The Caretaker project began in late 1996 in Stockport, England by Leyland K… Read Full Bio ↴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 1920s and 1930s 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.

The Caretaker's last few projects are heavily inspired by the phenomenon of amnesia, Alzheimer's, and dementia, the brain's adversities 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.

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The Caretaker Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Caretaker:

a handful of stars I recall the story, That night of love and glory A night…
Emptiness Oh, love of mine With a song and a wine You're harsh…

The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos

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4y↑61

as my mother drifts into dementia, im drawn to these albums, but they're more painful than they used to be.

TheHylian

3y↑2

hows it goin

RubyPiec

@TheHylian ;

Sun Sign

9y↑61

Surreal. Like looking deep into the recesses of a dying man's mind.

Poppy

2y↑7

I have a bit of a strange story of how I came across this song. There's this one website where you select a country and a decade, and it plays a song from that time and place. I was messing around with it one day trying out obscure combinations, when I selected Antarctica 1910s. For some reason this was the song that came up for it. It gave me this clear image in my mind of a lone arctic explorer slowly freezing to death listening to a broken record player which he is too exhausted to fix in his dying moments.
The website updated recently and removed the Antarctica option (along with this song), but it's still all I can think about whenever I hear it.