King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

On Tour
Play Radio
Listen to King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Radio, featuring artists like King Creosote, James Yorkston and The Athletes, Jon Hopkins, Bill Wells and more…

455,542 plays (27,051 listeners)

Shop now at Juno | Send Ringtones to Cell
Buy
Add to my Library

(2011 – present)

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins is a collaboration between Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote and English electronica musician Jon Hopkins. In 2011 they released Diamond Mine, featuring lyrics and vocals from King Creosote sung over musical backdrops arranged and recorded by Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine is a genuine labour of love, recorded over a number of years without the pressure of deadlines, whenever they could get together.

The album, featuring instrumental moments as affecting as the lyrical, consists of newly interpreted obscure delights picked out from 20 years of King Creosote’s treasure chest of a back catalogue. Intended to be heard as a single experience, Diamond Mine produces a near classical suite of emotion ranging from cracked despair to patched-up euphoria. Described by King Creosote as a ‘soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a scottish coastal village’, the record weaves in slices of Fife life, bike wheels, spring tides, tea cups and café chatter to produce a beautiful, unique and timeless album.

Domino Records
Read more… Edit bio

Popular tags: , , , ,  See more

Share this artist:

Top Tracks

1  
793
2  
639
3  
551
4  
525
5  
488
6  
459
7  
443
8  
201
9  
194
10  
172
11  
169
12  
166
13  
159
14  
118
15  
48
Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 70 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

See more Add event

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

More Information

Links