Belle & Sebastian bassist Stuart David makes his lo-fi solo debut. With Scottish indie heroes Belle & Sebastian trouncing Steps and B*Witched to bag a Brit award, the timing seems perfect for their first solo offshoot. Except that Looper (bassist … [cont…]

If the thought of child-song and trees houses curls your fingers into a fist, then Looper’s spaceboy dream is not for you. Chief Looper Stuart David is, after all, the Other Stuart in Belle & Sebastian(he actually wrote ‘Spaceboy Dream’ … [cont…]

(Stuart) David’s Looper project is fun. Tinny, tiny tunes which race along chased by little blipping noises. Lovely stuff. Top album, too.

Looper are an offshoot of Belle and Sebastian, who deliciously snatched the Brits Newcomer gong from Steps. More dance-orientated than the main band’s output, Ballad Of Ray Suzuki, is skittish ‘Little Beat’ (metro) born of a love of playful dance … [cont…]

This is not quite what we were expecting. ‘Bunch of loopers!’ exclaims a vocodery voice that might belong to a more cheerful cyber-child of Radiohead’s ‘Fitter, Happier’ droid. And before we know what’s hit us, some dippy samples and breakneck … [cont…]

Better known as the bassist of last week’s Brit Award winners Belle & Sebastian, Stuart David and his wife Karn have created an imaginative album that’s part mellow beats, part performance art and part genius. Using samples of speech, delicate … [cont…]

The grooviest record this label has ever turned out.