Immunity | ||||
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Studio album by Jon Hopkins | ||||
Released | 4 June 2013 | |||
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Length | 60:00 | |||
Label | Domino Records | |||
Producer | Jon Hopkins | |||
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Immunity is the fourth studio album by English musician and producer Jon Hopkins. The electronic album was released on June 4, 2013 by Domino Records to critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album. It also peaked at #13 on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums. Stated MixMag, "Immunity is an album of organic techno and exquisite mini-symphonies."
Among the artists that contributed vocals were long-time collaborator King Creosote, and Corin Roddick and Megan James of the band Purity Ring. It was recorded and produced in Hopkins' London studio, with Hopkins often using homemade sound effects or the natural sound of the room.
On March 6, 2013 Hopkins announced that his fourth solo album Immunity would be released by Domino Records on June 4 in North America, and June 3 in the rest of the world. A trailer for the album featuring a snippet of the track "Collider" from the album was made available through YouTube. The first single "Open Eye Signal" was uploaded on Pitchfork's YouTube channel on April 24, 2013. The hour-long Immunity was released on June 4, 2013 by Domino Recording Company in London, on vinyl, CD, and digitally. It peaked at #13 on Top Electronic Albums by Billboard in the United States. In Britain, it was also nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album.
The album met with a largely positive reception, receiving perfect scores from Mixmag and MusicOMH, and 4/5 from The Observer. By 2013 it had a cumulative score of 82/100 on Metacritic indicating universal acclaim. Stated MixMag, "Immunity is an album of organic techno and exquisite mini-symphonies."