Gloo (sometimes stylized in all caps as GLOO) is a British

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composed of musicians

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, Kai Whiston, and BABii. The trio released their debut album, ''XYZ'' in 2019.

History

The trio are all musicians and frequent collaborators from the

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. Iglooghost and Whiston are long-time friends from

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, although Whiston initially disliked Iglooghost's "faux-FlyLo beats." BABii hails from

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, where she played a show together with Iglooghost. As the two familiarized themselves with each other, BABii gave vocal stems to Iglooghost and would feature on several tracks on his 2018 ''

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'' and ''Steel Mogu'' EPs. BABii would meet Whiston at a festival. She also designed machines that gave fans rewards during an Iglooghost and Kai Whiston tour. In 2018, Whiston described Gloo as an open and loosely-defined creative concept, telling ''

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'' in an interview:

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by Kanye but just fun creative shit. If Iglooghost decides he wants to build and sell furniture, he'll do it under GLOO. If I wanna sponsor a wrestling tournament, I'll do it under GLOO.

Whiston's 2018 album ''Kai Whiston Bitch'' was the first project to be made after Iglooghost and Whiston formally teamed up, and the trio formed in 2019. The group's sound has been described as diverse and frenetic; their music incorporates elements of grime, synth-pop, and bass, among other genres. They released their first track, titled "Lamb", on 28 August 2019. On 18 September 2019, the group's debut studio album ''XYZ'' was released. The album received positive critical reception. Max Cussons of

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wrote that the album "saw the three bring out the best in each other across several future-fusion tracks, with Whiston bringing a lot of the muscle and spunk." In his 4.5 out of 5 star review of the album, Cussons called the group "three bright rays of hope in UK electronic music."

Discography

Studio albums

References

{{Iglooghost British musical trios English electronic music groups English experimental musical groups Musical groups established in 2019 2019 establishments in the United Kingdom