Jon Hopkins

The first sound on Immunity is that of a key turning, unlocking the door into Jon Hopkins’ East London studio. It's followed by the noise of the door slamming, then footsteps, and then finally the crisp, clipping rhythms and pulsating bass of ‘We Disappear’ emerge, signposting the most club- friendly music Hopkins’ has made to date. So begins a confident, dramatic record defined by this acute sense of physicality and place; a bold statement after the quiet, intimate Diamond Mine, his Mercury-nominated 2011 collaboration with King Creosote.Until now, Jon Hopkins has been an elusive character, known to most as an expert producer, Ivor Novello- nominated composer of film scores, remixer and long term collaborator of Brian Eno and Coldplay. Yet as Hopkinsfreely admits, the fact that his solo albums to