13 Facts About Pop Levi

Pop Levi was born on Jonathan James Mark Levi, 22 September 1977 and is an English singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.

In 1997, Pop Levi re-located to Liverpool to study at LIPA and formed the experimental instrumental band Super Numeri with Karl Webb and James Morgan who signed to Ninja Tune in 2002 and released albums "Great Aviaries" in 2003 and "The Welcome Table" in 2005.

Now backed by The Emergencies, Pop Levi released "Blue Honey", his last single on "Invicta Hi-Fi", before signing to Ninja Tune.

In February 2007, Pop Levi released his debut solo album on Counter Records, an imprint specifically created for Pop Levi by Ninja Tune.

In July 2008, Pop Levi released the follow-up album Never Never Love, which was preceded by the single "Dita Dimone" which made BBC Radio 6's 'Record Of The Week'.

Pop Levi set out to make the follow-up, in contrast to the loose feel of the debut, sound artificial and soulless, that it sounded "like Japanese toys falling in and out of love with each other".

In 2009, Pop Levi travelled to Norway where drummer Simonsen was now based to record his third album, tentatively titled "Records", which was intended to be live and raw sounding.

Pop Levi has produced and performed with Canadian-born artist and American Apparel model Bunny Holiday in Los Angeles and on a five-city tour of China.

In November 2012, Pop Levi released his third solo studio album Medicine, his last for Counter Records.

In November 2013, Pop Levi released "Secrets" under the pseudonym Jr.

In December 2013, Pop Levi wrote and produced the Childish Gambino song "The Party" for the album Because the Internet, which was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2015 Grammy Awards.

In 2020, Pop Levi signed to Toronto based label Boiled Records.

In February 2022, Pop Levi started a new band with Muscatelli under the project name "The Big Kill".