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Track List
01) Elegiac
02) Private Universe
03) Halcyon
04) Opalescent
05) Lost in Thought
06) Fading Glow
07) Apparition
08) Inner Peace
09) Cerulean
10) Grace
11) Cold Out There
12) Afterlife
01) Elegiac
02) Private Universe
03) Halcyon
04) Opalescent
05) Lost in Thought
06) Fading Glow
07) Apparition
08) Inner Peace
09) Cerulean
10) Grace
11) Cold Out There
12) Afterlife
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5:40
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6:16
6:58
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2001
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Opalescent is the debut studio album by English musician and producer Jon Hopkins, released on June 30, 2001 under Just Music and absolute zero His only assistance in the album came from his friend and regular collaborator Leo Abrahams, who plays Opalescent’s guitars.
In 1999 Hopkins signed with boutique London label Just Music as a solo artist, and began recording his debut album Opalescent. At the time he was also working part-time as a studio session musician. Opalescent attracted positive press attention upon its release, and several tracks were licensed to Sex and the City.
Hopkins spoke on how he felt about the album: "It’s always going to have a special place for me. It’s where it all began, and it was very personal, very heartfelt. There were tracks on it I will always be proud of. Now, I obviously don’t like everything on it, but you’re always critical of what you’ve done. Otherwise you wouldn’t move forward. I’ve tried to do every album in a different style, which is why I tend to leave a fair bit of time between each one. But yeah, it’s got a very specific sound all of its own, which is a valid step in my whole musical journey."
Reissue
Opalescent was remastered and reissued for its 15 year anniversary on August 26, 2016. It also was issued on vinyl for the first time that year.
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The Oxford Dictionary’s definition of opalescent neatly summarises the debut album from musician, Jon Hopkins. The classically trained artist has always taken his style of electronic music to a new level, preferring to experiment with the sounds of the Earth rather than sounds of a computer program. From an interview in 2013, Hopkins detailed the pain staking process of recording "weird little sine wave blips" from a water pipe in his hotel bathroom.
This attention to detail in Hopkin’s music creates an alluring humanity to his creations. As the definition of ‘Opalescent’ suggests, the emotion swings throughout record. Hopkins takes the album from moments of pure ecstasy to sobering depths. The eerie howling winds of ‘Fading Glow’ contrast strongly with the calming ocean sounds of ‘Elegiac’. These moods presented by Hopkins creates something greater than the music itself, igniting all the senses into a state of hazy meditation. It is little surprise he has scored the music for various film and theatre performances throughout his fascinating career.
‘Opalescent’ has a profound sense of time. Its release in 2001 marks a period of uncertainty in British dance music, the junglist movements finer years had passed while dubstep was yet to come into its own. In ‘Private Universe’ Hopkins offers an ode to 1990s jungle with sprinklings of watered down jungle drum patterns, looking back whilst moving forward. This dabbling of jungle sounds has now become a staple of modern electronic music, typified by the surge in breaks production over the last couple of years. It is this experimentation of genre, time and emotion that makes Hopkins work so genuine.
When compared to some of his later projects, you can recognise signs of inexperience in Hopkins production. Yet ‘Opalescent’ was able to not only establish Hopkins as a ground breaking solo artist in his own right but also help lay the foundations for future champions of the ambient stylings. Four Tet, Phaeleh and Floating Points are just a few who spring to mind when listening to ‘Opalescent’; indeed, the euphoric builds of the latter’s 2015 album ‘Elaenia’ has many parallels with early Hopkins work. Perhaps this was Hopkins greatest success with his debut album, his ability to inspire others while building his own legacy. Fifteen years later electronic music has come a long way, yet in an age of easy access and shortcuts much can be taken from the dedication to the human experience that is heard in ‘Opalescent’.
SOURCE: https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/jon-hopkins-opalescent
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Opalescent is the debut studio album by English musician and producer Jon Hopkins, released on June 30, 2001 under Just Music and absolute zero His only assistance in the album came from his friend and regular collaborator Leo Abrahams, who plays Opalescent’s guitars.
In 1999 Hopkins signed with boutique London label Just Music as a solo artist, and began recording his debut album Opalescent. At the time he was also working part-time as a studio session musician. Opalescent attracted positive press attention upon its release, and several tracks were licensed to Sex and the City.
Hopkins spoke on how he felt about the album: "It’s always going to have a special place for me. It’s where it all began, and it was very personal, very heartfelt. There were tracks on it I will always be proud of. Now, I obviously don’t like everything on it, but you’re always critical of what you’ve done. Otherwise you wouldn’t move forward. I’ve tried to do every album in a different style, which is why I tend to leave a fair bit of time between each one. But yeah, it’s got a very specific sound all of its own, which is a valid step in my whole musical journey."
Reissue
Opalescent was remastered and reissued for its 15 year anniversary on August 26, 2016. It also was issued on vinyl for the first time that year.
User Album Review
The Oxford Dictionary’s definition of opalescent neatly summarises the debut album from musician, Jon Hopkins. The classically trained artist has always taken his style of electronic music to a new level, preferring to experiment with the sounds of the Earth rather than sounds of a computer program. From an interview in 2013, Hopkins detailed the pain staking process of recording "weird little sine wave blips" from a water pipe in his hotel bathroom.
This attention to detail in Hopkin’s music creates an alluring humanity to his creations. As the definition of ‘Opalescent’ suggests, the emotion swings throughout record. Hopkins takes the album from moments of pure ecstasy to sobering depths. The eerie howling winds of ‘Fading Glow’ contrast strongly with the calming ocean sounds of ‘Elegiac’. These moods presented by Hopkins creates something greater than the music itself, igniting all the senses into a state of hazy meditation. It is little surprise he has scored the music for various film and theatre performances throughout his fascinating career.
‘Opalescent’ has a profound sense of time. Its release in 2001 marks a period of uncertainty in British dance music, the junglist movements finer years had passed while dubstep was yet to come into its own. In ‘Private Universe’ Hopkins offers an ode to 1990s jungle with sprinklings of watered down jungle drum patterns, looking back whilst moving forward. This dabbling of jungle sounds has now become a staple of modern electronic music, typified by the surge in breaks production over the last couple of years. It is this experimentation of genre, time and emotion that makes Hopkins work so genuine.
When compared to some of his later projects, you can recognise signs of inexperience in Hopkins production. Yet ‘Opalescent’ was able to not only establish Hopkins as a ground breaking solo artist in his own right but also help lay the foundations for future champions of the ambient stylings. Four Tet, Phaeleh and Floating Points are just a few who spring to mind when listening to ‘Opalescent’; indeed, the euphoric builds of the latter’s 2015 album ‘Elaenia’ has many parallels with early Hopkins work. Perhaps this was Hopkins greatest success with his debut album, his ability to inspire others while building his own legacy. Fifteen years later electronic music has come a long way, yet in an age of easy access and shortcuts much can be taken from the dedication to the human experience that is heard in ‘Opalescent’.
SOURCE: https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/jon-hopkins-opalescent
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