Domino Records has announced Singularity, the forthcoming release from John Hopkins, and first since 2013’s hypnotic. Singularity is due for release on May 4th, 2018. Along with news of the release, Hopkins has shared “Emerald Rush,” the first song to be released from the album, and an accompanying animated video, directed by Robert Hunter and Elliot Dear.

The album was shaped by Hopkins’ experiences with meditation and trance states, the album flows seamlessly from rugged techno to transcendent choral music, from solo acoustic piano to psychedelic ambient. Its epic musical palette is visceral and emotionally honest: with a destructive opener full of industrial electronics and sonic claustrophobia and a redemptive, pure end on solo piano.

Singularity explores the connectivity of the mind, sonics and the natural world as it reflects the different psychological states Hopkins experienced while writing and recording. It is a transformative trip of defiance from his initial sense of frustration at the state of the contemporary world to the ultimate conclusion that a true sense of peace and belonging can only come from nature.

Singularity is intended to be listened to in one sitting, as a complete body of work.

Hopkins has been busy with nonstop touring and projects including scoring the Barbican production of Hamlet, collaborations with Natasha Khan of Bat For Lashes and Bonobo. Prior to Immunity’s release, Hopkins was known as an expert producer and remixer of artists including David Lynch, Disclosure, Four Tet, Wild Beasts and Purity Ring. Both Immunity and Diamond Mine (his collaboration with King Creosote) were nominated for the Mercury Prize, and his Monsters film score attracted an Ivor Novello nomination.

John Hopkins
Singularity
Tracklist:

01. Singularity
02. Emerald Rush
03. Neon Pattern Drum
04. Everything Connected
05. Feel First Life
06. C O S M
07. Echo Dissolve
08. Luminous Beings
09. Recovery

Jon Hopkins Singularity Live Tour 2018

Oct. 10 – Rockefeller – Oslo, Norway
Oct. 12 – Den Grå Hal – Copenhagen, DE
Oct. 18 – Vicar Street – Dublin, Ireland
Oct. 19 – SWG3 – Glasgow, UK
Oct. 20 – Paradiso for ADE – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oct. 24 – AB – Brussels, Belgium
Oct. 25 – Astra – Berlin, Germany
Oct. 26 – Le Trianon – Paris, France
Nov. 2 – Brixton Academy – London, UK
Nov. 17 – Boiler Shop – Newcastle, UK
Nov. 22 – Albert Hall – Manchester, UK

Jon Hopkins Singularity Festival & DJ Appearances 2018

Mar. 30 – Invisible Wind Factory – Liverpool, UK (DJ Set)
Apr. 6 – Ääniwalli – Helsinki, Finland (DJ Set)
Apr. 7 – Sónar İstanbul – Istanbul, Turkey (DJ Set)
May 19 – David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption – Brooklyn, NY
May 25 – Villette Sonique – Paris, France
May 26 – Department – Stockholm, Sweden (DJ Set)
June 2 – Primavera – Barcelona, Spain
June 9 – Park Life – Manchester, UK
June 15 – Maifeld Derby – Mannheim, Germany
June 23 – Body & Soul – Co.Westmeath, Ireland
June 29 – Down The Rabbit Hole – Ewijk, Netherlands
June 30 – ASTRO Festival – Milan, Italy
July 11 – DOUR Festival – Dour, Belgium
July 13 – Melt! Festival – Ferropolis, Germany
July 14 – Lovebox Festival – London, UK (DJ Set)
July 15 – Latitude Festival – Henham Park, UK
July 20 – Colours Of Ostrava – Ostrava, Czech Republic
July 26 – WWW X – Shibuya, Japan
July 26 – 27 – Fuji Rock Festival – Shibuya / Niigata, Japan
Aug. 3 – OFF Festival – Katowice, Poland
Aug. 4 – Wilderness Festival – Cornbury Park, UK
Aug. 31 – Dimensions Festival – Pula, Croatia