From Coldplay to Cold Beats: The Jon Hopkins Story. Oh, don’t mind me, just engaging in my favorite activity: dreaming up fake biography titles for contemporary musicians. Currently, I’m focusing on producer Jon Hopkins, who, as you may have surmised, has worked as a producer for Coldplay and makes frosty electronic compositions in his own work. Now, I only dream up false biography titles, but let’s imagine what would be between those non-existent covers. Of course, it would cover Hopkins’s early years. The beginnings of his music career. His relationship with mentor Brian Eno. His rise to prominence as a solo artist. Somewhere in there, you’d have to mention his 2013 world tour. You’d have to mention it, because it is happening later this year. Look at those tour dates below if you don’t believe it is happening. If you know anything about biographies, you know they cover things that have happened.
Hopkins’s most recent album on Domino, Immunity, was recently nominated for Britain’s 2013 Mercury Prize. The prize honors the musical artist who: a) released a record within the past year, and b) possessed the most mercury. Last year, Alt-J won, because they released An Awesome Wave that year and because they had the most mercury.
Jon Hopkins dates:
09.18.13 - Toulouse, France - La Dynamo
09.19.13 - Nimes, France - Marsatac Festival
09.20.13 - Nantes, France - Scopitone
09.21.13 - London, UK - Koko
09.24.13 - Manchester, UK - Gorilla
09.27.13 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Leisure System
09.28.13 - Brussels, Belgium - Bozar Electronic Arts Festival
10.05.13 - Bologna, Italy - Robot Festival
10.12.13 - Bristol, UK - Simple Things Festival
10.23.13 - Graz, Austria - Elevate Festival
10.25.13 - Bergen, Norway - Ekko Festival
10.26.13 - Munich, Germany - Ritournelle
11.02.13 - Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves Festival
11.08.13 - Turin, Italy - Club to Club Festival
11.15.13 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
11.16.13 - Brooklyn, NY - Verboten
11.18.13 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
11.21.13 - Toronto, ON - The Hoxton
11.23.13 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
11.25.13 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
11.26.13 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
11.27.13 - Portland, OR - Rotture
11.29.13 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
11.30.13 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
12.07.13 - Perth, Australia - The Bakery
12.12.13 - Melbourne, Australia - The HiFi
12.13.13 - Victoria, Australia - Meredith Festival
12.14.13 - Sydney, Australia - Oxford Art Factory
12.22.13 - London, UK - Oval
• Jon Hopkins: http://www.jonhopkins.co.uk
• Domino: http://www.dominorecordco.us