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Discordant, elusive, and utterly hypnotic, Loop conjured a dark, trance-like spell that contrasted sharply using the prevailing English pop music developments of their own time. Similar parts the Stooges, Can, and Hawkwind, they resurrected the idea of space rock and roll for a fresh period in tandem with fellow travelers …

Best known because the founding member and guitarist of Loop, Robert Hampson’s later on body of function moved from shoegaze and into experimental territories. After Loop’s third and last recording, they disbanded in 1990 and Hampson briefly packed a vacancy in Godflesh — touring and adding to their 1992 recording …

Upon the 1991 dissolution from the British trance-rock quartet Loop, bassist Neil McKay and John Wills formed the Hair and Skin Trading Company, leaving guitarists Robert Hampson and Scott Dawson to found the highly experimental Main, a task combining the aesthetics of ambient music with layered tapestries of droning guitar …