Jon Hopkins

'Singularity' (album stream)

BY Exclaim! StaffPublished May 4, 2018

Jon Hopkins told fans his Singularity album was meant to be listened to as a whole, and you can do just that now. The entire LP is now streaming online.

Singularity marks Hopkins' first album since 2013's Immunity, and it was previously broken down with the following statement:

Singularity begins and ends on the same note: a universe beginning, expanding, and contracting towards the same infinitesimal point. Where Immunity charted the dark alternative reality of an epic night out, Singularity explores the dissonance between dystopian urbanity and the green forest. It is a journey that returns to where it began — from the opening note of foreboding to the final sound of acceptance.

Shaped by Hopkins' experiences with meditation and trance states, the album flows seamlessly from rugged techno to transcendent choral music, from solo acoustic piano to psychedelic ambient. Its epic musical palette is visceral and emotionally honest: with a destructive opener full of industrial electronics and sonic claustrophobia and a redemptive, pure end on solo piano.


Singularity explores the connectivity of the mind, sonics and the natural world as it reflects the different psychological states Hopkins experienced while writing and recording. It is a transformative trip of defiance from his initial sense of frustration at the state of the contemporary world to the ultimate conclusion that a true sense of peace and belonging can only come from nature.

Singularity is intended to be listened to in one sitting, as a complete body of work.

The new album is out now via Domino, and you can stream it all below. You can also read Exclaim!'s newly published interview with Hopkins here.



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