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CodeDS/UK/23542
NameHopkins; Jon (15 August 1979); English musician and producer
Variations of NameJonathan Julian Hopkins
Dates15 August 1979
GenderMale
Place of Birth/OriginKingston upon Thames, England (born)
BiographyJon Hopkins 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, Coldplay, David Holmes and others.

Hopkins composed the soundtrack for the 2010 film Monsters, which was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Score. His third studio album, Insides, reached no. 15 on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart in 2009. His collaborations on Small Craft on a Milk Sea with Brian Eno and Leo Abrahams and Diamond Mine with King Creosote both reached no. 82 on the UK Albums Chart. Both of his albums Diamond Mine (2011) and Immunity (2013) were nominated for the Mercury Prize. His fifth studio album Singularity received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album in December 2018. Hopkins's upcoming sixth studio album, Music for Psychedelic Therapy will be released in 2021.

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