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“Why do we have such a need to finish songs? In a word: capitalism”: Is it OK to never actually complete your tracks?

Free yourself from the unrealistic expectation that you have to always be finishing songs and embrace all the different ways there are to be a musician and producer

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“It's a big, warm, beautiful thing that surrounds you with gentle weirdness, essentially”: Glastonbury’s ambient-focused Tree Stage returns, complete with a quadrophonic sound system and Jon Hopkins’ Embodiment Breathing experience

An after-hours area where you can “get cosmic”

MusicRadar

“He’d already set everything up... The guitar was radically out of tune and the strings were virtually hanging off it”: Leo Abrahams on his Strat-wrestling initiation with Brian Eno, why he didn’t want to be famous, and what he learned from Paul Simon

The guitarist/producer has worked with Brett Anderson, Jarvis Cocker and Imogen Heap among others, but here he explains why his younger self might be slightly disappointed in his playing

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I went to the UK’s largest spatial audio music festival and now I want a surround sound dome in my back yard

At the UK’s largest spatial audio music festival, I experienced the awesome power of L-Acoustics' concert-grade 12.1.4 sound system – and came away hopeful about the future of spatial listening

TechRadar

Can immersive audio work at a festival? We went to Polygon Live to find out

London’s biggest live 3D audio event showed us the potential – and limitations – of spatial audio in the wild

MusicRadar

“Coldplay come on stage to that piece - who’s not going to like it when 20,000 people get up to your song?”: Our re-discovered classic interview with Jon Hopkins catches him on the verge of his most successful decade

At the end of the 2000s, the IDM titan spoke to us about tech, his terrifying sessions with Coldplay and his desire to go somewhere new in the looming 2010s

MusicRadar

“This is a hideous name drop, but…”: Jon Hopkins reveals what he learned from Brian Eno about music production

“As much as possible, don't get bogged down in the tiny minutiae,” he says

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“He asked me to go into the studio and add some sounds and jam with the band a bit, to bring more electronic experimentation into their sound”: Jon Hopkins reflects on being introduced to Coldplay by Brian Eno

Hopkins recently hit number 1 in the US and UK simultaneously thanks to his appearances on Coldplay’s Moon Music and Charli XCX’s Brat reworks album

MusicRadar

From Sing Sing to Star Wars Outlaws: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Colman Domingo stars in a touching drama about prison inmates who stage a musical, and a new adventure game lets you play an interstellar scoundrel in a galaxy far, far away

The Guardian - UK

Jon Hopkins: Ritual review – cosmic catharsis lacks lift-off

Originally written for an installation with mind-altering intentions, the producer’s seventh album is occasionally engaging but dissolves into drift

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Jon Hopkins’s cultural highlights

The influential electronic music artist on altered mental states, the importance of breathing exercises, and hazy IPAs by the sea

The Guardian - UK

Green Man festival review: A spectacular lineup that matches the sublime settings

American folk-rockers Big Thief leave the crowds rapt during a weekend of eclectic music, comedy and arts taking place in the picturesque surrounds of the Brecon Beacons

The Independent UK

Critic’s pick: Haai, the DJ making euphoric electronica with Kylie, Fred Again and Jon Hopkins

The Australian-born, London-based producer was once sceptical of dance music. Thankfully that changed – when she set foot in Berghain

The Guardian - AU

“Not dissimilar to the sound Radiohead would later explore on King Of Limbs”: With the help of Brian Eno, Coldplay dipped into prog with Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

The Grammy-winning track Viva La Vida remained unashamedly pop, but the rest of the 2008 record shows their experimental side

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The art of the happy accident: 5 times a mistake in the studio ended up being the best part of a track

We investigate how serendipity can be one of the greatest sources of musical inspiration

Evening Standard

Field Day at All Points East review: ear-ringing bangers for London’s rave pilgrims

With Bonobo bringing mellow beats and Jon Hopkins delivering rattling bass lines, there was something for everyone

MusicRadar

How to make '80s stereo synth stabs

Ever wondered how you can make your short and snappy synth sounds even more interesting? It’s all about the stereo

MusicRadar

Jon Hopkins spent 4 months perfecting the synth riff for Open Eye Signal on a 1979 Korg MS-20: “So much effort into trying to make something sound effortless”

As Hopkins' 2013 release Immunity turns 10, the electronic artist opens up about the album's writing process

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How to create the 'perfect fifths' synth pad

Get your fifths and ninths in order as we explore one of the most identifiable pad sounds around

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Jon Hopkins launches new beer inspired by one of his tracks and the number 9, and it’s all thanks to something Brian Eno told him

Is it a case of Jon’s hops wins?

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Airport issues Connect traffic warning to visitors as festival begins

The ever-busy airport in the capital has issued an important update to its customers, letting them know that the roads leading in may be busy across the weekend due to a local festival.

Edinburgh Live

First look at Edinburgh Connect festival starting today at Royal Highland Centre

The Connect festival is launching today at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Centre, with performances coming from IDLES, Joesef, Walt Disco and Gallus on Friday night.

Belfast Live

One-of-a-kind immersive light and sound experience opens in Belfast

Dreamachine takes its audiences on a kaleidoscopic, visual journey through flickering light and sound, all experienced through closed eyes

The Independent UK

Turner Prize winner co-designs artwork to be experienced with eyes closed

The free immersive experience will premiere in London on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Dreamachine, the psychedelic contraption hoping to blow British minds

Inspired by a device created by in the 1950s, the creators hope to bring free transcendental experiences to 100,000 Britons – and unite the country through communal hallucinations

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