Jon Hopkins performing "Abandon Window/Nightfall/Autumn Hill" Live on KCRW

[@jaxejaxejaxe]

Played this at my older brother's funeral two and a half years ago. He was 27. I was 25. It was only fitting. Like almost every other thing in life, he introduced me to Jon Hopkins. He had bought tickets for me and him to watch Jon Hopkins in DR Koncertsal in CPH, but due to Covid it got cancelled several times. He decided not to be here anymore aroune 9 months before Jon eventually performed the "Polarity" tour in CPH. Ofc, he had left the tickets as the only content on an USB. Me, and a bestest of friend who was/is like a brother to both of us, went to see jon. I was moved beyond words and felt his presense in that beautiful hall in a unique way I haven't since. Today is the first time I'm listening to this since the funeral. I need to stay in touch with you Thomas ❤ I love you everyday. I miss you older brother. Until next time.

[@AndrewMcMillenium]

:(

[@peterflex1]

you are amazing

[@VforVinny]

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard

[@FrancisLintgren]

For me, the beauty of this 'simple' piano versions is that they sound like a flashback to the night these pieces were born, just Jon improvising around certain chords. Love this atmosphere.

[@theoutletdivide]

I love the people on youtube that give thumbs down just to be negative... This guy is fucking brilliant! - Cheers Jon

[@Kapok-Bush]

He is certainly the living artist I like the most.

[@darktrain85]

wow, Jon Hopkins.. an all rounder. Great producer, absolute genius at composition and the ability to convey and switch between highly emotive down tempo piano tracks to up tempo forward thinking intelligent dance music that still has just as much emotion. Bring me this man.

[@jordipapasey]

+Lauren You are absolutely right!

[@tonnaboy10]

Lauren thanks

[@duncanwcraig9668]

thank you Lauren, love Jon's music. g'day from Sydney/Australia. Seen him once at the Opera House, it was magic.

[@eggbirdtherooster]

Such a honor that I’ve got to see him perform live at a concerthal in The Hague, The Netherlands. If you ever get the opportunity.. Do not doubt, DO IT! On my channel I’ve got some footage of it. No I’m not here to ask for subscribe or any of that cheap nonsense! 😉 just saying..

[@MarnieBM]

His music is pure magic touching very deep chords of my soul.

[@siddharthagupta3754]

I like how this peaceful Sigur Rós sounding like piece is right after the whirlwind that is Collider in Immunity

[@P121463S]

Beautiful song - amazing how a few keys can bring out that emotion

[@Steelereps]

Why would you thumbs down 👎 such a talented artist, Shame on your ears if you can’t appreciate such a musician

[@БорисПрусаков-р1п]

Один из самых лучших!!! ... On of The most interesting and beautiful pianist that style!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Colatron]

Still breaks my heart each and every time

[@pulvenberg1709]

Abandon Window is something to cry to.

[@ggarci005]

People are entitled to their own opinion i really dont know much about this artist but how seeing him play just makes me want to research him more and more...great artist

[@TheBastion87]

I always feel Jon Hopkins music!! Some of these are like falling, some are like flying, and some are like rising... I wish I could hear it live, but I can't afford it. At least can hear it on internet!!

[@oleksiibuhaienko9258]

This very song means a lot to me and was like a kind of relaxation in a stressed situations and catastrophes in my life. Jon Hopkins' music just pulls those strings man. That mix of dreams, peace and space.

[@JaredGH26]

Beautifully said. I couldn’t agree more.

[@lamodernista]

"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." - John Keats

[@bruceaisher]

Love this. Has a very Ludovico Einaudi chord structure and feel to it. Was blown away by his performance at Echoplex in LA last weekend.

[@hirnverbrandt]

Wonderfully fits into Christmas time ...

[@jason.h.zager88]

Love your music Jon Hopkins...one of the most beautiful musics i've ever heard and i listen to good music day and night

[@owenkjartanson7476]

The amazing Jon Hopkins. Just him and his piano. Amazing

[@tonnaboy10]

Thanks, I’m pretty good at chopsticks

[@P121463S]

That’s all you need

[@briandennehy6380]

This is beyond amazing, such a delicate touch, incredible

[@RustinChole]

Ugh. This guy is so talented I’m literally a little upset. Absolutely beautiful.❤️

[@BricksonSchwenn]

"thank you - goodbye! goodbye goodbye goodbye - thank you...thank you..... thank you goodbye" - how I feel inside listening to this song....weeping with gratitude and loss...

