Immunity
by Jon Hopkins

From ExTeaSea 11/27/2021 20:14 | #276776

Four Tet vibes, nice! Really like this.

A wonderful record filled with great compositions veering from noise music to techno to house to more ambient influenced numbers. If that sounds jarring, it isn't. Jon Hopkins is clearly a man of great talent to pull all of his influences together to create a seamless piece of work. Each track ranges from very good to excellent, and "Immunity" stands tall because it's simply one of the greatest electronic albums of the decade.

From Strangel 11/16/2016 01:08 | #178502 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I had been lamenting the fact that I was seeking, yet struggling to find, electronic artists that could have me completely hooked like Burial, Aphex Twin, and Four Tet. These 3 artists had given me a slight addiction to electronic music which had grown, firstly, from my experience of the UK rave scene at the turn of the century, and the fascination with Thom Yorke's experimental forays. Where were the artists that churned out consistently brilliant albums, perhaps displaying a touch of genius in their art? Most albums I delved into were inconsistent or had sections I could easily skip.

But then I stumbled across Immunity while exploring the Metacritic website and was intrigued by the overwhelmingly positive reviews. It grabbed me immediately with its driving baselines and the sizzling, fizzing electronic beats that have you immediately in the zone. It's as if you take off on a journey into outerspace, not in a rocket, but a smooth moving aircraft that breaks through the earth's atmosphere at the midpoint of the album when track 5, Abandon Window, gently appears and you can shut off the engines and drift through space and into a sublime orbit as Form By Firelight, the 6th track takes over. Throughout the album Hopkins has managed to conjure an otherworldly ambience that brings me back to the album whenever I am looking for a complete disengagement from the rat-race.

I have listened to Hopkins' earlier stuff and he seems to be evolving his sound more and more which makes me eager to hear what he produces in future releases.

ALBUM HIGHLIGHT: The sizzling, fizzing beats are at their best on Open Eye Signal.

Love this album. One of the few electronic albums that feels fully mature with depth that rivals that of the indie rock that dominates these charts.

From JoaoMoreira 02/11/2016 05:06 | #159327

Here's a very consistent work! Open Eye Signal and Collider are super.
Sometimes I associate his ambient side with Sigur Rós, which is not a very good for me, but he can really give it a context and a purpose. He is good!