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| 5.0 classic | colejaeger | May 1st 18 |
The first 4 tracks are FUCKING JAMS and they're equally transcendent and trippy. The 4:30 mark
on Singularity had me banging my head against the fucking wall. Neon Pattern Drum is wild, it's so
fucking weird. These tracks are both aggressive and beautiful.
At first listen, I thought it was strange that the record doesn't quite regain that energy. However,
expecting the calmness in future listens, I can accept it a lot more. Feel First Life is the album's
Abandon Window and it's really beautiful. It sinks you down into the flow of the rest of the album
nicely.
C O S M is a very odd track for Jon texturally, and in how it doesn't quite turn into a beat,
but gets on the cusp of doing so. It's very vivid and I enjoy it more with every listen. Echo Dissolve
is probably the least impactful track, but it's also the shortest and manages to fit in with the
album well enough. Luminous Beings is the perfect blend of the first and second half of the
album. It feels very much like the resolution or culmination of the tensions on the album. It's like
taking everything from the album and harnessing that energy to create something new (if that
makes sense).
At first listen, I also wasn't crazy about Recovery, and thought I might find myself skipping it.
However, I think of it more of an epilogue track than a final track (kinda like My Warm Blood on
The Microphones' The Glow Pt. 2). It feels like you're coming back into reality from the
transcendent experience you just had, like when the shrooms wear off. It's sobering and
refreshing, the experience still echoing in your head as you process it through a new reality,
knowing that it has changed you. I can't think of a song that captures that feeling better.
This album will only continue to grow on me. It's very cinematic in its structure. It's a fucking
adventure, and there's no doubt Jon has improved at crafting sounds and textures, structuring his
tracks, and experimenting with sound.
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| 4.0 excellent | EphemeralEternity | May 3rd 18 |
Who knew that a talented musician with almost 20 years of experience under his belt and a multi-rmillion dollar studio budget could produce such a lovely piece of work in a mere 5 years?
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| 5.0 classic | WokeUpDead | May 2nd 18 |
Absolutely breathtaking entry in Jon Hopkin's incredible discography. Each album continues to be better than the last
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| 5.0 classic | Faraudo | May 1st 18 |
It's Jon Hopkins, of course it's fucking amazing.
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| 5.0 classic | ethanowens7 | May 5th 18 |
One of the most beautiful electronic albums I've ever heard.
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| 4.5 superb | Malcontent | June 5th 18 |
Bro I studied my ass off to this album, I did so much shit when this is playing it's so good it unlocks a flow state in like 30 seconds flat, every time.
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| 3.5 great | meenwolf131 | May 12th 18 |
connectivity and juxtaposition between loud futursitic progressive rhythmic banger and emotional spacey atmospheric vibes / psychedelic texture and bombastic dynamic / piano-driven melody and soulful ambient
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| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | May 7th 18 |
Jon Hopkins music is very astral, getting to always relate his work with a strong trip of LSD or any other hallucinogen. Singularity is a great success, being a work that opens the imaginative field of the people and that presents great compositions that emphasize diverse types of feelings. Perhaps the only hindrance, has been to close the album in a melancholy way, but if this option was thought, we can withdraw this argument.
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| 4.5 superb | Brady Hayes | May 6th 18 |
Everything Connected is the masterpiece electronic song you need to hear this year.
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| 4.5 superb | commonist | May 5th 18 |
90/100. Incredible. A masterful journey of thunderous drums, ethereal synths, and beautiful ambience. Truly creative and worthy of its praise.
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| 3.5 great | doofy | January 10th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | pure22 | September 16th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Observer EMERITUS | July 30th 22 |
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| 3.5 great | Scarfo | February 1st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | stardew | January 9th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | NoSons | January 8th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Alex C. | November 16th 20 |
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| 4.0 excellent | A.R.O. STAFF | October 29th 18 |
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| 2.5 average | Pon EMERITUS | May 26th 18 |
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