Jon Hopkins shares video for "RITUAL (palace)"
30th August 2024
Jon Hopkins’ groundbreaking ceremonial album RITUAL is released today and to celebrate, he is pleased to share a collaborative video for “RITUAL (palace)”.
“RITUAL (palace)” is the melodic heart of Hopkins’ album. He explains how the video – directed by UON Visuals - came to exist: “I was lying awake one night in an RV, on a trip to Big Sur this spring. There were some ideas floating around my head for how to visually represent the second single from RITUAL, but none were resonating strongly. Suddenly in a flash I had this idea of a video that started out looking like one of those motionless album sleeve visualisers, but that then we would start to actually enter that album sleeve, and rotate around to the left of it, to reveal that it is in fact a structure that stretches infinitely into the distance, and is made up of billions of particles that feel like they are alive. We would then become one with that structure and find a whole universe inside. The idea to ask visionary genius UON Visuals to turn this idea into a reality came soon after, and the results are absolutely mind-blowing. We worked together remotely to create this over many, many weeks. I recommend taking the time to watch on your TV if you can!”
UON Visuals added: “I got the chance to push every technical limit and create something far beyond anything I've ever made before. 2 months of render time, 14 terabytes of files, 26 individual video layers to mix in all sorts of ways and nested compositions, plus an entirely brand new trick I came up with to create animated volumetric patterns in 3D space to fly through! Jon sent me stems from the audio so I could tie different lighting to specific sounds. The result is pure magic, a synesthetic harmony of light and sound that takes you on an unbelievable sensory journey!”
Upcoming RITUAL listening events
31st August – ICA, London – with Q&A – sold out
1st September – Cultplex, Manchester with Q&A – sold out
4th September – We The Curious, Bristol with Q&A – sold out
5th September – Centre PHI, Montreal
6th September – Centre PHI, Montreal
7th September – Centre PHI, Montreal
8th September – Centre PHI, Montreal
13th September – Centre PHI, Montreal
14th September - Centre PHI, Montreal
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Jon Hopkins RITUAL
Album | 30th August 2024
By turns devotional, empowering and nurturing, Jon Hopkins’ forthcoming RITUAL is a 41-minute ceremonial epic built from cavernous subs, hypnotic drumming and transcendent melodic interplay.. Tense, immersive and ultimately triumphant, it is a culmination of themes explored throughout his 22-year career, and acts as the kinetic counterpart to 2021’s Music For Psychedelic Therapy.
A single piece unfolding over eight chapters, RITUAL is personified by depth and contrast. Taking ceremony, spiritual liberation and the hero's journey as inspiration, it taps into an ancient and primal energy.
Featuring long-term collaborators Vylana, 7RAYS, Ishq, Clark, Emma Smith, Daisy Vatalaro and Cherif Hashizume, RITUAL came together within the second half of 2023, but initial seeds were sown in 2022, when Hopkins was commissioned to compose for the Dreamachine* immersive experience in London created by Collective Act, in collaboration with a team of artists, scientists and philosophers. A project that felt ceremonial from the outset, this shorter piece was the embryo of RITUAL, with Hopkins gaining inspiration from the feeling of intention that is inherent in the Dreamachine space.
RITUAL is both emotionally and sonically heavy, whilst retaining a warm, live feel, where the juxtaposition between softness and intensity forms the core of the whole. So take time, prepare and immerse in RITUAL for 41 minutes of uninterrupted listening: sonic divination of the most potent form.
Jon Hopkins RITUAL
Album | 30th August 2024
By turns devotional, empowering and nurturing, Jon Hopkins’ forthcoming RITUAL is a 41-minute ceremonial epic built from cavernous subs, hypnotic drumming and transcendent melodic interplay.. Tense, immersive and ultimately triumphant, it is a culmination of themes explored throughout his 22-year career, and acts as the kinetic counterpart to 2021’s Music For Psychedelic Therapy.
A single piece unfolding over eight chapters, RITUAL is personified by depth and contrast. Taking ceremony, spiritual liberation and the hero's journey as inspiration, it taps into an ancient and primal energy.
Featuring long-term collaborators Vylana, 7RAYS, Ishq, Clark, Emma Smith, Daisy Vatalaro and Cherif Hashizume, RITUAL came together within the second half of 2023, but initial seeds were sown in 2022, when Hopkins was commissioned to compose for the Dreamachine* immersive experience in London created by Collective Act, in collaboration with a team of artists, scientists and philosophers. A project that felt ceremonial from the outset, this shorter piece was the embryo of RITUAL, with Hopkins gaining inspiration from the feeling of intention that is inherent in the Dreamachine space.
RITUAL is both emotionally and sonically heavy, whilst retaining a warm, live feel, where the juxtaposition between softness and intensity forms the core of the whole. So take time, prepare and immerse in RITUAL for 41 minutes of uninterrupted listening: sonic divination of the most potent form.
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