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proem, otherwise known as Richard Bailey, is an American electronic/IDM musician, active since 1999. He is known as one of the the major contemporary intelligent dance musicians on the scene today.

He made his debut with his full-length "Burn Plate No.1" on Hydrant Records, and followed in 2001 with "Negativ" on M3rck Records. He continued with his 2002 release "Among Others" on n5MD, the label of port-royal, and released "Socially Inept" in 2004, the album many consider to be "genre-defining" of IDM. He released a two-disc album "You Shall Have Ever Been" in 2006, and "A Permanent Solution" in 2007. In 2009, he dropped a dark ambient album, "Till There's No Breath", deviating from IDM for a time.

Proem is known mostly for his crunchy and glitchy beats and complex melodies that are often considered melancholy. He has also worked with and done remixed for the likes of Brothomstates, Machinedrum, and others. He is also an artist and designer.
proem is one of the best IDM musicians out there in my opinion.
proem by skyclaw441 October 31, 2009
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A "proem" is a short bit of folk wisdom expressed in the form of blank verse. It may or may not be "prettied-up" by written expression within lines in the form of a cloud.
<> "A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE" <> Bill Shakespeare would have written a proem if he had known he was writing immortal literature.

Premature Satirisation 

making jokes about topical situations before it becomes socially acceptable
"that joke was too soon man"
"hey what can I say, I suffer from premature satirisation"

premature exfoliation 

The tendency of certain trees to display autumn colors in August.
Amy was depressed when the oak exhibited premature exfoliation in the middle of August.

Premature Paculation

When you're being chased by a ghost in Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man and you quickly turn around after thinking you ate a Power Pellet, just to find out you didn't eat it. You end up losing a life.

This happens more in the higher speed levels because you try to eat the Power Pellet and then eat ghosts as fast as possible.

Premature Paculation DOES NOT refer to the wasting of Power Pellets
Dude: HEY! How come you just ran into that ghost on purpose?

Guy: I didn't mean to, it was Premature Paculation.

Dude: Oh, what's that?

Guy: I thought I went far enough to eat the Power Pellet but i turned around too quickly and the ghost wasn't edible.
Premature Paculation by troggy1009 January 18, 2009
You call "preem" something that is cool, great, something that feels premium. It's a positive adjective.
"This gonk ran drove the wall and flatlined, what a shame, his AV was actually preem".
"I got a preem gun here, Jackie gave it to me. May he rest in peace, see him in the major leagues!"
"All of these eddies just for me? Preeeeem!"
Preem by Cybergoth2020 December 18, 2020

premarital interdigitation

holding hands before marriage with fingers interlocked.
The Puritans daughter was yelled at for having premarital interdigitation with her boyfriend.