LIVE: JON HOPKINS – 13/03/2020

– Bridgewater Hall, Manchester – Don’t mention it Don’t mention it Don’t mention it Don’t mention it Don’t mention it There are empty seats due to the coronavirus. There, I’ve addressed it. Some people don’t feel comfortable enough to come to a concert hall full of people who potentially have a world wide pandemic virus, […]
It’s been about a week since Liverpool Sound City 2014 came and went, but the three-day festival is still fresh in my mind. If you haven’t heard of it, Sound City is the largest metropolitan music and arts festival in the UK. It originally started as a showcase of the UK’s Northwest acts at the […]

REVIEW: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY 2014

NEWS: BEACONS FESTIVAL – FIRST ACTS ANNOUNCED

Following a hugely successful 2013 which featured Django Django, Bonobo, Local Natives and more, Beacons Festival returns for 2014 over the weekend of 7th August to 10th August. Beacons Festival is pleased to reveal the first acts for 2014. New York opulent disco / astral funk duo Darkside, ethereal and intimate yet mountain-range massive sounding […]
Collider, the nine-minute astounding and subtly euphoric techno slayer  – the dark, beating heart of the Mercury-nominated Immunity, is released as the next single from Jon Hopkins and is available to buy digitally now. ‘Collider – Remixes’, featuring mixes from Pangaea, Karenn and Objekt will be available on 12” and Digital from 24th February 2014. Here is […]

NEWS: JON HOPKINS – ‘COLLIDER’ VIDEO + REMIXES

LIVE: JON HOPKINS – 24/09/2013

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – I’m a little dubious about tonight’s gig at Gorilla, the main reason being that Jon Hopkins’ recent Mercury Prize nominated album ‘Immunity’ has been played to death since I got hold of it a few months ago and I’ve never listened to it with anyone else around. For me the whole […]
Breathe This Air featuring vocals from Purity Ring’s Megan James, will be the second single taken from Jon Hopkins’ universally acclaimed Immunity album, already being touted as one of the records of the year. Megan’s vocals transform the track into a vast and shimmering expanse, bringing waves of beautiful melancholy to the original’s dark and dusty techno. The track will be available digitally from 23rd September 2013. Purity Ring […]

NEWS: JON HOPKINS – LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘BREATHE THIS AIR’

LISTEN: PURITY RING’S ‘AMENAMY’ REMIXED BY JON HOPKINS

The coming together of Purity Ring and Jon Hopkins is rooted in a longstanding mutual admiration and creative partnership between both artists: Hopkins previously mixed the song ‘Saltkin’ on Purity Ring’s LP Shrines. In turn, Purity Ring’s Megan James has added vocals to Hopkins’ ‘Breathe This Air’ off his fantastic new album Immunity. The new […]