[@jezbuttons4997]

How can a beautiful person such as this be so absorbed in something other than themself? It's simply unheard of these days!

[@ShinRobjira]

Watching Jon Hopkins sit down and play piano feels like I'm at a performance house way back in the days of classical music genius. This man has written some of the most beautiful and atmospherically perfect songs the world will ever know. I'm In absolute stitches to hear his new record whenever he drops It!

[@orionstar159]

Beautiful! I stumbled onto this after watching Einaudi's performance on KCRW. As a fan of both electronica and piano compositions, I'm excited to have found a new artist I'll be checking out in the new year!

[@zahnderofficial]

Gave me chills, it did.

[@shogekimura]

beautiful! there's so much great music out there, you just have to find it!

[@saskial8247]

so beautiful. it fills me both with the hope that there is goodness and people are incredible, but also the unsettling wonderment of space and galaxies far away. But finally that everything is beautiful and wonderful, and it will all be OK. Hopkins always gives me these feelings!!

[@benjaminm4434]

he needs to release this on spotify!

[@shileichang9562]

i luv u i luv u i luv u i luv u i luv u i luv u from CHINA,Ur music and U urself, gave me everything i need from music.u r so kind to me.i luv u,u r so beautiful.thank u 4 sharing ur life with me.

[@j1y0ni]

Not just an Ableton knob twiddler. That's true talent right there.

[@Monoptic]

isn't he just a piano twiddler? pushing buttons on a machine until something sounds good.

[@Wolfdings]

After seeing that, all I want to be is Jon Hopkins. I miss my grand piano...

[@lisazoria2709]

It's amazing how some musicians can make you feel so much with relatively simplistic composition. That shows true talent. This piece is so wistful and bittersweet, like sharing beautiful moments with someone you love but who doesn't have too much time left on this earth. Every moment counts and you just wish they could be with you forever.

[@jordipapasey]

Awesome, he is an incredible musician, congrats.

[@bpman57]

Beautiful Jon. I miss Harold Budd so much....this helps immensely.

[@bunimomike]

This is just incredible. As a fan of Jon's music from the very start... to see him on the piano with tunes his fans will already hold dear to their musical hearts, is something spectacular.

[@jimmyhardwind]

This song gives me the feeling of gratitude. My life could be so different and im so grateful that its not. I have a beautiful 1 year old son and loving caring wife a house and i do what i love which is producing music. Grateful❤️ have a good day everyone

[@resideas6946]

jon hopkins i love you. you are motivation of my life !

[@lionelsebille4267]

Absolute genius, such a moment of beauty 🙏🏻🙌🎹🎶💙🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Cannon74com]

Listen, listen, listen... Thank you Jon...

[@vitaliiklak8059]

He’s music putting me on a present moment all the time

[@jamesclarke40]

How can anyone dislike this video.

[@iraklismoschonas5214]

Oh my god this is amazing....very touching, incredible piece.....emotional reflections on chords...

[@BlackNWhiteSmokey]

Beautiful piece of music Jon Hopkins. Perfect ... Simplicity at its best!! ❤️🧡💛☯️💜💙💚

[@odalnicoletti]

Got shivers when Nightfall started! Jon is mistakenly underrated!

[@Envaco1]

Beautiful, i love your music, i love your disc. Thanks for the sound trips. Greetings from Spain.

[@tarkineWild]

Soft and gentle as the early morning dew

[@ThatThereVelvet]

Beautiful. And Jon can do it all.

[@joannaaziz5596]

what a beautiful man

[@eddiemoore6216]

good call !

[@llorenzplca]

Thanks for bring us a peace of beautyful from the infinite

[@joecantdance494]

Just beautiful

[@harryf200]

Stunningly beautiful ...

[@DanielDeRudder]

So beautiful and peaceful ! Thanks for sharing this gem with the YT community.

[@blackbeantree]

Oh my lord. So wonderful.

[@sentientexplorer]

Where the hell i have been. This guy is a genius❤

[@tornike001]

Genius,Perfect,Beautiful ,Amazing

[@rcecil88]

Now this is music as it should be :)

[@TheKlittens]

oh. wow. sometimes music leaves me confused as to what it does to your emotions and this is one of those times again.

[@Angyalka1111]

Thanks for sharing !!! Very nice piano and the song is beautiful. I loved it. Have a good day ..and weekend .... lots of love .. the macika :)

[@Sergekow]

Excellent!

