Closer by Owen Hopper

Closer is the culmination of over a year of reflection on microscopic imperfections and the creation of moments. Both organic and synthesized, this music is made up of sonic particulate matter, bridging the gap between natural and machined, the same way each of us is a summation of both.
The album opens and closes with sounds near and dear to my heart and artistic practice, field recordings made of water in two different contexts. The following vignettes dive into the sonic world below the surface, a world where moments are born of collisions, joining, splitting, and evolving. Much like the particles that were present since the dawn of time, this work seeks to suspend boundaries in a liquid of gesture and texture where the worlds of the lived and the imagined fuse into one.
This collection of music begs the question “what happens when we become closer”? Closer to each other, closer to the world, closer to ourselves.

Embracing natural imperfections and experimental computer practice, Owen Hopper's music reflects on light, space, and the beauty of a moment.

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