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Wikipedia / Kev Hopper

Kev Hopper (born 1961) is an English bass guitarist.

Life and career

Hopper is best known for his work as bass guitarist for the band Stump, an Anglo/Irish indie/experimental/rock group formed in London in 1983. Stump released two albums, the self released mini album Quirk Out in 1986 and their only full-length release A Fierce Pancake in 1988. Since the late 1980s, his mainly instrumental output has been diverse and best described as a hybrid style of experimental electronica and melodic pop with his distinctive bass playing often to the fore. Two bands dominated his post-Stump years: the laptop quartet, Ticklish (1998–2005) and the bass guitar, riff-dominated Prescott (2012–2018) featuring Scritti Politti keyboardist Rhodri Marsden, drummer Frank Byng, and Pere Ubu guitarist, Keith Moliné.

Hopper is also a visual artist (painter).

Discography

Solo albums

  • Stolen Jewels (1990), Ghetto Records

  • The Stinking Rose (1993), retrospective Bandcamp digital release

  • Spoombung (1998), Thoofa

  • Whispering Foils (2000) Drag City/Duophonic

  • Saurus (2002), Drag City/ Afterhours [Japan]

  • I Saw Spoombung's Daughter Consumed by Kirby Dots (2005), Afterhours (Japan)

  • The Germjoin (2012), Afterhours (Japan)

  • Tonka Beano (2013), Linear Obsessional Records

  • Kevlington (2015), Bandcamp digital release

  • Corbyn Sceptic Club (2018), Linear Obsessional Records

  • Moving and Handling (2020), Bandcamp digital release

  • Peppa Vesticle (2021), Bandcamp digital release

  • Sans Noodles (2022), Dimple Discs

  • XiX (2025), Dimple Discs

with Stump

with Ticklish

  • Ticklish (2000), GROB

  • Rubato (joint E.P. with Fizzarum, 2005) Textile Records

  • Here Are Your New Instructions (2005) Textile Records

with Prescott

  • One Did (2014) Slowfoot Records

  • Thing or Two (2017) Bandcamp digital release. Thoofa Records

References