RITUAL

by Jon Hopkins

This was highly anticipated on my lists as days before its release, Jon Hopkins dropped a masterful “Early Mornings” mix for Apple Music, featuring a range of genres that I assumed would be a teaser to the influences for this album. At moments It was almost reminiscent of Immunity.

That turned out not the be the case. This is entirely different: a deep and meditative soundscape more akin to a hero’s journey through a dystopian future than any kind of club tracks.

I think that it requires a listen; and it requires you to sit and give it your full attention. You wind up drifting off in thought at times, especially as the album drives home basically only one concept across the entire first disc, but I think you’ll appreciate it anyway.

Its not really an album that you can sample, but ‘RITUAL (evocation)’ (the last track aka disc 2) basically boils the entire thing down into 6 mins.