Mmmm… Music (Hopkins Week)

I love music. Even when I’ve heard it before, I still like to own it. This week, I made up for not getting a new CD last week by getting two. This week was Jon Hopkins week.

Jon is a pretty young artist (23 or 24 I believe) with a lot of skill. This is definitely not ambiant music. What Jon makes is a sort of upbeat chillout. It’s really lovely music too. I purchased Contact Note and The Art of Chill 2 (note: only 2 songs are actually Jon’s on the art of chill 2. That also has Brian Eno, Imogen Heap, Ulrich Schnauss and more). If you listen to di.fm, you’ve probably heard a lot of this. The full Art of Chill 2, both cds, gets played from time to time. About half of Contact Note is there too.

This is good and bad. It’s good because you will probably have a good idea if you like it regardless of what I say. It’s bad because there is a lot less suprise when you get the cds. I loved the cds anyway.
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