Tape Notes

TN:86 Jon Hopkins

Nov 23, 2021

01:48:35

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Welcome to the Amazon: A Field Recording Journey

04:08

Deep in the Glown Heart

04:14

Exploring the Creation of Music During Intense Lockdown Times

04:15

The Role of Intuition and Consciousness in Music Creation

04:06

Introduction

2min

John's Music - Winter Green

56sec

It Is Your Name Has Come Up Time and Time Again?

3min

Music for Psychedelic Therapy - Welcome by John Hopkins

4min

Climbing on a Rope?

1min

The Caves

2min

How Did You Get Your Crystal Bowl Out of the Cave?

3min

What's Your First Reflection on the Caves?

3min

The Moog One - How Do You Create That Tail?

3min

10.

How Do You Record the Piano?

3min

11.

What's This All About?

3min

12.

Is That a Mushroom Bass?

3min

13.

Seven Race - The Sound From a WhatsApp Video

3min

14.

Synths Processed Through the Woods

4min

15.

You Know, I'm Glad You Were Just Lying Back

2min

16.

The Master of Welcome, Love Flows Over Us in Prismatic Waves

2min

17.

Eno's Ambient Music

2min

18.

Love Flows Over Us in Prismatic Waves

4min

19.

Take Notes - Is There a Watery Layer?

3min

20.

Inchis Without Reverb

3min

21.

The Beginning of a Piano Track

3min

22.

No Love Flows Over Us in Prisma Waves

2min

23.

Deep in the Glown Heart

3min

24.

Is the Piano a Part of Your Life?

3min

25.

So Deep in the Glowing Heart

1min

26.

The Tiles Caves Are Not Three

2min

27.

A Mogh One and a Turned Up T-R-N-D-U-N

5min

28.

How Do You Know What You're Listening To?

2min

29.

Music Is the Only Art Form That Touches You

2min

30.

Music for Psychedelic Therapy

2min

31.

Psychedelic Therapy

2min

32.

How Does Psychedelics Shape Your Production Processes?

2min

33.

Psychedelic Medicine

2min

34.

Can Psychedelics Really Be Used or Abused?

3min

35.

Psychedelic Album Review: Welcome

4min

36.

Drone Music

2min

37.

Is There a Future for DJing?

2min

38.

What's Your Favorite Programming Tool?

2min

39.

Did You Get Any Career Advice?

2min

40.

Is It Too Much to Ask People to Just Have Jobs and Give Everything to Music?

2min

41.

Deep in the Glowing Heart

2min

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In this episode, John is joined by Jon Hopkins at Iguana Studios to talk about how he wrote, recorded and produced his latest album ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’.

Engaging us in the album’s immersive journey, Jon talks us through the spaces and natural processing that shaped the sound of the record, from the depths of an Ecuadorian Cave to the vintage synths recorded in the woods.

Unearthing the individual parts and gradual sonic changes, we hear Jon's outlook on following intuition, responding to ‘bolt of lightning’ ideas and insane bursts of creativity, all tied together with thoughts on consciousness and the links between sound and mind.

Listen to find out how a cheap plugin fault ended up creating the perfect sound, why it is so important to create interest in different frequency groups, and what moment was inspired by a scene from Crocodile Dundee Two.

Tracks discussed: Welcome, Love Flows Over Us In Prismatic Waves, Deep In the Glowing Heart

Listen to ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’ here.

‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’ - Domino Recordings

Intro Music - Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective

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