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  • I love truly forward-thinking music, and I'm not even sure I'd describe my work as that, even.
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  • I was drawn to music from a super early age. At school, my ego co-opted it to some degree and I would use it to gain some sort of social credibility.
    - Jon Hopkins
  • To try and create a transcendent state through music has always been the intention.
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  • The first thing I remember hearing was just the dance music that was in the charts when I was growing up. I don't remember many of the names of specific tracks - they were just kind of early acid house things.
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  • What do I call my music? Beats with melodies.
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  • Writing music - particularly music without lyrics - calls almost exclusively on the subconscious.
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  • That's the thing with electronic music, you set up systems to bring in an accident, to bring in quirks you didn't choose, but you still will have had to set up systems.
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  • I was guided into piano lessons and 'guided' is a nice way of saying 'forced.' I don't regret it, but I think music theory as a concept doesn't work.
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  • Music is an expression, a deep-seated feeling.
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  • I'm more akin to things like Sigur Ros, Mogwai, possibly. But when I'm making solo electronic music, techno stuff is just the most exciting form of rhythm.
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  • Your music essentially reflects everything you do, everything you've been through, in the deepest part of you.
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  • It's great to do something that makes your brain just switch to a different mode, and music can do that really powerfully.
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  • Some machine-y music is great, but you can apply any groove to any song now - there's literally a massive drop-down menu on most programs. And that's what takes the human being out of the process.
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  • I tend to listen to podcasts while running. I don't like to listen to music because my brain would try to get me to run in time with it.
    - Jon Hopkins