Ever since I got a job in Imogen Heap’s touring band when I was 17, there have been moments in my career that I can’t quite believe really happened. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
I’m more akin to things like Sigur Ros, Mogwai, possibly. But when I’m making solo electronic music, techno stuff is just the most exciting form of rhythm. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
You don’t make this kind of music expecting to have to do TV press and stuff like that. I don’t mind doing it, but it’s a fairly underground type of music. You do it for the love of the music more than being a star or anything. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
That’s the thing with electronic music, you set up systems to bring in an accident, to bring in quirks you didn’t choose, but you still will have had to set up systems. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
I was drawn to music from a super early age. At school, my ego co-opted it to some degree and I would use it to gain some sort of social credibility. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
I do believe there’s a human right to experiment with your consciousness, as long as you’re harming no one else. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
Overall, ‘Singularity’ has a certain lightness to it compared to ‘Immunity.’ It’s less closed off; it doesn’t have that claustrophobic sound. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
When you’ve got hardly any equipment, very little money and no access to any information, your sound is very much dictated by you, your setup and what you’re listening to. Nothing more. Jon Hopkins Read Quote
