Aloof, The

Aloof, The

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Line up includes: Ricky Barrow (Vocals), Gary Burns (Keyboards, Bass Guitar; ex-Sabres Of Paradise), Jagz Kooner (Programming, Engineering; also ex-Sabres Of Paradise), Richard Thair (Drums, Percussion), Dean Thatcher (Keyboards).
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Albums

Cover The Crime

(4 versions)
Flaw Recordings 1994

Sinking

(4 versions)
EastWest 1996

Seeking Pleasure

(4 versions)
EastWest 1998

This Constant Chase For Thrills

(4 versions)
Screaming Target 1999

Singles & EPs

Never Get Out The Boat

(5 versions)
FFRR 1991

Aloof, The Featuring Zoey Coleman - Scooter / The World As One (12")

Cowboy Records 1991

Purity

(5 versions)
Cowboy Records 1992

On A Mission

(4 versions)
Cowboy Records 1992

Society / Drum (Live Mix)

(2 versions)
Flaw Recordings 1994

Mind

(2 versions)
Flaw Recordings 1994

Agent O

(12")
Flaw Recordings 1994

Favelas

(6 versions)
EastWest, EastWest, EastWest 1995

Stuck On The Shelf

(8 versions)
EastWest 1995

Victim (Edit) / Excursion

(12", Promo, Gre)
EastWest 1995

Wish You Were Here...

(9 versions)
EastWest, EastWest 1996

One Night Stand

(5 versions)
EastWest, EastWest 1996

Over Stimulated

(7", S/Sided, Promo)
EastWest 1996

Sinking

(3 versions)
EastWest, EastWest 1997

Infatuated / Good Morning World

(12")
Screaming Target 1997

What I Miss The Most

(4 versions)
EastWest, Warner Music UK Ltd. 1998

Infatuated

(2 versions)
Screaming Target 1999

Doing It For The Money

(4 versions)
Screaming Target 1999

Tracks From The Forthcoming Album

(CD, Single, Promo)
EastWest Unknown
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by pleh Sep 03, 2008
Seeking Pleasure may not be like their other work, but I think it is one of the best albums ever done by anybody- it's in my top 5 of all time.

Try approaching it from a non-trip-hop point of view. I play a lot of music in my shop (not a music shop), and Seeking Pleasure is the one that the most people have asked what was playing and then written it down to find later.
Review by Escapist Nov 10, 2005 (edited about 1 year ago)
True innovators. The Aloof were (unfortunately disbanded) made up of members of The Sabres Of Paradise, Red Snapper, West London Deep, and led by vocalist Ricky Barrow. Ricky's soulful vocals floated over the devious lines of thick dub and trip hop beats with sultry ease like that of a crooner in a futuristic blues club.

"Cover The Crime", "Sinking" are classics. "Seeking Pleasure" was lacking in ingenuity and originality and their weakest release. Fortunately, the comeback and final album "This Constant Chase For Thrills" was a throwback to the earlier form and was a great way to go out.

I have never heard any other artist or act that quite melded these forms of music into the unique sounds that The Aloof created.

Come back Aloof! Come back...!
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