Looper (Stuart & Karn David) came into being in 1998 for a multi--media show at the iconic Glasgow School of Art. Stuart was used to playing with the band he co-founded (Belle & Sebastian) but Karn was a bit shy so she filled the stage with TVs and videos, super8 loops and slide projections to accompany Stuart's spoken word songs. And since nothing broke down, and everybody clapped, they decided to keep doing it.
To date Looper have released six albums via Sub Pop, Jeepster & Mute, including the 5CD box set, These Things, 2015’s Offgrid:Offline and 2018’s acoustic collection of classic Looper material, Quiet & Small.
Many of their tracks have appeared in film soundtracks, including ‘Mondo 77’ which featured in Cameron Crowe’s 2001 film, Vanilla Sky.