Jon Hopkins – Immunity album cover
Jon Hopkins – Immunity album cover

Domino Records

Jon Hopkins - Immunity

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Jon Hopkins' breakthrough record plays like a night out captured whole, from the first rush of the door to the walk home as the sun comes up. Immunity opens with pulsing, physical techno built for big rooms, tracks like 'Open Eye Signal' and 'Collider' stacking layer on layer until they feel almost overwhelming, before the album gradually unwinds into something far more intimate. By the closing title track, all that's left is a solo piano, tender and exposed after everything that came before it. It's this arc, from euphoric to deeply personal, that earned Immunity a Mercury Prize nomination and a lasting reputation as one of the finest electronic albums of its decade. Headphones recommended, but a proper turntable does it justice too.
Tracklist

We Disappear
Open Eye Signal
Breathe This Air
Collider
Abandon Window
Form By Firelight
Sun Harmonics
Immunity
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Release Date: 3rd June 2013
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Why We Love It

Immunity is a night out and a comedown captured on the same record. Jon Hopkins built it around the natural sound of his own London studio — doors, footsteps, homemade percussion — and layered it into some of the most physical, emotionally rich electronic music of the 2010s. Open Eye Signal and Collider hit like proper club tracks, all coiled tension and release, while Abandon Window and the title track close things out somewhere much quieter and more reflective. Few electronic records manage euphoria and melancholy this convincingly in the same forty minutes.

Sam's Note

Play this one loud, start to finish, ideally late at night. It's built as a single journey, not a playlist.

Sounds Like

• Four Tet
• Bonobo
• Nils Frahm
• Burial

Mood

• Euphoric
• Physical
• Emotional
• Immersive

Perfect For

• Late-night listening
• Getting ready to go out
• Long drives

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Why This Album Matters

Released in June 2013 on Domino, Immunity was Jon Hopkins' fourth solo album and marked his breakthrough into wider recognition, earning a Mercury Prize nomination. Built from field recordings and the ambient sound of his own studio as much as synthesisers, it helped define a strand of emotionally rich, physically propulsive British electronic music, and remains one of the most acclaimed dance-adjacent albums of the 2010s.

Jon Hopkins is an English composer and producer who began as a session pianist before becoming a key collaborator with Brian Eno and Coldplay and building a parallel solo career in electronic music. Known for blending club-ready rhythm with genuine emotional depth and a strong sense of physical space in his production, he's become one of the most respected British electronic artists of his generation.

A night out and a comedown, captured convincingly on the same record.

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