Bleep

Jon Hopkins released his first record on Domino in 2008 following two stunning long players for Just Music, the exceptionally talented. From the hushed, bowed violin of the opening track we are led through to the Insides... from here the piano playing is elegant in its simplicity -Satie, Ravel, Part resonate- while the glitch noise is artfully constructed, like seductive loops forever tickling at the minimal compositions. With Insides, Hopkins has created a symphony that paints in binary; a canvas where bucolic instruments caress the dreamy digital soundscape like never before...