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01. THE CARETAKER - All you're going to want to do is get back there
02. THE CARETAKER - Moments of sufficient lucidity
03. THE CARETAKER - The great hidden sea of the unconscious
04. THE CARETAKER - Libet's delay
05. THE CARETAKER - I feel as if I might be vanishing
06. THE CARETAKER - An empty bliss beyond this World
07. THE CARETAKER - Bedded deep in long term memory
08. THE CARETAKER - A relationship with the sublime
09. THE CARETAKER - Mental caverns without Sunshine
10. THE CARETAKER - Pared back to the minimal
11. THE CARETAKER - Mental caverns without Sunshine
12. THE CARETAKER - An empty bliss beyond this World
13. THE CARETAKER - Tiny gradiations of loss
14. THE CARETAKER - Camaraderie at arms length
15. THE CARETAKER - The sublime is disappointingly elusive
ARTIST
TITLE
An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
HAFTW 008LP HAFTW 008LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/25/2016

Limited repress. The second album from James Leyland Kirby's alias The Caretaker, originally released in 2011 following 2008's Persistent Repetition Of Phrases (HAFTW 003CD). By now regarded an absolute classic of haunted ambient music, An Empty Bliss Beyond The World returns the doddering protagonist to the deserted ballroom, wandering its waxed floor and dilapidated grandeur in an attempt to capture an era which has long since disappeared but still haunts the atmosphere. James Leyland Kirby conjures a quieter, more introspective spirit, lost in his own mind amidst a low-lit labyrinth of ever-decaying and antediluvian shellac phrases. Sourced from his mysterious collection of 78s, these vague snippets of archaic sonics reflect the ability of Alzheimers patients to recall the songs of their past, and with them recollections of places, people, moods and sensations. The effect is subtly amplified by the chronic mastering at D&M, allowing each memory to segue seamlessly and unpredictably into the next for an otherworldly and disorienting experience. An Empty Bliss Beyond The World is a highly potent transmission from one of the most singular characters operating in music today. James Leyland Kirby, is also known as Leyland Kirby, The Stranger and V/VM. Mastered and cut by Lupo. Artwork features another specially commissioned painting by Ivan Seal.