I’m actually a big fan of turning off my phone and ignoring it for large chunks of the day. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
My first ever show in America was opening for Coldplay at Madison Square Garden. Nobody in that audience could have known who I was. It was almost like it was an accident, like I was in someone else’s dream. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
A lot of my creative ideas begin in the pub, talking through possibilities with collaborators. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
I’ve always been obsessed with contrast in records, and using harsher elements to make the quieter ones more powerful. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
I have always been interested in incorporating real places into the music I make. Bringing the outside into the controlled world of recorded sound just gives life and physicality. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
Singularity’ goes through a process of purification and signification. If you listen to it, you can hear quite a chaotic and disruptive beginning and by the end, you’re in such an opposite zone. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
I love that tension between machine sounds and organic sounds, and also the contrast between abrasive sounds and soft sounds. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
I think there’s a spiritual element to dancing in general. There’s a reason why in every culture, dancing seems to be in our DNA. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
My own personality is fairly optimistic and generally very happy, but like everyone else I’ve been through difficult stuff, particularly in my teenage years, where I experienced enough melancholia to feed any number of electronic records. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
I have an obsession with making an album rather than a collection of tracks. For me it’s like making a film – it’s the perfect length of time to tell a story. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
