Shop for vinyl, cds and more from jon hopkins at the discogs marketplace. British artist makes melodic electronica that owes a debt to brian eno, steve reich, and contemporary idm. Weve loved king creosote for a goodly long while now, so imagine our delight when we found out he was teaming up with electronic whizz jon hopkins to. September 4, 2011 to immerse yourself in diamond mine is to be transported to the scottish countryside. Jon hopkins has hovered around the edges of dance and indie rock for several years, playing with brian eno, coldplay, and king creosote and even seeming to take a backseat on his own records. At least thats what the multiinstrumentalist, film soundtrack composer, magicbringing producer according to coldplay, transcendental meditator and the man with the sort of bone structure that could crack open a fray bentos tin told online electronica holy book resident advisor some months ago.
King creosote is the stagename of scottish singersongwriter kenny anderson from fife, scotland. Inspired by the east neuk of fife, the album combines creosote s songs with field recordings by hopkins. Asleep versions includes reimagines of album tracks, and judging by the short trailer its very ambient. The songs were written earlier in king creosotes career and revisited for this project. Immunity is a powerful, multifaceted beast, packed with the most aggressively dancefloorfocused music hopkins has ever made. Since then, anderson has released over forty albums, beginning with queen of brush county in 1998. Nov 06, 2014 the hauntingly beautiful first track from jon hopkins asleep versions ep. He featured on the track immunity from the jon hopkins ep asleep versions, a retake on the title track of hopkinss 20 album. Jun 06, 20 jon hopkins has hovered around the edges of dance and indie rock for several years, playing with brian eno, coldplay, and king creosote and even seeming to take a backseat on his own records.
Scottish folker creosote and english electronic producer hopkins are set to release their honest words ep, a followup to their collaborative debut, on september 20th, and our video channel, cluster 1, has the exclusive premiere of the first clip from the threetrack effort. King creosote diamond mine lyrics and tracklist genius. The result is a suite of emotion ranging from cracked despair to patchedup euphoria. Diamond mine is a unique and heartrending collaboration between scottish fence collective boss and singer king creosote and electronic talent and sound sculptor jon hopkins.
Jon hopkins asleep versions ep 2014c4 posted by beso mr. Jon hopkins has hovered around the edges of dance and indie rock for several years, playing with brian eno, coldplay, and king creosote and even seeming to. This 7 track album took king creosote and jon hopkins 7 years to complete, totally unrushed and this really shows. The former was for the beautiful heartbreak of his soundtrack to monsters, the 2010 feature debut by rogue one director gareth edwards, and the latter two for immunity and 2011s diamond mine, a collaboration with king creosote in which hopkins combined field recordings with the fence records cofounders songs. Ambient 1 immunity featuring king creosote 2 form by. Reworking the song bats in the attic and packing it together with two new. The hauntingly beautiful first track from jon hopkins asleep versions ep. In 2011, he collaborated with scotlands king creosote on the largely acoustic diamond mine, a set of songs that influenced hopkins second album, immunity, which split the difference between energetic dance music and more reflective songs.
It feels like the hypnotic accompaniment to a journey of creativity, a trip inside hopkins mind, using analog synthesis alongside manipulations of physical, realworld sounds to make dance music that feels as natural and unforced as possible. Jon hopkins may be headlining the art schools hogmanay extravaganza but hes no dj. Diamond mine features lyrics and vocals from king creosote fence collective member and scottish music wellspring with music by jon hopkins composer, studio wizard and eno collaborator. Jon hopkins biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Nine tracks that explore the dissonance between dystopian urbanity and the green forest, a universe beginning, expanding, and contracting towards the same infinitesimal point. I love to look out at the sea from the swing park here at roome bay beach today john taylor starts his month away on a boat, one 10 miles east of. The songs were written earlier in king creosote s career and revisited for this project.
Listen to king creosote soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create crail. Diamond mine king creosote and jon hopkins album wikipedia. Earlier this year, uk producer jon hopkins and scottish singersongwriter king creosote got together for a collaborative album titled diamond mine. Immunity, a song by jon hopkins on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Find the best clips, watch programmes, catch up on the news, and read the latest king creosote interviews. Inspired by the east neuk of fife, the album combines creosotes songs with field recordings by hopkins. Kenny king creosote anderson is a fifebased singersongwriter and patriarch figure of a loose conglomerate.
