I believe the point of the ambient latter half was that Jon was trying to emulate a psychedelic trip, from it's ups to its eventual crash. At least, that's what I've gathered from what he said in several articles that were published during the album cycle. So Jon wasn't really frontloading all of his bangers during the first half for no reason. In a way it makes me appreciate the second hlaf; the first half were the bangers, rising in intensity, until it reached a sort of climax. The latter half is there to help you wind down from the excitement that the first half brings.
@MrPatters6 жыл бұрын
Review every element on the periodic table.
@zainery6 жыл бұрын
Mr.Pat - Oxygen really helps me survive; im feeling a strong 10.
@leftovernoise6 жыл бұрын
Zain Rizvi fairly certain he would only give oxygen a light to decent 8
@movimentodoscacos6 жыл бұрын
jordan marks nah, he would give it at least a 9 because of Swans
@yourlocalnimrod92496 жыл бұрын
carbon dioxide gives him those incredible smoothies. classic out of ten
@smirkkink16636 жыл бұрын
NOT GOOD
@heyvsoucejobahere67636 жыл бұрын
Obviously I get your point, but simply can't agree with it. The clear split between the techno and the ambient parts has its purpouse, as if first we're leaving earth, burning fuel, breaking the atmosphere, but then, as we reach space, that's it, we're all silent, doomed for nothingness. Of f**king course I'm just a fan overthinking a good techno album, but that's what fans do, and I'm so glad that Jon went deep into this space adventure, leaving so many thoughtfull moments yet not saying a single word.
@Ideennot6 жыл бұрын
It's not even overthinking. Hopkins said that Singularity is a concept album.
@niu_arx6 жыл бұрын
yeah this is literally the point of the album, it's supposed to be a universe expanding from a singularity and then collapsing back into a singularity, hence why it ends on the same note as it started. hopkins literally stated this himself haha
@culturebutter6 жыл бұрын
I think fantano misses the bigger picture here. The AOTY picture
@RabbiVideoTube6 жыл бұрын
I feel like the first half feels more like space and the second more grounded, like coming down into an open field. I don't view the album as making me feel "doomed for nothingness". I feel like it's a pretty positive experience, not a depressing or empty one. But the fact that people can have different experiences with the album is what makes it special.
@D3r3k23236 жыл бұрын
leaving earth... You mean leaving your mind, lol.
@muhammadabiyyu85286 жыл бұрын
DJ Koze please
@ercanilegroeg5 жыл бұрын
Emerald Rush though. Maybe, it's just me, but that song is one of the greatest listens I have had the joy of. The messing of the rhythm at the start, how each layer builds, the ethereal vibes over the pleasant chord sequence all carried by a thumping beat Aaahhh. Too much nice. Totally agree with your comment on the album starting strong but finishing weaker though.
@ElectronicGems6 жыл бұрын
Every time Anthony says "transition" in a review it's like when a character says the movie title in a movie
@explanationmark_6 жыл бұрын
what are we, some kind of tran-sition?
@beflygelt6 жыл бұрын
........you mean he breaks the fourth wall?
@cirrus_synths2 жыл бұрын
Oh, hey EG!
@MordecaiWalfish6 жыл бұрын
Jon visited Alex Grey in New York, took some DMT, and recorded an album. Look at the album in this light and it makes a lot more sense, both musically and through the flow of the album.
@MrSeafloat6 жыл бұрын
Source?
@ScorpFin6 жыл бұрын
Album gets a 10/10 from me. I actually LOVE C O S M.
@michaelroy66302 жыл бұрын
YES. I don't think I've heard a track before that rises, peaks and fades out so gradually and so masterfully. C O S M is better described as an aural experience than a song imo.
@brianmcallister71146 жыл бұрын
An album that is wholly satisfying and can really only be appreciated listened to in its entirety. In a time of attention span deficient Spotify boppers this is a long burner to enjoy for years.
