Looper

Bio:

Looper 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. Originally comprising of Stuart David and his wife Karn David, who was mainly responsible for visual elements in the live shows, such as videos projections, super 8 films, kenetic sculptures and photographic projections, they soon became a fully fledged band, adding Ronnie Black (guitarist) and Scott Twynholm (keyboards) to their line up. Their first full length album "Up a Tree" was realeased on Subpop in the US and Jeepster in the rest of the world in 1999, and was followed by "The Geometrid" in 2000, on the same labels. After touring the US for three months with The Flaming Lips in 2000 they signed to Mute records and recorded "The Snare". Since then, Looper have been releasing their music free to the the public at their LOOPERAMA website, funding this experiment by licencing the use of their songs in high-profile Hollywood films and Ad campaigns, including the Tom Cruise film "Vanilla Sky", and the current Xerox campaign. Other films their songs have appeared in include, "The Edukators", "The Girl Next Door", "Out Cold", and "Dog Park". Their most famous song is probably "Mondo 77", the song from the Xerox ads, and many films.

Member Since:

February 26, 2006

Members:

Stuart David, Karn David, Ronnie Black.

Influences:

David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Duran Duran, David Sylvian, Kid Loco, Fat Boy Slim, The Neptunes, Roxy Music, Japan, The Velvet Underground.

Sounds Like:

The Go Team, Depeche Mode, The Avalanches, Kid Loco, Belle and Sebastian, John Barry, Serge Gainsburg, Aim, Boards of Canada, Sigur Ros, Four Tet, Land of the Loops, Magnetic Fields.