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''Insides'' is the third studio album by English musician and producer
Jon Hopkins Jonathan Julian Hopkins (born 15 August 1979) is an English musician and producer who writes and performs electronic music. He began his career playing keyboards for Imogen Heap, and has produced but also contributed to albums by Brian Eno, ...
. Released on 5 May 2009, it reached No. 15 on the '' Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Album Chart in 2009. ''
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'' listed the album as one of the top ten electronic albums of 2009.


Overview


Production

Hopkins's third album, ''Insides'', was released by Domino Records on 5 May 2009. Musicians Lisa Lindley-Jones,
Leo Abrahams Leo Matthew Abrahams (born 1977 in Camden, London) is an English musician, composer and producer. He has collaborated with a multitude of professional musicians, including Brian Eno, Katie Melua, Imogen Heap, Jarvis Cocker, Carl Barât, Regina ...
, Emma Smith,
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, and Vince Sipprell contributed to the studio recordings. ''Insides'' included the track "Light Through the Veins," which had previously been used on the
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''. Some of the tracks had been written by Hopkins sporadically since his last release, while others were based on the music he had composed for the ''Entity'' production commissioned by choreographer
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in 2008.


Reception

''Insides'' charted at No. 15 on the '' Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart. ''
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'' listed the album as one of the top ten electronic albums of 2009.


Reviews

The album received positive reviews from sources such as ''
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'', ''
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''. Paul Clarke of the ''BBC'' wrote that "Hopkins scapable of producing music as epic, soaring and emotional as any power ballad in his own way though. Take "Light Through the Veins" for example...a close relative of
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' "In All the Wrong Places", it's a majestic piece of widescreen
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which grows ever more expansive throughout its entire ten-minute duration...no amount of reflected glory could ever fully illuminate ''Insides mysterious depths." According to other reviews, the album "takes its cues from ambient electronica, but uses strings and piano, along with some very tasty beats and
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-influenced bass on some tracks." Alan Ranta of ''
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'' stated the album "strikes me as his single most aggressive release yet. His sense of timing, the clarity of his production, and the variety of effects he employs draw you into the story that each instrumental tells. Jon Hopkins is not a button-pushing man of presets; he is a bona fide composer and a trained pianist. Craftsmanship sets him apart, and allows ''Insides'' to be as incredibly moving as it is and always will be."


Track listing

#"The Wider Sun" – 2:37 #"Vessel" – 4:44 #"Insides" – 4:40 #"Wire" – 4:43 #"Colour Eye" – 5:13 #"Light Through the Veins" – 9:21 #"The Low Places" – 6:37 #"Small Memory" – 1:43 #"A Drifting Up" – 6:29 #"Autumn Hill" – 2:40


Personnel

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Leo Abrahams Leo Matthew Abrahams (born 1977 in Camden, London) is an English musician, composer and producer. He has collaborated with a multitude of professional musicians, including Brian Eno, Katie Melua, Imogen Heap, Jarvis Cocker, Carl Barât, Regina ...
 – electric guitar,
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*Lee Muddy Baker - drumming *King Creosote - humming *Lisa Lindley-Jones – additional vocals *
Davide Rossi Davide Rossi (born 7 August 1970) is an Italian violinist, string arranger, composer, conductor and a record producer, perhaps best known for having been the violinist, guitar and keytar-player for the British electronic music duo Goldfrapp f ...
 –
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*Emma Smith – violin *Vince Sipprell –
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Charts


References


External links

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BBC ReviewAllmusic ReviewTinyMixTapes Review
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