The Aloof

Pictures

aloofpress23

Listen to, buy or share

Buy

Buy
  • Digital download
  • 7digital 7digital
  • iTunes iTunes
  • Physical media
  • Amazon Amazon Search
  • eBay eBay Search
  • 138,471
    scrobbles
  • 18,938
    listeners

Tags

Everyone’s tags

More tags

Biography

Full line up includes: Ricky Barrow- Vocals. Gary Burns- Keyboards, bass guitar. Jagz Kooner- Programming, engineering. Richard Thair- Drums, percussion. Dean Thatcher- Keyboards.
After leaving The Aloof, Richard Thair went off to play drums for the group Red Snapper. Also Gary Burns and Jagz Kooner, (along with Andrew Weatherall) went on to form Sabres of Paradise.

Unlike many bands who started out playing more or less straight-ahead but in the late ’90s began to assimilate elements, the Aloof was formed as a strictly dance squad and only later added a vocalist and employed tighter song structures. The band began in 1990 when DJ Dean Thatcher and producer Jagz Kooner (also a member of Andrew Weatherall’s Sabres of Paradise) issued the single “Never get out of the boat” on a limited white-label pressing, but was only officially launched when FFRR Records gave the single a proper release. By the following year, the duo added vocalist Ricky Barrow and programmer Gary Burns (also with the Sabres) and recorded several singles for Cowboy Records, including, the incredibly catchy but fairly dumb (compared to the politically aware material on their debut album) “On a Mission”. While playing live PAs at nightclubs around Great Britain, the Aloof grew disgusted with the burnt-out house scene and decided to become a true live band.
Read more… Edit bio

Tracks selected by this artist

Tracks selected by this artist

Top Albums

Listening Trend

18,938listeners all time
138,471scrobbles all time
Recent listeners trend:

Start scrobbling and track your listening history

Last.fm users scrobble the music they play in iTunes, Spotify, Rdio and over 200 other music players.

Create a Last.fm profile

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up.

  • benharris16

    Wait, how dot hey have so few listens. Awesome band, i would have thought they would have 100 times the amount of listens that the likes of the top couple of tracks do have!

    18 Apr 2011 Reply

  • theStarry

    Sinking is such a great album.

    17 Jan 2011 Reply

  • ru_galochkin

    genius music

    4 Sep 2010 Reply

  • 01dela

    Great track.

    23 May 2010 Reply

  • splimp

    Ricky Barrow does all the vocals for this project.

    19 May 2009 Reply

  • szoszo_k

    so good... :) who did the vocals of that song?

    10 May 2009 Reply

  • DoomeyDoomey

    I heard one night stand, and was instantly hooked. (oddly given the song title)

    16 Jan 2009 Reply

  • nealos

    This new 'Dover' tune is fucking amazing.

    9 Aug 2008 Reply

  • Becool666

    PLEASE I NEED This album 'This Constant Chase for Thrills' if anyone has, please can you give it to me??? thank you

    4 Aug 2008 Reply

  • peteypoo

    Just heard the new stuff on myspace! Brilliant! Nice mix of their old & new style. Mainly in the vein of Seeking Pleasure but that is not a bad thing.

    31 Jul 2008 Reply

  • Knokinnonjoe

    hey, good news: New tracks (2007) available on aloof's myspace (brighter than the sun, dover, the only art i know). Unbelievable..it seem we will have a new album. Back from nowhere. great news.wondwerful news...

    7 Jul 2008 Reply

  • adchelle

    Their mix of Saint Etienne's 'Speedwell' is awesome. Such an improvement on the original.

    14 Jun 2008 Reply

  • Bishnu1978

    Always wanted to find the video to One Night Stand. Saw it once and then never again.

    21 Mar 2008 Reply

  • akf2000

    I remember the day Princess Diana died and BBC Radio 1 just played one of the One Night Stand mixes all day long, totally surreal.

    10 Sep 2007 Reply

  • pixieboots

    hey guys ~ where can I get the fabulous track one night stand Muchas gracias

    26 Aug 2007 Reply

  • Knokinnonjoe

    i don't understand why they've finished.. such a loss

    5 Jul 2007 Reply

  • Vinx_Itak

    Agree

    29 May 2007 Reply

  • krbec

    that's right man

    31 Jan 2007 Reply

  • junior_aspirin

    i don't understand why this band is so under rated :s

    7 Dec 2006 Reply

Top Listeners