Jon Hopkins is releasing a new album, titled RITUAL, this August.
Built around a single piece of music, which is split into eight parts, the record was born out of a composition created for Dreamachine, an immersive experience project involving light, sound and architectural installations. You can watch a video for lead track ‘RITUAL (evocation)’ above.
In a statement, Hopkins said: "I have no idea what I’m doing when I’m composing. I don’t know where it’s coming from, and I don’t know where it’s going, nor does it seem to matter. I just know when it’s finished. What’s clear is that this one has the structure of a ritual. I know what that ritual is for me, but it will be something different for you.
"It feels like a tool, maybe even a machine, for opening portals within your inner world, for unlocking things that are hidden and buried. Things that are held in place by the tension in your body. It doesn’t feel like ‘an album’ therefore — more a process to go through, something that works on you."
RITUAL follows Hopkins’ last studio album, 2021’s Music For Psychedelic Therapy.
Domino will release RITUAL on August 30, 2024.
