Published
Thu, Sep 2, 2021, 14:00
- It's out via Domino in November.
Jon Hopkins describes his new album, Music For Psychedelic Therapy, as a "merging of music, nature and my own desire to heal."
Out on Domino in November, the nine-track LP was inspired by a life-changing trip to Cueva de los Tayos, a cave in the Ecuadorian Andes. "It felt like time for a reset," says Hopkins, "to wait for music to appear from a different place."
Hopkins continues: "What grew from this experience is an album with no beats, not one drum sound, something that is closer to a classical symphony than a dance / electronica record. Something that is more like having an experience than listening to a piece of music. Maybe something far more emotionally honest than I had been comfortable making before—a merging of music, nature and my own desire to heal. The freedom from traditional rhythmic structures unlocked so much—it felt like I was free to explore a new form of rhythm, one that you discover when you just allow things to flow without letting yourself get in the way."
Watch the video for lead single "Sit Around The Fire," a collaboration with ceremony guide East Forest and the late Ram Dass. The video features animated imagery from Dass's legendary book on spirituality, Be Here Now.
Tracklist
01. Welcome
02. Tayos Caves, Ecuador i
03. Tayos Caves, Ecuador ii
04. Tayos Caves, Ecuador iii
05. Love Flows Over Us In Prismatic Waves
06. Deep In The Glowing Heart
07. Ascending, Dawn Sky
08. Arriving
09. Sit Around The Fire (with Ram Dass, East Forest)
Domino will release Music For Psychedelic Therapy on November 12th, 2021.
Photo: Steve Gullick
