By turns devotional, empowering and nurturing, Jon Hopkins’ forthcoming new album RITUAL, out August 30th, is a 41-minute ceremonial epic built from cavernous subs, hypnotic drumming and transcendent melodic interplay. A single piece unfolding over eight chapters, RITUAL is personified by depth and contrast. Taking ceremony, spiritual liberation and the hero’s journey as inspiration, it taps into an ancient and primal kind of energy.
Featuring long-term collaborators Vylana, 7RAYS, Ishq,...
By turns devotional, empowering and nurturing, Jon Hopkins’ forthcoming new album RITUAL, out August 30th, is a 41-minute ceremonial epic built from cavernous subs, hypnotic drumming and transcendent melodic interplay. A single piece unfolding over eight chapters, RITUAL is personified by depth and contrast. Taking ceremony, spiritual liberation and the hero’s journey as inspiration, it taps into an ancient and primal kind of energy.
Featuring long-term collaborators Vylana, 7RAYS, Ishq, Clark, Emma Smith, Daisy Vatalaro and Cherif Hashizume, RITUAL came together within the second half of 2023, but initial seeds were sown in 2022, when Hopkins was commissioned to compose for the Dreamachine* immersive experience created by Collective Act, in collaboration with a team of artists, scientists and philosophers.
This first single “RITUAL (evocation)” is defined by deep, hypnotic drums and a long build to epiphanic light. The accompanying music video is delivered by director Dave Bullivant in collaboration with Hopkins and stars aerial rope performer Bryony Louise Fowler who mirrors the track’s emotions in a spellbinding display.
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