First Listen: King Creosote And Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine (album stream)

Jon Hopkins (left) and King Creosote collaborate on the new album Diamond Mine, out May 24. If the year ended right now, I'd know my favorite record of 2011. Out May 24, Diamond Mine does what audio does best: It takes me far from the here-and-now. This labor of love, seven years in the making, opens on a café terrace in a Scottish town. Jon Hopkins sets his field recordings, rich in regional accents and casual conversation, against a lovely, spare piano. It's a few minutes before these soun...

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