Music for Psychedelic Therapy
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Music for Psychedelic Therapy
| type = studio
| artist = Jon Hopkins
| cover = File:MusicForPT.jpg|border=yes
| alt =A pale, pastel-multicolored (mostly pink with some purple, blue, and yellow in the middle and an orange and red outline) blob in the middle of a light grey-to-white gradient rectangle, with a plain white stripe along the left side containing the artist's and album's names printed in the top-left in purple and pink respectively.
| released = 12 November 2021
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Electronic, ambient
| length = 60:03
| label = Domino
| producer = Jon Hopkins
| prev_title = Singularity
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc =
{{Singles
| name = Music for Psychedelic Therapy
| type = studio
| single1 = Sit Around the Fire
| single1date = 2 September 2021{{Cite news |author=Helman, Peter |date=2 September 2021 |title=Jon Hopkins - "Sit Around the Fire" (Feat. Ram Dass & East Forest) |work=Stereogum |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2159392/jon-hopkins-sit-around-the-fire-feat-ram-dass-east-forest/music/ |access-date=3 December 2021}}
| single2 = Love Flows Over Us in Prismatic Waves" & "Deep in the Glowing Heart
}}
}}
Music for Psychedelic Therapy is the sixth studio album by English electronic music producer Jon Hopkins, released on 12 November 2021 by Domino Recording Company.{{Cite news |author=Nøddeskov, Jesper |date=9 November 2021 |title=Jon Hopkins Quiets the Mind and Opens the Heart on Music for Psychedelic Therapy |work=PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/jon-hopkins-music-psychedelic-therapy |access-date=3 December 2021}}
Release
On 2 September 2021, Jon Hopkins announced the release of his sixth studio album, along with the first single "Sit Around the Fire".{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/jon-hopkins-announces-new-album-music-for-psychedelic-therapy|title=Jon Hopkins Announces New Album 'Music for Psychedelic Therapy'|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=2 September 2021|access-date=7 March 2022}} Of the single, which features collaborations by East Forest and Ram Dass, Hopkins said:
"Sit Around the Fire" exists from one of the deep synchronicities that ushered this thing (Music for Psychedelic Therapy) into being. I was contacted by East Forest, who had spent some time with Ram Dass in Hawaii before he passed. He was given access to several lesser-heard talks from the 70s, and asked to set them to music. He sent me some starting points, including the beautiful choral vocals he recorded which open the piece. I put my headphones on and with Ram Dass' voice inside my head, I sat at the piano and improvised. What you hear is the first thing that came out - it just appeared in response to the words."{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2021/09/02/jon-hopkins-new-album-music-for-psychedelic-therapy-sit-around-the-fire|title=Jon Hopkins Announces New Album|work=DIY|date=2 September 2021|access-date=7 March 2022}}
The album was premiered at L-Acoustics Creations in Westlake Village, California at a Pitchblack Playback album listening session.{{Cite news |title=Pitchblack Playback: Jon Hopkins Music for Psychedelic Therapy listening session in the dark |work=Resident Adviser |url=https://ra.co/events/1516234 |access-date=October 6, 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Protz |first=Adam |title=Robot Koch's the Next Billion Years Immersive Listening Party: "As Incredible as a Live Concert" |work=Headliner |url=https://headlinermagazine.net/robot-koch-the-next-billion-years-lacoustics-immersive-listening-party-as-incredible-as-a-live-concert.html |access-date=October 6, 2022}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| title =Music for Psychedelic Therapy ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1score ={{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite news |author=Simpson, Paul |title=Music for Psychedelic Therapy - Jon Hopkins |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/music-for-psychedelic-therapy-mw0003587963 |access-date=3 December 2021}}
| rev2 =Clash
| rev3 =DIY
| rev3score ={{rating|3|5}}{{Cite news |author=Goggins, Joe |title=Jon Hopkins - Music for Psychedelic Therapy |work=DIY |url=https://diymag.com/2021/11/10/jon-hopkins-music-for-psychedelic-therapy-album-review |access-date=3 December 2021}}
| rev4 =Exclaim!
