Jon Hopkins - Singularity

yeah dunno could be good https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=41239

New single sounds a lot like his first LP, hope it's not just a repackaged Immunity. Also not the biggest fan of the vid

Sound-wise it sounds very much like Moderat, but it still has that abstract semi-destroyed Jon Hopkins sound. This is alright!

It's the sort of stuff I can play at work without anyone noticing.

  On 3/7/2018 at 10:29 AM, Gocab said:

It's the sort of stuff I can play at work without anyone noticing.

Hah, perfect description.

these are good drums

SICK

very very crisp, however I always find that with such sound design his tracks could evolve into such monsters.. the initial idea kinda falls flat after a bit

Its the same with Rob Clouth. There are moments of genius but often no real capitalisation on that sense of coming crescendo. 

I see his name all the time and it seems like something my interest would slide off of. Who is he and why should I care?

his stuff is very musical, excellent sound design, basically extra tech advert music, he's made a bunch of soundtrack stuff as well

he does live shows with 4 kaoss pads or something like that

check out immunity and insides

Yeah immunity I've heard of. just slskd

Really like this! But then I unapologetically love Immunity so

  On 3/7/2018 at 10:34 AM, fletcher said:

 

  On 3/7/2018 at 10:29 AM, Gocab said:

It's the sort of stuff I can play at work without anyone noticing.

 

Hah, perfect description.

  On 3/7/2018 at 1:02 PM, MIXL2 said:

very very crisp, however I always find that with such sound design his tracks could evolve into such monsters.. the initial idea kinda falls flat after a bit

  On 3/7/2018 at 1:24 PM, bendish said:

Its the same with Rob Clouth. There are moments of genius but often no real capitalisation on that sense of coming crescendo. 

(Rob Clouth gets there sometimes imo, but I agree that often that's not the case)

All pretty true. But nonetheless I think that's sort of the appeal of Jon Hopkins? This track ain't bad, video's okay for what it is too. Doesn't sound anything much different than Immunity though. Yet.

loved immunity. this is extremely moderaty.

I liked Immunity well enough (as a whole it worked better live IMO) but I am properly pumped for this. 

calling it moderaty is a bit of an insult in my book

j h is much better....i probably think that cause slick emo electronic music is my thing though...moderat never did it for me

its gonna be hard for him to move on from this sound palette i reckons...again same with Clouth...

  On 3/7/2018 at 5:09 PM, bendish said:

 

calling it moderaty is a bit of an insult in my book

i agree. jon hopkins is much better, unfortunately this tune reminded me of moderat.

Didn't pay much attention to the video but as for the track, I hear the moderat comparisons, it's an alright track.

  On 3/7/2018 at 1:02 PM, MIXL2 said:

very very crisp, however I always find that with such sound design his tracks could evolve into such monsters.. the initial idea kinda falls flat after a bit

I definitely hear that with this one, it seemed like it was building to something big, then the song began to fade out and I was left with kind of an "oh, that's it, well that was alright" kinda feeling... I'll still listen to the album as I did enjoy Immunity,  the sounds are great I just hope other tracks are more thought out.

The version in the video is not the full song.

That's what I was kinda figuring was the case... I don't remember which track but I know there was a video single for one of the tracks on Immunity as well, that was much longer and fleshed out on the album. 

I like the song but the cartoon video is a bit basic

He makes beautiful musics! I'll definitely be buying this

agree. looking forward to this.

he's one hell of a sound artist but his music just sounds meh in my ears, just doesn't do anything with me

New track is really great.

I've tried to get into Moderat before and it all bores me a lot for whatever reason. JH feels rather cinematic, at least at times, and I really appreciate it as a whole listening experience. I love the Purity Ring version of "Breathe This Air" a lot, though I unapologetically love Purity Ring.