@Bishcona6 жыл бұрын
LOL MORE LIKE NERDLEDROP AMIRITE CAL
@alrecks6196 жыл бұрын
Bishcona more like Melondrop
@Bishcona6 жыл бұрын
Axle Rolland GOTTEM
@e.t46356 жыл бұрын
Bishcona *[insert 50s laugh track]*
@e8ghtmileshigh16 жыл бұрын
Noodlederp
@chrislawuk6 жыл бұрын
It’s all about Insides for me. But everything Jon does I love. The first time I heard Abandon Window it sort of crashed my entire existence for hours as I listened to it over and over. Still haven’t properly listened to this one yet tho. Also, damn, EVERY TIME Anthony and the Fantanos says “transition” I get extremely in-cohered
@RustinChole6 жыл бұрын
Chris have you heard the Moderat remix of abandon windows? So good.
@iRunfastXC6 жыл бұрын
Honestly one of my favorite albums of the year. Incredibly immersive listen.
@Timmsstuff6 жыл бұрын
"blatant use of reverb and other effects" ok then
@vitano56816 жыл бұрын
Do Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino!!!
@offbeatkiki6 жыл бұрын
Was excited to hear your thoughts on this. Can't wait for the Beach House review :)
@DrLongSchIong6 жыл бұрын
offbeat kiki oh shit ik u from the AnCo Facebook page!!
@offbeatkiki6 жыл бұрын
Neil Malakar what's up Neil!! Yeah I'm pretty active on KZbin lol
@xx-jp2yt6 жыл бұрын
Sup ma
@offbeatkiki6 жыл бұрын
Sup! :) I make patrician playlist vids, check em out
@timothyo7186 жыл бұрын
Review Beach House - 7 next.
@muhammadabiyyu85286 жыл бұрын
Review Damn. By Beach House
@thagerty6 жыл бұрын
More electronic music and EDM reviews, please!
@SultanSaad6 жыл бұрын
I love this album so much. Thanks for reviewing it!
@lennyrose58526 жыл бұрын
BEACH HOUSE
@muhammadabiyyu85286 жыл бұрын
Luminous Beings is my favourite
@mandel40656 жыл бұрын
Muhammad Abiyyu mine too, at first I was disappointed because I wanted a big climax, but then I appreciated how inspring and grand it feels while staying relatively lowkey.
@2lowkey1005 жыл бұрын
Muhammad Abiyyu might be my favourite song of all time.
@Sebvibevanse6 жыл бұрын
It's been a pretty good year for house music it seems.
@xydamage97545 жыл бұрын
I think the ambient part is crucial to the experience. Just as in Immunity, Jon takes you to a completely transcendental and blissful state of euphoria in the first tracks, once the album has peaked in Everything Connected, Jon can take you through a world of beauty with the ambient section. You wouldn't experience the beauty of those tracks in the same way if you didn't come from this state of total excitement. In Feel First Life I felt like I was witnessing some deep hidden truth of the universe. Like I had opened my first eye or some shit. Like it literally feels like you are ascending to a higher state of being. Listening to Feel First Life on its own wouldn't do that. The first part takes you to this altered state of mind, then you pass through this cathartic ambient part, and then Luminous beings takes you back. Recovery allows you to rest and reflect on what you have just witnessed before returning to the real world. The album is a journey, kind of like a psychedelic trip, or a very long meditation session. I think this album is Jon's absolute best work and will become a classic of electronic music. I think it deserves a strong 9.
@joebanfi85315 жыл бұрын
Listening to this again and I've got to disagree with Anthony about the second half when he says it's less powerful...maybe he's overlooked some of the intricacies in the more mellow songs... in "Echo Dissolve" the chord changes are extremely powerful because there are no repeats yet you never feel lost... it's like a jazz progression the way it keeps changing key so naturally throughout. Maybe this track is more for people who like Jon Hopkins' classical side, but it's lovely for everyone the way it leads you off into the ether and is such a refreshing change from usual chord progressions in this electronic sphere of music. And with "Luminous Beings", personally I'm not that into it but in his Song Exploder interview Hopkins said it was his favourite song he'd ever made, and he knows what he's talking about so surely there's some power in that song too! Enjoyed the review overall though so thanks Anthony!
