Looper (band)

Looper
1999 press photo of Looper
Background information
OriginGlasgow, Scotland
Genres
  • Lofi hip hop
  • Chill hop
  • Folk hop[1]
Years active1998–present
LabelsJeepster, Sub-Pop, Mute
MembersStuart David
Karn David
Ronnie Black
Scott Twynholm

Looper are a Scottish electronic music group fronted by Belle and Sebastian co-founder Stuart David.

They have been credited with originating two distinct musical genres- Folk Hop,[1] and Horror Pop[2] (later termed Noir'n'B[3] or Switchblade Pop[4])

The band formed in 1998 for a show at the Glasgow School of Art and released their first single "Impossible Things" on the Subpop label a few months later.

They have released six albums, Up a Tree (1999), The Geometrid (2000), The Snare (2002), Offgrid:Offline (2015), Quiet & Small (2018), A Luminous Place (2023) and a 5-CD box set These Things (2015), as well as a series of EPs titled The MP3 EPs

  1. ^ a b Chanko, Chip (1999) "Up A Tree", Pitchfork, 19 March 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2018
  2. ^ Bowers, William (2002) "The Snare", Pitchfork, 13 August 2002. Retrieved 25 February 2018
  3. ^ "Mute Records • Looper • Announce 5 CD Box Set 'These Things' - out 13/14 April, feat. tracks from brand new album 'Offgrid:Offline'". Mute.com. 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ https://boomkat.com/products/the-snare [bare URL]