Jon Hopkins Covers Yeasayer on Late Night Tales

Jon Hopkins is the latest participant in the Late Night Tales mix series. Hopkins’ mix is out on March 1. Hopkins contributed a new cover of Yeasayer‘s “I Remember” and collaborates with poet (and fellow Brian Eno collaborator) Rick Holland on a spoken word track. The mix also contains tracks from Four Tet, School of Seven Bells, Holy Other, HEALTH remixed by Gold Panda, Jónsi & Alex, and more. Listen to an album sampler above, and preview tracks, including the Yeasayer cover, here.

Here’s a statement from Hopkins about the creation process:

Putting this album together was a unique opportunity for me to present music that I have been listening to for years, free from the constraints of a club setting or from trying to stick to one genre. I chose tracks not just because they have been important to me but because of how they sit together, putting as much thought into the transitions and overall narrative as I did into the track choices. I mixed by key and by texture more than anything else, using original sound design, pivot notes, and often recording new synth or piano parts to link things together in a way that flows as naturally as possible. I hope you enjoy it.

Jon Hopkins joins past Late Night Tales contributors like Belle and Sebastian, Flaming Lips, Metronomy, Air, MGMT, Franz Ferdinand and Röyksopp. 

Late Night Tales: Jon Hopkins:

01 Ben Lukas Boysen: “Sleepers Beat Theme”
02 Darkstar: “Hold Me Down”
03 Holy Other­: “Yr Love”
04 Teebs: “Verbena Tea with Rebekah Raff”
05 Nils Frahm: “More”
06 Songs of Green Pheasant: “I Am Daylights”
07 Jónsi & Alex: Daniell “In The Sea”
08 Evenings: “Babe”
09 Letherette: “After Dawn”
10 Jon Hopkins: “I Remember” (Yeasayer cover version)
11 David Holmes: “Hey Maggy”
12 Alela Diane: “Lady Divine”
13 Four Tet: “Gillie Amma I Love You”
14 School of Seven Bells: “Connjur”
15 Peter Broderick: “And It’s Alright (Nils Frahm Remix)”
16 Health: “Before Tigers (Gold Panda Remix)”
17 Last Days: “Missing Photos”
18 Bibio: “Down To The Sound”
19 A Winged Victory For The Sullen: “Requiem For The Static King 1″
20 Helios: “Emancipation”
21 Rick Holland: “I Remember” (Exclusive Spoken Word Piece)

Watch Jon Hopkins’ video for “Open Eye Signal” via Pitchfork.tv:

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