| rev5 =The Guardian
| rev6 = Mojo
| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Worthy |first=Stephen |date=December 2021 |title=Jon Hopkins - Music for Psychedelic Therapy |url=https://archive.org/details/mojo-december-2021/page/86/mode/2up |magazine=Mojo |page=87 |access-date=February 26, 2023}}
| rev7 =musicOMH
| rev7score ={{rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite news |author=Devlin, Ben |date=10 November 2021 |title=Jon Hopkins - Music for Psychedelic Therapy |work=MusicOMH |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/jon-hopkins-music-for-psychedelic-therapy |access-date=3 December 2021}}
| rev8 =Pitchfork
| rev9 =PopMatters
| rev10 =Under the Radar
}}
Music for Psychedelic Therapy was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79 based on 13 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the release a 7.5 out of 10 based on a critical consensus of 14 reviews.
The Guardian{{'}}s Kitty Empire stated that for all its "pervasive beauty", ultimately the album "feels like only the eight-minute apex track 'Deep in the Glowing Heart' rearranges the listener's molecules in a transformational way." Pitchfork{{'}}s Megan Buerger was more positive, observing that when "the final hums fade and tape crackles lift, you get a glimpse at the wide-eyed resolution felt when the chemical loosens its grip." Recognising Hopkins' as a "master at suspense and release", they praised his new-found restraint on the record.
= Year-end lists =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Music for Psychedelic Therapy on year-end lists |
| scope="col" | Publication
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| scope="row" | Magnetic
| 17 |
| scope="row" | MusicOMH
| 28 |
| scope="row" | PopMatters
| 67 |
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Music for Psychedelic Therapy track listing
| all_writing=Jon Hopkins except where noted. All tracks are produced by Hopkins
| total_length=60:03
| title1 = Welcome
| writer1 = Jon Hopkins, 7Rays
| length1 = 6:22
| title2 = Tayos Caves, Ecuador i
| length2 = 6:15
| title3 = Tayos Caves, Ecuador ii
| length3 = 5:07
| title4 = Tayos Caves, Ecuador iii
| length4 = 7:39
| title5 = Love Flows Over Us in Prismatic Waves
| length5 = 6:52
| title6 = Deep in the Glowing Heart
| length6 = 8:51
| title7 = Ascending, Dawn Sky
| writer7 = Hopkins, 7Rays
| length7 = 9:22
| title8 = Arriving
| writer8 = Hopkins, 7Rays
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sit Around the Fire
| writer9 = Hopkins, East Forest, Ram Dass
| length9 = 8:22
}}
{{track listing
| total_length = 68:00
| headline = Japanese edition (bonus track){{cite web|url=https://www.beatink.com/products/detail.php?product_id=12078|title=BEATINK.COM Comfort to Me|publisher=Beatink.com|accessdate=9 April 2022}}
| title10 = 1/2 Singing Bowl (Ascension) - Excerpt
| length10 = 4:30
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance of Music for Psychedelic Therapy ! scope="col"| Chart (2021–2022) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Flanders|145|artist=Jon Hopkins|album=Music for Psychedelic Therapy|rowheader=true|access-date=7 March 2022}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|72|id=487966|artist=Jon Hopkins|album=Music for Psychedelic Therapy|rowheader=true|access-date=1 April 2022}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|16|date=20220401|rowheader=true|access-date=2 April 2022}} |
| {{album chart|UKIndependent|8|date=20220401|rowheader=true|access-date=2 April 2022}} |
See also
References
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Further reading
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- {{Cite news |author=Currin, Grayson Haver |date=10 November 2021 |title=Jon Hopkins's Psychedelic Journey to a New Way of Creating Music |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/arts/music/jon-hopkins-music-for-psychedelic-therapy.html |access-date=20 January 2022}}
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Category:Domino Recording Company albums