Jon Hopkins creates a new Piano Version of ANNA's debut ambien track "Receiving (ft. Laraaji)'

Following the announcement of her debut ambient electronic album Intentions, out on May 19th via Mercury KX, electronic producer & DJ ANNA has teamed up with Grammy, Mercury and Ivor Novello nominated composer and producer Jon Hopkins to deliver a spacious and serene piano version of her first single ‘Receiving (feat. Laraaji)’. Their shared interest in production, composition and functional music, leads to this third collaboration together and the continuation of a creative partnership rooted in both artists’ exploration into meditation and self-realisation practices.

I am deeply honoured to have Jon Hopkins as a part of ‘Intentions’. As an artist and producer, he is one of my greatest inspirations, and he has been following my journey from the very beginning. He is one of the few people that I showed my first creations in Ambient Music, which makes his involvement in this project even more special. Jon's version of ‘Receiving’ is nothing short of extraordinary - it emanates love and creates an atmosphere that allows for release and surrender. I have shed tears multiple times while listening to it. Witnessing its release into the world is truly heart-warming, and I believe it will serve as a form of healing for many.

ANNA

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Receiving" is the third collaboration I have done with my friend Anna. It was a joy to create something new from this sublime piece that she made with Laraaji, and to be part of her blissful new project, "Intentions". As a starting point, I made a drone part out of the zither performance, then dropped the tempo and pitch of Anna's beat elements to form a very deep and slow heartbeat-like pulse. I then wrote the piano part on top of this combination. What came out feels a little like a companion to Sit Around The Fire. I hope you enjoy it.

Jon Hopkins