@broken9326 жыл бұрын
I JUST REALIZED ALL OF YOUR THUMBNAILS MERGE TO THE START OF THE VIDEO. CLEEEVVVVERR MELON!
@fleakletheotter6 жыл бұрын
Took me a while to understand Immunity. I love an album that gets better and better with every listen. I hope it happens with Singularity.
@CultureDTCTV6 жыл бұрын
Where is the 🅱oyce Da 5'9" , 🅱each House and 🅱arctic 🅱onkeys review ?
@sean-ko6qc6 жыл бұрын
Where is ENDLESS
@faybiel29816 жыл бұрын
sean taylor right?!
@Ben_Mdws6 жыл бұрын
Hurry up and give the Arctic Monkey’s album a 4 so we can all get on with our lives.
@Elisione6 жыл бұрын
Are you gonna review Beware the Book of Eli fantano?
@Newtoniumx6 жыл бұрын
No he should review Book of Ryan. It's probably way better.
@mikhaildreivich57746 жыл бұрын
No he's not because it was shit and not worth reviewing
@ayoubkhiro41846 жыл бұрын
The book of Ryan is so far one of Royce's best works.
@Bigfluffydragongaming6 жыл бұрын
Done
@mickydee8966 жыл бұрын
dude i just like listening to you talk about music. so fucking knowledgeable, its crazy
@Khandshoe7026 жыл бұрын
Love you Fantano, great review, bud.
@gebaskaras6 жыл бұрын
please review Donald Trump's progress report
@alexballantine39736 жыл бұрын
gebaskaras hhhahahahhHaJajJshs
@GrahamBarth6 жыл бұрын
Progress?
@tarkineWild6 жыл бұрын
P̶r̶o̶g̶r̶e̶s̶s̶ Regress
@GrahamBarth6 жыл бұрын
I will cede that was impressive. It'll likely be the only good thing he ever does, but yes -- I suppose praise for that one particular thing is acceptable. That being said, Kim Jong-Un disagrees.
@andreiferariu6 жыл бұрын
Yea, he's done pretty well so far tbh - could've been much much worse
@nickfromCO6 жыл бұрын
Will you be getting to the Chuchesta Based Melon and Casino album review soon?
@W1TCHMOUNTA1N6 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous album, phenomenal review. Checking your channel constantly for a review on The Body's new 'I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer' album. Can't wait to hear what you think.
@ianhickey34236 жыл бұрын
You should review Alon Mor's Long Awaited Journey, he has the best sound design I've ever heard and has been backed by quite a few big electronic artists.
@starbucke6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for reviewing another Jon Hopkins album. I think Immunity was better, but singularity is something i always want to listen to all the way through. I can't say that about most other artists I listen to today
@Apsburner97176 жыл бұрын
Ok. I'm kinda serious here he DAMN.ed this one
@sweetwheatsy6 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the way this review was set out; it was quite evident you put a good deal of effort into it and also understood the style and what the album was going for (mentioning the meaning of the title, etc). I am personally biased, because I love electronic music, and so it'd be neat if you'd review more electronic albums.
@slippymcgoo20046 жыл бұрын
Love the subtle detail in the intro
@playedescapade6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if I'm going to have to fight you when I watch your Beach House 7 review. I'll be waiting, melon.
@balsamicfingerer6 жыл бұрын
seen jon live last week and i must say that this album has really grown on me this week.
@dusthymn81876 жыл бұрын
"Collider" from his Immunity album still takes my breath away
@RealTrachta6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for reviewing this!
@stephenkahlig14946 жыл бұрын
I especially like your electronic music album reviews. I really agreed with the singularity album review. I’m hoping that you’ll put Four Tet’s latest album New Energy on the priority list. I find it to be, arguably, his best.
