New from the combined talents of Jon Hopkins and Olafur Arnalds is Forever Held, a track that is only three minutes and twenty one seconds long and yet manages to contain within it the entire history of the universe, from the very dawn of the beginning of time to the end of everything, via synths, orchestral strings (arrangement by Olafur) and keys, and some very faint drums, ending in a drawn out sigh. Weirdly and for reasons I'm not sure of, the version available to buy at Bandcamp is even shorter, just two minutes thirty eight.
Forever Held was inspired by a collaboration between Jon and NASA, an immersive experience at NASA HQ in Washington DC. Apparently, it was also used as part of the opening track on the recent Coldplay album and they came on stage to it at Glastonbury last June. Fret not, they won't be mentioned here again.
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