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    Jon Hopkins – “Singularity” from the album of the same name, out now on Domino Record Co.

    Taken from his critically acclaimed new album, Singularity, Jon Hopkins is very proud to share the video for the title track. Directed by Academy Films’ Seb Edwards, ‘Singularity’ is a visual pinnacle of the album’s arc and a continuation and deepening of all the themes that pervade Jon Hopkins’ work.

    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.”

    Director Seb Edwards adds:  “I’ve always loved Jon’s work and we’ve been wanting to collaborate for a while. ‘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 so far, Hopkins is currently on a sold out tour in North America and will be returning to Europe and UK for a slew of sold out dates including two at London’s Brixton Academy in November. A full list of shows including festival appearances can found below.

    ‘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-MPC

    Praise for Singularity:

     

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

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

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

    “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

    “A beautiful bastard of a record” Mixmag 9/10

    “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

    “Hopkins remains in ascension and no one is on his level right now” CLASH 8/10

    “Hopkins’ open-minded take on an altered state becomes an experience that reveals itself a little more with every glorious listen” Loud & Quiet 9/10

    “Singularity amplifies Hopkins’ music to blockbuster proportions.” RA

     

    Buy Singularity now:

    Deluxe LP / CD / Digitally / Stream