@jackgillespie34316 жыл бұрын
You better not give 7 a DAMN. Melon
@peanutbutterpikachu6 жыл бұрын
Person: Anthony Butterfly: experimental hip hop that isn't specifically under the artist name death grips ex: Danny brown - XXX Dialogue: is this a death grips? Don't act like you aren't part of the problem.
@demo_sphere6 жыл бұрын
Excellent review, definitely try to review the stunning Venetian Snares album next
@cheetosl57576 жыл бұрын
Wut, where endless
@bodmon6 жыл бұрын
Hey man great review. You should check out Deepchord if you like grandeur sound scapes, think ambient, deep house & dub techno tones. Imo it comes across as being more palatable than Jon Hopkins more electro tinged ambient.
@Im_JAMN6 жыл бұрын
Dorkthany Geektano
@BillyFusco6 жыл бұрын
Hey Anthony, I suggest you listen to (and possibly review) "Unfortunate Snort" by Pinkly Smooth, a band The Rev (original and former A7X drummer). The album is classified as "metal", "punk", and "Avant-garde". I would also put it under the genre of "psychedelic", but you can be the judge. At a little under 30 minutes long, it's definitely worth a listen.
@macewinduhugs30366 жыл бұрын
WTF melon? Time for Beach House boy!
@13Mikestar6 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for that book of ryan review!
@sidneyferrarez42526 жыл бұрын
I know it's unrelated to this video, but R.I.P. Scott Hutchison.
@RockOfGreece6 жыл бұрын
you have to know that what you said about the last track was right but IT WAS NOT A DRAWBACK since that was just what jon wanted to do. If you read the description on his bandcamp page, he states that the album "is a journey that returns to where it began - from the opening note of foreboding to the final sound of acceptance"
@gregwestwood74536 жыл бұрын
I’m guessing you’ll be reacting to Tranquility base hotel? Can’t wait!:)
@nicks48026 жыл бұрын
I smoked pot with Johnny Hopkins.... It was Johnny Hopkins and Sloan Kettering, and they were blazing that shit up everyday
@mandel40656 жыл бұрын
agreed that the back of the album is a bit too stretched out for me, but I get that's what he's trying to do. Luminous Beings is amazing tho and I like how Recovery fades out the album.
@thomasdubien13086 жыл бұрын
Maybe I like warped synth leads skipping into infinity across an astral pond of propulsive techno rythms with a heavy house bounce.
@Matt-qn1dt6 жыл бұрын
I SMOKED POT WITH JOHNNY HOPKINS!!! IT WAS US AND SLOAN KETTERING, AND WE BLAZED THAT SHIT EVERY DAY.
@ExplanationMarks6 жыл бұрын
Loved the Tiny Mix Tapes reference lol.
@dunnonpurpose6 жыл бұрын
Spot on, excellent review.
@djdeadhorses6 жыл бұрын
BLADEE REVIEW WHEN
@Adi_19226 жыл бұрын
Yo Melon where’s That ENDLESS REDUX ?
@moahmed16816 жыл бұрын
Spencer Brown - Illusion of Perfection
@joedorben35046 жыл бұрын
I was gonna come on here and complain about how he still hasnt reviewed Book Of Ryan despite the fact that it's been out for a full week now, but I went and listened to this album and it's actually pretty dope. Complaint rescinded (for now).
@Natzure6 жыл бұрын
I haven't cried in years, Anthony. For god's sake.
@michael_gibbs6 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not alone in thinking ending the album with Luminous Beings was an underwhelming end. Still a brilliant album, but I may be biased as a big fan of Jon.
@crazypo0d0g6 жыл бұрын
Never heard of jon Hopkins but now I wanna listen to him
@onsonginternational53916 жыл бұрын
Best music reviewer on youtube, do you write music yourself?
