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Leyland Kirby
The Caretaker was a long-running project by English ambient musician Leyland James Kirby (born 9 May 1974). His work as the Caretaker is characterized as exploring memory and its gradual deterioration, nostalgia, and melancholia. The project was inspired by the haunted ballroom scene in the 1980 film ''The Shining (film), The Shining''. His first several releases comprised treated and manipulated samples of 1930s ballroom pop recordings. The Caretaker's works have received critical acclaim in publications such as ''The Wire (magazine), The Wire,'' ''The New York Times'', and BBC Music. History 1999–2003: Haunted Ballroom trilogy Simon Reynolds refers to the Caretaker's first three releases as "the haunted ballroom trilogy", spanning 1999-2003: ''Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom'', ''A Stairway to the Stars'', ''We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow''. Jon Fletcher described the sound as "instantly recognisable musical identity of British tea-room pop (dance-ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V/Vm
V/Vm is the experimental music and sound collage project of Leyland James Kirby, from Stockport, England. Although starting out mainly in the style of noise music, Kirby is also a composer of original electronic music and remixes. His vast output is released primarily on his own V/Vm Test Records label. Alongside the work of the V/Vm project, James Kirby also recorded as The Caretaker. He currently resides in Kraków. History Since 1996 there have been numerous releases by V/Vm on a host of labels and featuring the work of a number of musicians. Early releases were often electronic in nature, including a critically acclaimed split 12" release on Fat Cat Records. In 1999, V/Vm also released a recording of pigs feeding at a pig farm in the North West of England to the horror of many reviewers who mistook the sound of feeding pigs for that of pigs being killed. Around the time of this release, V/Vm appeared on the cover of ''The Wire'' (October 1998, issue 176). Under the ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |