On my radar: Jon Hopkins’s cultural highlights

On my radar: Jon Hopkins’s cultural highlights

The influential electronic music artist on altered mental states, the importance of breathing exercises, and hazy IPAs by the sea

Born in Kingston upon Thames in 1979, musician and producer Jon Hopkins studied piano at the junior department of the Royal College of Music. He played keyboards for Imogen Heap before releasing his solo debut album Opalescent in 2001. His subsequent albums include the Mercury-nominated Immunity, the Grammy-nominated Singularity and 2021’s Music for Psychedelic Therapy. His soundtrack for the 2010 film Monsters was nominated for an Ivor Novello award and he has collaborated on various projects with Brian Eno and Coldplay. Hopkins lives in London. His seventh album, Ritual, is out on 30 August via Domino.

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