Jon Hopkins (GB)

Jon Hopkins is an electronic artist, producer and classically trained composer. He has forged a reputation for music that marries the dance floor with the devotional and for live performances that are charged with a rapt, sensuous beauty. His output flows from rugged techno to transcendent choral music, from solo acoustic piano to psychedelic ambient.

Initially gaining exposure through his work with Brian Eno and Coldplay, he gradually found his voice as a solo artist, blending visceral beats with serene, meditative textures. The Mercury Prize nominated Immunity (2013) and Grammy-nominated Singularity (2018), two albums of spiritually minded techno and ambient tracks, were followed in 2021 by Music for Psychedelic Therapywhere he switched direction, creating something egoless, introspective and made with raw honesty.

By turns devotional, empowering and nurturing, RITUAL, released in August this year, is a culmination of themes explored throughout his 22-year career, and acts as the kinetic counterpart to Music for Psychedelic Therapy. 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 energy