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Proem, otherwise known as Richard Bailey, is a 33 year old web designer living in Houston, Texas. He has been releasing music since 1999 on labels like merck, n5MD, and Hydrant. He started experimenting with electronic devices at the age of 19, using three thrift store turntables, some tape decks, a few garage sale Casio SK-5s, and some circuit bent bargain bin keyboards. He has released albums, EPs and remixes on labels across the IDM scene and is regarded as one of the early members of the strong US based IDM scene that started around 2000.

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1	Deep Like Airline Failure full track	252
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6	Out of Phase full track	205
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G-Man_ wrote:
Monday evening

A Permanent Solution is my favourite after Socially Inept. It's stunning

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square_m wrote:
Monday morning

at first time i wasn't impressed by A Permanent Solution (it was sort of "oh noes, again that melodic post-idm stuff from n5MD..."), but afterwards its clear sound became more and more enjoyable, highly recommended though it is not in my personal Proem's album favorites :)

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darkgnome wrote:
last week

skrode: It's a dark ambient album, why should it have beats? o.o

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humansausage wrote:
October 2009

there's really no other artist out there like proem...

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Th0rz wrote:
October 2009

you are my new favorite artist

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proemland wrote:
October 2009

it has beats already you just can't hear them... a dog or cat probably can though... ;) trust me when i say that till theres no breath WAS remixed about 5 times before i decided it was finished...

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skrode wrote:
October 2009

enjoying till theres no breath, but it could be better with some beats. maybe proem will remix it up :D

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ko4ets wrote:
October 2009

some tracks sound much like Silent Hill Soundtrack.

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earthmp wrote:
October 2009

the more i hear the more i love proem

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proemland wrote:
September 2009

http://ow.ly/r17L turns out the guy had a youtube channel... enjoy

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Quarck wrote:
September 2009

There are some videos on Discogs http://www.discogs.com/videos/Proem-Till-Theres-No-Breath/release/1761796?play=19798, but I can't play it.

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xgeorgx wrote:
September 2009

new album contains very dark & frightening soundscapes. like it!

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proemland wrote:
September 2009

thats because it IS scary. :D

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Aludin wrote:
September 2009

new album sounds scary X_X

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ath0 wrote:
August 2009

valla firtinalar kopardi icimde heaheahea

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owainlewis wrote:
August 2009

I want his album. Awesome.

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hailtothechief wrote:
July 2009

genius!

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versionfiv wrote:
July 2009

Are you now, or have you ever been?

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chatterer wrote:
June 2009

"Till Theres No Breath" out now

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tw100 wrote:
June 2009

Three days before I move...

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