Trip-hop from Eric Hilton

Musician and producer Eric Hilton takes listeners on a blunted journey through space with his new album Ceremony, 13 tracks of emotive interstellar psychedelia, set to drop later this summer via Montserrat House Music.

Hilton’s masterful ability to mix disparate musical ingredients was well established during his 25-year tenure as co-founder of the legendary genre-hopping downtempo electronic music act Thievery Corporation. But in his newfound solo work, the artist has crafted a sonic universe uniquely his own. Ceremony is the 3rd solo record Hilton has released during the past year, a period of prolific awakening for the veteran musician and producer, which the album title alludes to.

Commenting on the upcoming LP, he offers, “Ceremony acknowledges the exercise of sitting alone to draw musical vibrations from the ether, which I do regularly.”

Adding, “It’s the most centering, grounding thing I do, and I didn’t do it until I became a solo artist. Now I’m hooked. Interpreting life experiences, consciousness, and putting that into a musical form – that’s the ceremony.”

Before making the new album, Hilton moved house from D.C. to a more rural setting and the bucolic surroundings had a definite influence on the writing process for this album. “Being in nature brought more of an “ambient” aspect into this record – I like certain aspects of ambient music.” said the artist. But Ceremony grooves far too purposefully to be mistaken for anything like a traditional “ambient record”, so those aspects manifest themselves here as an intelligent spaciousness within which the songs exist.

Now the artist brings us the first single from the forthcoming album, “Who Are You?”. The new track is a blissful, laid back jam, showcasing Hilton’s composition and production prowess and giving a taste of what to expect from the upcoming EP

Listen to Who Are You? below