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January 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: St Jerome’s Laneway Festival (January 28, Akld)

St. Jerome’s Laneway Albert Park, Auckland Monday, January 28 It was my first time at the Laneway Festival since the very first time it hit Auckland. It’s been through some venue changes since then, logistics so often the issue – hot weather with no shade, no room for all the queues for food and the […]

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October 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Jon Hopkins: Late Night Tales

Various Artists Late Night Tales: Jon Hopkins Late Night Tales Late Night Tales – the formula is great, well the idea, as it’s never (quite) a formula. Essentially an artist makes a mixtape, but the clue is in that series-title, Late Night, so these tales are the type told at 1am or 3am or 5am, […]

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November 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jon Hopkins: Asleep Versions (ep)

Jon Hopkins Asleep Versions Domino Recording Co. Jon Hopkins’ Immunity was one of the highlights of recorded music for me last year – a (brand new) revelation. I loved it so much – and love it so much, still – that I checked out the soundtrack to a movie I have little interest in, simply […]

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April 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jon Hopkins: How I Live Now [OST]

Jon Hopkins How I Live Now [OST] JustNow I haven’t seen the film – it’s based on a young-adult novel but this soundtrack suggests a lot of heart, a sincerity, something certainly sombre too. It’s easy to hear that slow-gorgeous build of The Album Leaf on The River and on shorter cues (The Hawk, Distant […]

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December 26, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Jon Hopkins: Immunity

Jon Hopkins Immunity Domino On Immunity Jon Hopkins extends beyond his early film soundtrack work, Brian Eno collaborations and earlier solo releases to fuse the clatter and pulse of techno with the mood and deception of gentle ambient music – so on Open Eye Signal he creates a scene where a party-ruined Mr. Oizo is […]