[@PacificBlue51]

Thanks. Bravo ! So Excellent.

[@dressedinblack73]

Very happy to meet you...

[@msmartz]

Gorgeous.

[@nicksturkenboom2879]

Dear KCRW, your outro is so terribly out of touch with this song that it gets as close as it gets to a literal form of 'taking a dump in my ears'. I still love you for recording and sharing this excellent performance though.

[@madrcprofessor230]

Two million times, this. I'm doubling down on your times this-ing.

[@Mccorell]

+Mad RC Professor three million times this, I added an extra- ahh.. nevermind

[@MAXS200]

I was gonna share this video then at 4.14 minute I changed my mind...

[@michaelfreund]

total disgrace!! i was jolted out of my light, ethereal, non-grounded in physical reality 5th dimension hopkins experience with that dense, concrete, earthy and hip and cool outro ...

[@nicholaswouters1203]

Its not just KCRW that has this problem - check out the outro on Purity Ring - Obedear on KEXP

[@LouisSampinsMusic]

Absolute genius.

[@muxant]

this is beauty.

[@nejafeja]

went to see him last night in London, Royal Festival Hall.

[@jezbuttons4997]

was it good?

[@PapunaOfficial]

jez buttons I saw him in Tbilisi / Georgia, and yes it was, he used his dj stuff than piano but all was live and cool

[@vinders123]

absolutely fantastic

[@videojomoody]

Nice. Simply awesome.

[@AmbientOnline]

Incredibly inspiring ...

[@SorinPLATON]

Beautiful

[@The_RedVIII]

Abandon Window reminds me a lot of Hans Zimmer. Especially of "Time" from Inception.

[@rippedrippedrippedrippedripped]

i love it ..so..beautiful... i moved

[@reaktiv1408]

Beautiful!

[@charlieridler6931]

Incredible

[@vitocheosserva8634]

Straordinario!

[@realhi-fihelplarry8047]

Wonderful

[@fredhoupt4078]

so beautiful. Wonderful

[@raymondleggs5508]

jon hopkins should score a Christopher nolan film

[@malcolmlargo]

more like every movie ever

[@crimes_against_bean-manity]

Yessssss! That would be beautiful! Even more so if he and Hans Zimmer pair!

[@camdoe49]

christopher nolan should score a jon hopkins album

[@Iamawakeproject]

Simply amazing...

[@leboukk]

I love your music!

[@WestrnEcho]

I love this man. That is all.

[@Teona.aka.Maria.Tureschi]

Wonderful!

[@tenisparaprincipiantes]

Vengo del futuro para decir que esto es belleza pura, oro que no se encuentra en cualquier lugar. La música cada vez sera mas mediocre pero estas melodías perduraran por siempre. Gracias Jon, Gracias por tu eternidad en estas melodias!

[@mernam5056]

thank you Jon💕 this is amazing!

[@Heartracer]

A true music genius

[@janifaferguson]

so tender...

[@ashleyclayton4309]

Stunning

[@josetomas84]

Maravilloso, sublime...emocionante!!

[@evangelineloves9]

My man 🙏😩

[@giuseppebriano]

Top track!!!

[@suattor6384]

Lowe Jon süper happy lowe lowe 🌟🌟

[@itsmednl]

Jon! Your Soul is cool.

Grande Jon ;D

[@neonfear]

amazing!

[@Sm3llyG]

Cant believe you stopped him before he played small memory! >_

[@BeataAevum]

живая душа ...

[@Soleryth]

All the cells of my body hate piano and people playing it. But man, Jon Hopkins is a genius and he's the only one making me enjoy this instrument.

[@margotdeclercq8965]

For all wondering, this is the sountrack to the Hamlet play starring Benedict Cumberbatch

[@lostfan29]

+Margot D Can you confirm this because I have been searching the Hamlet music forever!

[@margotdeclercq8965]

I can't confirm it about this particular song but I'm pretty sure, I went to the play irl and in the cinema and heard this music, and also on the site there is a list of the cast and the creative team, there it says 'music by Jon Hopkins' so yeah :)

[@PapunaOfficial]

+Margot D I have not seen hamlet but right now I know that this song is some years old so at last this song was way before the movie

[@PapunaOfficial]

+Margot D and I did research and think you are right lol

[@lolykebrtwv]

+Erica Nilsen abandon window was played during the act when ophelia was walking into the light, if that clears things up (if you saw the play)