Jon Hopkins 'Opalescent'
Just Music Label

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Tracklist and MP3s
1. Elegiac [Hi-Fi, Lo-Fi]
2. Private Universe
3. Halcyon [Hi-Fi, Lo-Fi]
4. Opalescent
5. Lost In Thought
6. Fading Glow
7. Apparition
8. Inner Peace
9. Cerulean
10. Grace
11. Cold Out There [Hi-Fi, Lo-Fi]
12. Afterlife

Read the reviews:

"Think Cafe Del Mar, think sunset, think sunrise, think blissed out on a sun bathed terrace, think sand between the toes, waves crashing on the shore and a cocktail no more than a few centimetres from your finger tips and you have found the essence of 'Opalescent'. Sublime and chilled and never shaken." ... QX Magazine

"A debut album that fits neatly alongside heavyweight peers like Jose Padilla and Global Communication. The opening track Elegiac is so atmospheric in it's beauty that you could close your eyes and almost feel the waves of the sea as the sun sets before you" *** ... Q4 Music

"Opalescent is a beautifully realised debut...using synth oozes, phased and echoed guitars and pianos and chilled beats, his wonderful tunes drift from calm to eerie power like a restless sea. It will delight any lovers of beautiful music *** ...The Guardian

"The tracks are all blissfully ambient, with tranquil melodies and lazy beats. There's the occasional flamenco guitar lick just in case we hadn't picked up on the Balearic vibe, but somehow Hopkins makes it sound classic, not clichéd" **** ... The Independent on Sunday

"Piano, guitar strings and slow beats blend like the clouds at sunset (or an opiate smoothy) filtering in and out like elegantly wasted beauty. Darker drums add a further depth" **** ... DJ Magazine

"Opalescent has a lush velvetness that is not a million miles from Zero 7, a smoothness of delivery that is pure Groove Armada, topped with the confidence to venture into more challenging and darker moods. The twelve instrumentals work beautifully as late night music, but pay close attention and you will find a veritable smorgasboard of subtle compelling rhythmic variations, touches of virtuoso piano and guitar tucked away in the mix, melodic threads that slowly wrap themselves around your head and trip-hop beats that arrive with the sudden inevitability of a Roald Dahl twist. More than anything, Opalescent sounds like the album William Orbit might have made if, instead of chasing Madonna's moolah, he had followed his strange Cargo Series through to a natural, magical conclusion. An enormously promising debut" ... The Big Chill

"His stunning debut album Opalescent glitters where other chill-out albums are cloudy and whereas too many chill-out records degenerate into a mush of stonerisms, Hopkins constantly clarifies the mood with subtle tempo changes and lush, beautifully judged acoustic guitar" ... Evening Standard

"This is a quite remarkably beautiful album as it's full of genuinely different and refreshing tracks....There are tracks on here that will make the hairs on your back stand up as its quite haunting in parts like 'Elegiac' which opens the album and the stunning 'Inner Peace'....it deserve that chance to stand up and be recognised, as does Jon himself, because my instinct tells me that this isn't the last we've heard from a genius in the making." ***** ... Planet Mixology

"A most unusual and compelling album. This young man of 21 is a most accomplished musician and he pushes back the boundaries of music with this unique view of his philosophies of life. No words are necessary, the musical arrangements speak for themselves. It's a fusion of guitar, strings, trip hop beats and insight. Each one of the individual titles reflects a mood or outlook with the titles including 'Inner Peace', 'Fading Glow' and 'Afterlife'... the outstanding moment of this album is 'Halcyon' ... 8.5/10 www.clubbing.com

"Slow steady and uplifting. The coffee table album of the summer" ... Get Rhythm

"Mysterious and majestic, his atmospheric instrumentals stand up to comparisons with Moby and Bristol collective Massive Attack" ... Red Magazine

"Royal College of Music's attendee Jon Hopkins' debut is a lovely experience...the album is so well put together that it's one seamless blissed-out voyage from beginning to end. Dance music in general seems to be getting a lot more musical, thanks largely to the fact that many of our newest producers are classically trained, and Jon is a fine example of that." ... www.spaced.co.uk

"Child prodigy Hopkins was studying piano and composition at the Royal College of Music when he was 12, and there is a depth to Opalescent that elevates it above the Cafe Del Mainstream. The 12 instrumentals slot comfortably together to form an engrossing musical sweep. Soft pads play gentle staccato chord, bright guitars strum hip-swaying rhythms and occasional steps into darker moods provide dramatic interludes. Just lovely" **** ... Big Issue

"Now if you're into chill out albums, this has to be the album to buy, it's one man doing what he does best - making fabulous ambient soul-cleansing music" ... BBC Birmingham Online