TOTW: Jon Hopkins_Abandon Window

John Hopkins fourth album immunity came out earlier this year and I have only recently caught up with it. He has managed to create music which straggles both the dance floor and your headphones with its blend of instrumentation, electronics and recorded textures.

I really like the way the album manges to go from tracks more orientated towards the club to thought pieces like Abandon Window without loosing an overall mood.

Abandon Window features a simple piano melody which is accompanied by a bed of intriguing organic textures. These textures become a key point of the track. Some are easily recognisable like the fireworks, others are more of a mystery which I find captivating:

 

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