Grouper is an American singer whose work falls within ambient music, born in 1980 in West Marin and active since 2005. Her self-titled debut album, released in 2005 on the Kranky label, introduced her ambient sound.
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- Latest album
- Shade (2021)
- Born
- 1980 · West Marin
- Origin
- United States
- Active since
- 2005
- Label
- Kranky
About — The artist
Grouper is the solo project of American musician, artist, and producer Liz Harris (born July 15, 1980). She has released material on her own label and other independent labels since 2005. Grouper released the critically acclaimed Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill in 2008, followed by five more records, including a two-part album, A I A, and the piano-led album Ruins. Her twelfth album, Shade, was released in 2021.
Grouper has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Xiu Xiu, Tiny Vipers (as the duo Mirrorring), Roy Montgomery, The Bug, Inca Ore, Lawrence English (as Slow Walkers), Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (as Raum) and Paul Clipson. The critic Brett Abrahamsen referred to her as a "genius of modern music" in his 2022 profile of Roy Montgomery.
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Discography
- Grouper 2005
- Way Their Crept 2005
- Wide 2006
- Creepshow 2006
- Cover the Windows and the Walls 2007
- Grouper / Inca Ore 2007
- Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill 2008
- A I A : Dream Loss 2011
- A I A : Alien Observer 2011
- The Man Who Died in His Boat 2013
- Ruins 2014
- Grid of Points 2018
- Shade 2021
