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Robert Hampson performing with Godflesh on 10 October 1991. Joshua Robert Hampson [1] [2] (born 10 June 1965 [3]) is an English musician and composer, known primarily as a guitarist in the band Loop, which he co-founded in London in 1985 with his then-girlfriend Becky "Bex" Stewart. Loop recorded three albums, the last of which, A Gilded Eternity (1990), made the UK Albums Chart.

Following a few initial efforts, like his contribution to 1996's Deleuze Unit concert series in London, Hampson began becoming more involved in experimental music in general. This largely stemmed from a connection with the famed GRM institute in Paris, ground zero for musique concrete and other forms of avant-garde music. "To get an email from them inviting me to go and play in Paris was

"The GRM started this yearly festival called Présences Électronique, and I was invited to compose a new piece for it…this must have been 2007, I think; my memory's not that great.