from an improvisation with Hopkins and Davide Rossi, the album's string arranger. Throughout this time period Hopkins was periodically creating his own solo tracks, and his song "Light Through the Veins" was adapted to serve as the introduction to the album's first track "Life in Technicolor". "Light Through the Veins" was also picked by the band to serve as the backing for the track "The Escapist", which is hidden at the end of the album.^%5B19%5D

[Untz]

If he has new material, and I like it, I might go see him. Surely there must be something new soon, it feels like he's been touring Immunity for forever.

[stuartbert two hats]

If he has new material, and I like it, I might go see him. Surely there must be something new soon, it feels like he's been touring Immunity for forever.

It's still pretty recent by his standards, but you never know - he did put his solo career on hold in favour of producing because his solo albums weren't doing that well. I don't know the sales figures, but Immunity (and Diamond Mine) seems to have made him about 100X bigger. I remember being the only person watching him in the middle of the day on the G Stage in 2009. Last year, The Glade was rammed.

[Untz]

You're right. I'm just feeling oversaturated by it, but if he wants to keep milking it and people are happy to pay him to do so then good for him.

[ThomThomDrum]

You're right. I'm just feeling oversaturated by it, but if he wants to keep milking it and people are happy to pay him to do so then good for him.

Well next weekend is the official end to the Immunity tour which he began with its release in June 2013. A long tour of 20 months.

I would expect that the dates following it (i think about 6/7 festivals for the summer announced) will most likely take a different guise to the sets he has been doing the last 20 months (Dj sets maybe? Leveraging off his recent Beeb work and Late Night Tales release?). I could be wrong but Im sure he is ready to move on after Brixton

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Should anyone require a ticket for his show at Brixton on Friday I have a spare going at face value (£20) couple of friends have dropped out.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Man I wish. I'm not going to be in London sadly

[Tuna]

Can't wait. East India Youth too! Been a while since I solo gigged, shamefully really enjoy going by myself