Institute of Contemporary Arts

Jon Hopkins is an English electronic musician and producer born on 15 August 1979. He began his career playing keyboards for Imogen Heap. Hopkins has produced and contributed to albums by artists including Brian Eno, Coldplay, and David Holmes. He 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 number 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 number 82 on the UK Albums Chart. 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 sixth studio album, Music for Psychedelic Therapy, was released on 12 November 2021.