Anderson began recording albums under the name king creosote in 1995. Lose yourself with jon hopkins at the art schools nye. Hopkinss mindbending fifth album, singularity, is out this friday on domino. Anyone who can make coldplay listenable deserves a crack at the next star wars score. The undoubted jewel in this slightly rusty crown is king creosote and jon hopkins honest words, domino. Scottish singersongwriter kenny anderson is king creosote, who has also been a parttime member of magnetophone and u. Last years immunity album might be one of my favorite electronic albums in a long time.
Jon hopkins singularity jon hopkins long awaited follow up to 20s breakthrough album immunity arrives in the form of singularity. Immunity jon hopkins king creosote asleep versions. Backgroundfour wallsbe trueburial remixlonershell of light by bering straitmassive attack vs. Immunity marks the fourth solo album for the ivor novellonominated electronic producer and composer and the follow up to 2009s insides.
Loved the king creosote collaboration, beautiful perfect meld of. He had previously been the vocalist for skuobhie dubh orchestra and khartoum heroes. Jon hopkins and king creosote ready honest words ep. King creosote and jon hopkins john taylors month away missionary 2012 posted by on february 7 2012 artist. He collaborated with jon hopkins to create the album diamond mine, released 28 march on domino recording company. Its a true labor of love, recorded over several years, whenever jon and kc could get together. Jon hopkins returns to his dynamic electronic roots. King creosote and jon hopkins diamond mine 2011 today.
King creosote has the most perfect voice for diamond mine captivating the listener with the strong scottish accent and delightful vocal ornaments. All king creosote lyrics sorted by popularity, with video and meanings. Immunity was more of an mdmatype album, with the melancholy. Described by king creosote as a soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a scottish coastal village, the record weaves in field recordings of fife life. Between insides and its followup immunity, jon hopkins worked with king creosote on the charming diamond mine, which set the scottish singersongwriters ruminations to backdrops that were half rustic folk and half evocative washes of sound. Merlin domino recording co on behalf of domino recording co. Immunity isnt nearly as acoustic as that collaboration was, but its gently breezy feel lingers on several of these songs. I really dont know what to do next, because, in some ways, im at that peak. King creosote and jon hopkins john taylors month away.
While weve been treated to various singles and remixes, hopkins is set to release a new ep. It was released on 3 june 20 by domino records to critical acclaim and was nominated for the 20 mercury prize for best album. Youve answered my prayer for a worthless diamond in our carbon lives you said itd always be fine and you said youd never stop coming ro. Immunity is a confident, dramatic record defined by an acute sense of physicality and place. May 07, 2020 king creosote and jon hopkins john taylors month away missionary 2012 posted by on february 7 2012 artist. Umpi, latinautor, abramus digital, rumblefish publishing, ascap, and 14 music. Diamond mine is a collaborative studio album by scottish singersongwriter king creosote and english electronica musician jon hopkins, released on 28 march 2011 through domino records. Immunity is the fourth studio album by english electronic musician and producer jon hopkins.
Jon hopkins with king creosote immunity the hauntingly beautiful first track from jon hopkins asleep versions ep. Asleep versions followed in 2014 with tranquil and vocalheavy versions of tracks from immunity. He featured on the track immunity from the jon hopkins ep asleep versions, a retake on the title track of hopkins s 20 album. With king creosote, hopkins created an lp to appease his acoustic side. Mar 24, 2011 weve loved king creosote for a goodly long while now, so imagine our delight when we found out he was teaming up with electronic whizz jon hopkins to make diamond mine. Lose yourself with jon hopkins at the art schools nye party. Nov 17, 2014 jon hopkins king creosote immunity sapplin.
By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. Scottish folker creosote and english electronic producer hopkins are set to release. Please support him by buying this ep, merchandise and go see him perform live. They may have lost the mercury prize to fellow uk resident pj harvey, but the duo of king creosote and jon hopkins isnt letting that damper their artist spirits. Jon hopkins immunity asleep versions 2cd domino mart.
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