Artist profile
Jon Hopkins is a British electronic musician and producer known for intricate, layered compositions that blend ambient, techno, and experimental elements. His work spans collaborations with artists across electronic and alternative music, alongside solo releases that explore evolving approaches to synthesizer-based production.
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Jon Hopkins is a moderate-energy artist.
Sits right in the typical Electronica pocket.
Across 28 analysed tracks, Jon Hopkins averages 51% energy — harder than 67% of individual Electronica tracks.
Measured against 14,430 Electronica tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 66–147 BPM with a median of 123 · predominantly major keys (25% minor) · most common key: 7B (F Major) with 5 tracks.
How Jon Hopkins’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Electronica tempo.
Across Jon Hopkins's catalog, production has darkened; vocal content has increased.
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We scored every transition between Jon Hopkins’s 28 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 239 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
25 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 10 different Jon Hopkins tracks.
Open Eye Signal - George FitzGerald Remix → Rise and Shine · 7B → 6B · +3 BPM · 88 chemistry
23 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 5 different Jon Hopkins tracks.
Baby, We're Ascending → Brassa På Lite · 10B → 10B · +1 BPM · 88 chemistry
25 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 5 different Jon Hopkins tracks.
Open Eye Signal - George FitzGerald Remix → Critical Situation · 7B → 8B · +3 BPM · 88 chemistry
27 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 12 different Jon Hopkins tracks.
Emerald Rush - Solomun Remix → Geb - Spencer Brown Rework · 12A → 12A · +3 BPM · 86 chemistry
26 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 13 different Jon Hopkins tracks.
33 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 6 different Jon Hopkins tracks.
Open Eye Signal - George FitzGerald Remix → Inception · 7B → 7B · +2 BPM · 88 chemistry
23 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 13 different Jon Hopkins tracks.
Open Eye Signal - George FitzGerald Remix → Hypernova - Stephan Bodzin Remix · 7B → 8A · −1 BPM · 87 chemistry
24 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 8 different Jon Hopkins tracks.
Baby, We're Ascending → Stand · 10B → 11B · −1 BPM · 88 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Jon Hopkins by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Jon Hopkins, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Jon Hopkins's tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 147 BPM, with a median of 123 BPM. Across 28 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Jon Hopkins's tracks are mostly in major keys (25% minor across 28 tracks). The most common single key is 7B (F Major) with 5 tracks.
We scored every transition between Jon Hopkins's 28 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 239 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Carbon, Cari Lekebusch, Daniel Sbert are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Open Eye Signal - George FitzGerald Remix into Rise and Shine, 7B to 6B, 88 chemistry.
Jon Hopkins sits closest to Rival Consoles, Nils Frahm, Four Tet in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Jon Hopkins releases spanning 2008 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2010s.