Bears And Bullets Albums Of The Year (#10-#1)

Continuing with list week, we hit the finale - the Best Albums of 2013, numbers ten through one. Read the countdown after the bump.

Jon Hopkins video - Collider

With the release of the extended version of Immunity, one of 2013's most surprising, well-balanced, and transcendent albums, Jon Hopkins debuted his newest video for "Collider."

The new video, which will also be released as a single bundled with a few remixes next February, comes from upstarts THUMP UK and director Tom Haines. On working with the producer, Haines said;

"Jon's music has a transportive quality, which can be blissful and expansive, but can also be internal, and more aggressive, and Collider is at this end of the spectrum. We wanted to create an internal journey, which was unflinching, singular and claustrophobic and at the same time liberating. The video is like a voodoo ceremony, where the lead character dances herself into frenzy, and through the dance gains access to a parallel dimension; it's her unfurling thoughts, her dislocated mind, and hints at something more apocalyptic - an end game for her and us."

Watch the video below and order the extended version of Immunity on iTunes, before its December 9 release.

Jon Hopkins video - Breathe This Air (ft. Purity Ring)

Early last month, Jon Hopkins debuted the updated version of "Breathe This Air," featuring the enriching vocals from Purity Ring's Megan James.

The new version of the Immunity track caught a good deal of praise, enough for director Anthony Dickenson to helm a new video. On the effort, Dickenson said, "I was interested in those times when you think you're totally alone in your thoughts and something unexpectedly disrupts that, snapping you out. The characters in the film have very different stories but I wanted to create distinct parallels, bringing them closer and closer until they actually intersect in a single defining moment."

"Breathe This Air" is available now as a stand-alone single. Immunity, one of the best LP's of 2013, is also out now on Domino.

Jon Hopkins - Breathe This Air (ft. Purity Ring)

As part of an upcoming set of tour dates together, Megan James of Purity Ring has added her lofty vocals on an updated version of Jon Hopkins' "Breathe This Air." The exasperating and dreamy new take will be featured on an exclusive 12", 175 of which will be given away at the duo's shows at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.

Also featured on the 12" will be a special Jon Hopkins remix of Purity Ring's "Amenamy," which will be released on Domino Records. Tour date info is available here.

Album Stream: Jon Hopkins - Immunity

A week before celebrated British producer and composer Jon Hopkins debuts his new album Immunity, fans can stream the full LP via NPR.

The swirling minimalist haze of the album begins with "We Disappear," with Hopkins transfixing motioning beats drifting further and further inward through echoed multitudes. It's a similar technique heard throughout the album, which features another lengthy and mesmerizing gem, "Open Eye Signal," which featured a video premiere late last month that is available below.

Stream the entire LP here before the June 4 release on Domino Records.

Jon Hopkins video - Open Eye Signal

Director Aoife McArdle, in his most recent project, undertook the joyous and lengthy single from long-time English producer Jon Hopkins in "Open Eye Signal." The eight-minute plus piece could simply be looked at as a display of skating tricks, but it opens up as a captivating cross-country trip of a mute figure, intrinsically focused as the song continues to develop.

It's a must watch.