I can't believe there's no thread for him. Haha. Anyway, if you've never heard of Jon Hopkins before, there's a pretty high chance you've heard a sample of one of his tracks in a Coldplay song (Namely, Life In Techicolor/ Life In Technicolor II)

 

He does ambient music that's pretty cool.. You can check him out at his myspace:

 

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=26521034

 

Does anyone on this board like his music too?

I do :flutterby:

 

the only album I have is Contact Note, I could upload it if you're interested.

 

Do you have another album available in flac or mp3 ? I cant find the cd's.

I have 'Opalescent' =)

 

I managed to get it from the multimedia section of the forum. I'll see if I can find the link =)

 

How's 'Contact Note'?

 

EDIT: Here it is =)

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/95881503/Jon_Hopkins_-_Opalescent.rar

 

it's from here, http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49766. Credit to Janhaw =)

Thanks a lot for Opalescent, much obliged :nice: Listening now.

 

Contact Note is beautiful. Not not your average ambient chill. Real upper class lol You can hear sounds that remind of LiT and Escapist. I am uploading now.

Contact Note :) sorry it's the first time I upload an album lol next time I shall zip to make one file I guess. sorry

and yet

enjoy ! :flutterby:

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/162737540/01_circle.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162737906/02_second_sense.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162738476/03_contact_note.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162738631/04_searchlight.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162739008/05_symmetry.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162739386/06_100.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162739579/07_glasstop.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162739899/08_sleepwalker.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162740125/09_reprise.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162740608/10_nightjar.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162741009/11_black_and_red.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/162741424/12_luna_moth.mp3

Thanks Lauve! =D

Never heard of him until VLV, but I'm glad I did. :nice: His stuff is so beautiful.

 

Just remember guys, no links allowed in the music section...

oh ok. it should be in multmedia , right ? I'll watch out for next time.

okay, thanks for letting us know Space Cadet =)

yeah, his music is beautiful

I don't know y but Small Memory reminds me of the Scientist . XD

I rather took a liking to Mr. Hopkins along the way, although for stadium shows, it was getting a bit boorish.

Jon Hopkins' new release, "Insides"

 

I purchased and downloaded the new release from Jon Hopkins last night and it is truly brilliant. I love his work with Coldplay on VLV and thought he was really good live as well. After I snagged the free download last week, I was hooked. To all who enjoyed the free download, I encourage you to get the entire album. You won't be disappointed.

I don't think its coming out til tomorrow here. I'll check again...

could someone send me a link pls

It doesn't come out until tomorrow in the US, but I'm excited! From what I've heard, it sounds beautiful.

I'll check in another hour once its past midnight on the east coast.

Yes, it said release date of May 5 and I thought it would be a preorder, but it let me purchase the digital download of the whole album. I got it from http://www.dominorecordco.com.

i heard about half of the album on the radio this past weekend. sounds pretty awesome!! would make for great studying music, reminded me a little of Air actually

^thats cool.

 

I just now downloaded the album (apart from 'wire' and 'light through the veins' which were given away free).

How is it? I'll have to download it once I get back on my laptop.

Its great! The intro is stunning, and overall there's an amazing array of textures. The bass from vessel through wire gets a bit frantic and monotonous at times. But from Light through the veins onward its beautiful and interesting.

Jon Hopkins is awesome.

 

All his earlier stuff..... 'Circle' is one of the loveliest songs ever...with a killer bass as well.

 

I love the stuff that he had the animations to at the concerts, like Vessel. Really great.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5umlj3eyYk]YouTube - Jon Hopkins - Light Through The Veins[/ame]

http://www.brightonfestival.org/Event_Details.aspx?eid=3565

 

Brian Eno, Karl Hyde, Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrhams & the Necks

 

This is Pure Scenius!

 

Brighton Festival Exclusive

 

 

Brian Eno, Karl Hyde, Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrhams, the Necks

 

Genius is individual, scenius is communal. Here seven individuals come together to imagine new forms of music, realised over three consecutive performances. This experiment had its only other outing last year as part of Luminous at the Sydney Opera House. In This is Pure Scenius!, Brian Eno will be joined on stage by Karl Hyde, guitarist Leo Abrahams, synthesist Jon Hopkins as well as Tony Buck, Lloyd Swanton and Chris Abrahams who comprise Australian improvisation masters, The Necks.

 

Each concert picks up where the preceding one left off. Starting from a predetermined sequence of events, each performance allows the development of ideas across three concerts - sometimes quite similar, sometimes worlds apart.

 

Like a laboratory conducting an undisclosed experiment, This is Pure Scenius! is a combustible, must-see mix of intellect, ideas and musical innovation.

 

Karl Hyde is the poet voice of Underworld who assimilated techno into the art-rock tradition with frantic cut-up lyrics, eccentric humour and waves of improvisation. Jon Hopkins is a musical shapeshifter, composer, pianist and self-taught studio wizard who co-produced Coldplay's Viva La Vida. Leo Abrahams was discovered by Eno and has since worked with Nick Cave and Grace Jones specialising in generating ambient sounds. Tony Buck, Lloyd Swanton and Chris Abrahams - collectively known as The Necks - are recognised as being among the world's most consistently great exponents of improvised music.

 

'The theatre of the music-making process was as enthralling as the music itself.'

Sydney Morning Herald

 

Performance 1 commences at 4pm, there is a one hour break between each performance with Performance 2 commencing at 6.30pm and Performance 3 at 9pm.

 

Tickets for each performance are £18, £22

There is a Limited number of tickets availble for all three performances priced at £55, these are availble to purchase by phone on 01273 709709

 

 

 

09 May 2010 at Performance 1, 4pm Performance 2, 6.30pm Performance 3, 9pm Concert Hall £18, £22 See all three performances £55 Festival standby £10 per perf

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/mar/24/king-creosote-jon-hopkins

 

New King Creosote/Jon Hopkins album now streaming online. Really brilliant stuff...