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 (1998âÂÂ2005) and the bass guitar, riff-dominated Prescott (2012âÂÂ2018) 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
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