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Stockport, United Kingdom (1996 – present)
The Caretaker project began in late 1996 in Stockport, England by Leyland Kirby, undoubtedly inspired from the ballroom scene in Stanley Kubrick’s “Shining”. The first release played and extended this theme of altering 1920’s and 1930’s ballroom music creating an eerie and haunted soundworld. Subsequently the sound has become darker and often more abstract over time, moving away from the initial idea of a haunted ballroom into territories involving the mind and its abilities to recall memories.
Currently The Caretaker is inspired by the topic of “Amnesia” and the brain’s abilities to recall situations from the distant and immediate past. This work is best recalled in the monumental “Theoretically pure anterograde amnesia” release, a release which accurately echoes and recreates aurally the disease itself which is no mean achievement.
The Caretaker is building an ever expanding following for his audio memories. Fans of the darker isolationist ambient work of modern composers such as William Basinski, Nurse With Wound, Aphex Twin, Fennesz and Brian Eno would find elements to admire and enjoy and also parallels to The Caretaker’s output. It can be a harsh world at times but ultimately exposure is always rewarding. Immerse yourself in the darkness and give into the spirits and tales recalled and retold in his unique way.
http://www.brainwashed.com/vvm
Currently The Caretaker is inspired by the topic of “Amnesia” and the brain’s abilities to recall situations from the distant and immediate past. This work is best recalled in the monumental “Theoretically pure anterograde amnesia” release, a release which accurately echoes and recreates aurally the disease itself which is no mean achievement.
The Caretaker is building an ever expanding following for his audio memories. Fans of the darker isolationist ambient work of modern composers such as William Basinski, Nurse With Wound, Aphex Twin, Fennesz and Brian Eno would find elements to admire and enjoy and also parallels to The Caretaker’s output. It can be a harsh world at times but ultimately exposure is always rewarding. Immerse yourself in the darkness and give into the spirits and tales recalled and retold in his unique way.
http://www.brainwashed.com/vvm
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Eigenspace wrote:
Extra Patience!
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HeadShoteR wrote:
Wow, new album already? I should check it out.
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Wren_Bird wrote:
I just got An Empty Bliss Beyond This World as a valentines day gift. I keep playing it over an over. It is so haunting and wonderful. I can't get enough of this.
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huey_7 wrote:
soooo great...
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Cachibubu wrote:
If only the CD was easier to come across.
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Odraes wrote:
an empty bliss simultaneously rips my soul out and heals it. sheeeet.
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BetterPizza wrote:
237
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Cachibubu wrote:
This is so amazingly incredible .
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Antihumans wrote:
snow + the new album = being dazed
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martigia wrote:
AWAY, i love u
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affasf wrote:
two different album but still original and thematic. never tired of this shiet.
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FinalPizzaHut wrote:
The Caretaker is featured on the top 50 albums of 2011! http://watchthetapes.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/top-50-albums-of-2011/
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sarvam_dukha wrote:
lol, one cat disagrees with the other
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Klogg42 wrote:
Oneohtrix Point Never and The Caretaker has very different ideas. Just because they are new Ambient artists you can't say they are similar.
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Irenreinmerdok wrote:
I luv ambient and I luv old stuff so...
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no-thanks wrote:
Sweeeet, my Patience is blue. :)
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m-saIami wrote:
Oneohtrix Point Never similar?
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theSchipke wrote:
wow, play this before going to bed, relaxing stuff
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InKursion wrote:
'patience (after sebald)' is a great record for a great film for a great author
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jo8196 wrote:
You've always been The Caretaker, sir.
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The Caretaker - Discography
26 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/selectedmemories
Further information and downloads available here..."selected
memories from the haunted ballroom" (1999)"a stairway to the stars"
(2001)"we'll all go riding on a rainbow" (2003)"theoretically pure
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sonny_valerio tagged The Caretaker with ‘ambient’. 1 hour ago
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