@charliejones97206 жыл бұрын
Alright Fantano let’s hear this Arctic Monkeys’ review
@TheDaddyO446 жыл бұрын
Good review. Are you going to do "The Carters" album??? please....
@JonathanFraserMusic6 жыл бұрын
Hey Anthony, could you possibly review the new The Armed record Only Love? It is up there for album of the year and even features Ben from Converge.
@peanutbutterpikachu6 жыл бұрын
Man: Needledrop fans Butterfly: 7 Fans: is this a DAMN?
@hawkhobo81306 жыл бұрын
Great album for a night drive. Can't complain overall, since it is so difficult to create something so unique and original.
@RustinChole6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Fantano! I’ve been waiting for this one! Totally deserved a strong 8 tho.
@ihateschool3676 жыл бұрын
idk how you are able to listen to all these different genres so rapidly. no time to even fully adjust if you are really into an album, just like, on to the next.
@GM-hm4ro6 жыл бұрын
This album was supposed to be inspired by a mushroom trip to joshua tree, so yeah, thats why the half of the album is super energetic and magical and then slows down and brings you back to earth with still highlights but in a more calm and breathy way.. like it happens in a psychodelic trip.
@nikolademitri7316 жыл бұрын
MELON YOU NEED TO GET ON THAT NEW *DJ KOZE* ALBUM. LIKE NOW, SON! Oh, and I loved this album. Not quite as brilliant as his last album, which was my favorite of 2013, but it’s definitely close to that. Jon Hopkins is a musical genius imo, but DAMN, SON, THAT NEW *DJ KOZE* ALBUM, “KNOCK KNOCK” IS......
@MrSwiftybabe6 жыл бұрын
the constellation on the album cover is the molecule shape of DMT, the drug that heavily influenced Jon on this album
@Kdkjdjewerdnxa6 жыл бұрын
Disappointed that Cal didn't repeat "You're a nerd your a geek" throughout the review
@moonaj896 жыл бұрын
no bassnectar reviews? the old school beat break stuff lorin was doing back in the day was really creative and a lot of fun. would love to hear your thoughts on mesmerizing the ultra and underground communication.
@yellowfamilyfunny30656 жыл бұрын
Sometimes i dont care about the album anthony fatnano is reviewing but he's entertaining, informative and has a relaxing voice so ill watch it anyway. + the instrumental memes
@CheckeredFedora6 жыл бұрын
Glad you like this album. This is totally my kind of music, and Jon Hopkins nails it.
@adamdictatedbutnotreadkadh87196 жыл бұрын
I feel headass asking but the new desiigner?
@muffycat6 жыл бұрын
I totally agree! I love this album!
@ThePuka6 жыл бұрын
Loved this record. Got feelings of Anathema - such care over sound.
@justinkeys32916 жыл бұрын
Review Die Lit-Playboi Carti!!!!!
@matsolsson90676 жыл бұрын
Could you review "Beware the book of Eli"? In my opinion it was pretty bland but I would like to hear your opinion!
@RuslanKalashnikov6 жыл бұрын
2:34 Thought the video is already over.
@manynukes116 жыл бұрын
That Sleep album has been there for like the past 10 reviews, not complaining though
@juansantos7526 жыл бұрын
I really was thinking this was gonna be 8....DAMN
@owiseone16 жыл бұрын
I smoked pot with Johnny Hopkins.
@summer89506 жыл бұрын
I really liked the album overall but I felt like the ambient half was disappointing, Immunity's ambient parts were much better to me
@j.a.osorio20056 жыл бұрын
I think the sequence of the tracks was decided in order for it to fit vinyl.
@bryanlilib6 жыл бұрын
Do more electronic reviews plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
@stephenkahlig14946 жыл бұрын
Four Tet’s New Energy. It’s time
@cl52816 жыл бұрын
Ey could you review Shakey Graves' album Can't Wake Up? My mans needs some more recognition
@top10consoles6 жыл бұрын
for his next reviews he'll give tranquility base a 7 and 7 a tranquility base