The Loop (Andrew Cyrille album)

The Loop is a solo album by drummer Andrew Cyrille. It was recorded in July 1978 at Ictus Studio in Pistoia, Italy, and was released later that year by ICTUS Records.

The track titled "The News," which would reappear in an ensemble format on Cyrille's 2021 album The News, features unique sounds produced by a snare drum covered with a newspaper and played with brushes. The composition called "The Loop" can also be heard on the 2004 album Duo Palindrome 2002 Vol. 1, as a duo performed by Cyrille and Anthony Braxton. Cyrille commented: "The loop, to me, is like a figure-8 laying on its side, like the infinity sign. You go back and you go forth, back and forth. It goes, DINK-duht-duht-DANK, DINK-duht-duht-DANK. Then on top of that, I improvise a rhythm with the drumsticks on the drumset, stating the basic rhythm on the hi-hat and bass drum, with that feeling of looping."