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Aloof Proof
12+ albums
ambientdroneelectronicminimalismhameryka
about
In the early 1990s, a resurgence of pure electronic music occurred, centered around the then-burgeoning rave and techno scenes of the world. Ambient music, in particular, experienced a renaissance of style and popularity, making a previously marginal, though useful and relevant, musical form suddenly available in many mainstream record shops. During this heady time, and separate from the disposable trends of the day's sunny and often forgettable ambient-techno, Michael/Michel Fibe quietly released three, apparently private-pressed, CDs on his Carbon Base label, beginning in 1994: Expo One, Expo Two: Piano Text, and Inside the Quiet under the mysterious moniker of Aloof Proof. These releases, difficult to obtain when they were first sold, quickly disappeared into the hands of radio stations, private collectors, and lucky fans (and, in some cases, disappeared into warehouses to be unearthed years later) of ambient music. They have since achieved legendary notoriety within the ambient music community for their high-quality and groundbreaking sound as much as for their rarity. Many, if not most, US listeners were introduced to the haunting, heart-rending sound of Aloof Proof through two of Asphodel's "Sombient" series of drone compilations, Swarm of Drones and A Storm of Drones. These influential collections, intended to present a deeper, darker, and more subterranean style of the ambient favored at the time, allowed Aloof Proof's music to stand proudly beside such ambient and
top songs
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The Last Leaf
3652The Ghost Ship (Le Vaisseau Fantôme)
3533The Ghost Ship
3434The Ghost Ship (Excerpt)
3135The Last Leaf (La Dernière Feuille)
3006The Ghost Ship (Le Vaisseau Fantome)
2887The Last Leaf (excerpt)
2498The Last Leaf (La Derniere Feuille)
2389awful things beautiful and bright
22010abrupt carnage
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