Looper (band)

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

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

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

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

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