Jon Hopkins Trio

Overview

If you're a fan of Imogen Heap's keyboard sound or the arrangements on Coldplay's Viva la Vida and/or the Monsters soundtrack, then you might not know it, but you're a fan of the work of Jon Hopkins. The musician-composer-arranger-producer extraordinaire has definitely made a sizeable mark on the music production business.

In fact, the success of Hopkins's international collaborations has had a habit of overshadowing his solo work. Up until now, that is. His fourth album, Immunity, released in June this year, provoked some serious critical attention – Pitchfork, bestowing upon it a coveted 8.5, went so far as to predict Immunity's likelihood to 'catapult [Hopkins] to stardom in his own story'.

This month Hopkins will bring his trio to Australia to play the Meredith Music Festival and sideshows in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. He was last here in 2009, performing at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Luminous Festival curated by Brian Eno.