Pitchblack Mixtapes: 'Late Night Tales: Jon Hopkins' (10th Anniversary) - compilation listening session in the dark @ We The Curious Planetarium, Bristol - Wednesday 2 April 2025 7PM

LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED. Please arrive by event start time to avoid being refused entry.

Come on a trip through Jon Hopkins' record collection at Pitchblack Playback's album listening session in the dark, celebrating 10 years of his supremely dreamy Late Night Tales compilation. Hear this immense mixtape played loud in uncompressed audio on We The Curious' powerful Planetarium sound system. No distractions; just you and the music.

Late Night Tales welcomed UK producer and musician Jon Hopkins to its fold in 2015 with a beautiful sequence of songs and music. This is Jon Hopkins’ world, not so much joining the dots as coloring the whole damn picture in. 

Poet and fellow Brian Eno collaborator (their joint album 'Drums Between The Bells' was released by Warp in 2011) Rick Holland narrates the exclusive spoken word closer 'I Remember', underpinned with additional sound design by Hopkins.

"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 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

Tracklist:

    Ben Lukas Boysen - Sleepers Beat Theme
    Darkstar - Hold Me Down
    Holy Other - Yr Love
    Teebs - Verbena Tea With Rebekah Raff
    Nils Frahm - More
    Songs Of Green Pheasant - I Am Daylights
    J√Ìnsi & Alex - Dan√Çell In The Sea
    Evenings - Babe
    Letherette - After Dawn
    Jon Hopkins - I Remember
    David Holmes - Hey Maggy
    Alela Diane - Lady Divine
    Four Tet - Gillie Amma I Love You
    School Of Seven Bells - Connjur
    Peter Broderick - And It's Alright - Nils Frahm Remix
    Health - Before Tigers (Gold Panda Remix)
    Last Days - Missing Photos
    Bibio - Down To The Sound
    A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Requiem For The Static King 1
    Helios - Emancipation
    Rick Holland - I Remember (Exclusive Spoken Word Piece)

What they say about Pitchblack Playback:

"This sounds great” — Rick Rubin
"A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai
"The optimal way to experience an album" - Max Richter
"I have an out-of-body experience every time I go" — Jonny, artist manager

Ticket includes Pitchblack Playback eye mask for extra darkness.

As recommended by The Guardian, GQ, Time Out, Metro and Newsweek.

Duration: 72 minutes

This is a playback of the compilation, not any sort of live performance by Jon Hopkins