Jon Hopkins shares new work "A Gathering Of The Tribe" (with Vylana)

At the end of 2021, Jon Hopkins released acclaimed new album Music For Psychedelic Therapy. His first full-length since sister albums, the GRAMMY-nominated Singularity (2018) and Immunity (2013), it was a departure in sound from these records; “an album with no beats, not one drum sound, something that is closer to a classical symphony than a dance / electronica record.”

Today, Hopkins is pleased to share a sublime new piece of music that is separate to Music For Psychedelic Therapy but, sonically, a companion piece. The track, “A Gathering Of The Tribe” (with Vylana), was originally composed as the score to an animated short film featuring an excerpt from Charles Eisenstein’s book, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible read by New York Times bestselling author and renowned podcast host Aubrey Marcus.

Hopkins says on the song: “I haven't done much scoring in the last few years, but occasionally something comes along that I fall in love with and feel like I just have to work on. My friend Aubrey Marcus showed me an early version of this stunning Aldous Massie animation he produced when I was in Austin last September. The theme, the imagery and the colours all resonated so deeply. I wrote a chord structure to follow the arc of the story, then sent it to Vylana Marcus, who sang the beautiful vocal lines that you can hear on top. Thank you to Charles Eisenstein for writing this story.”

Watch the short film here.

Alongside this announcement, Hopkins has confirmed three new live dates in Brooklyn, NY later this year. For full details of these and other upcoming shows across the globe, click here.