THE CARETAKER - AN EMPTY BLISS BEYOND THIS WORLD - LP - UK IMPORT

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THE CARETAKER An Empty Bliss Beyond This World HISTORY ALWAYS FAVOURS THE WINNERS Records (UK) LP
 The second album from James Leyland Kirby's alias The Caretaker, originally released in 2011 following 2008's Persistent Repetition Of Phrases. 
 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.
Track Listing:
01. All you're going to want to do is get back there  03:46   02. Moments of sufficient lucidity 03:47   03. The great hidden sea of the unconscious 03:02   04. Libet's delay 03:26   05. I feel as if I might be vanishing 01:56   06. An empty bliss beyond this World 04:19   07. Bedded deep in long term memory 01:48   08. A relationship with the sublime 03:36   09. Mental caverns without Sunshine 03:13 10. Pared back to the minimal 01:45 11. Mental caverns without Sunshine 01:35 12. An empty bliss beyond this World 03:48   13. Tiny gradiations of loss 02:52   14. Camaraderie at arms length  04:45   15. The sublime is disappointingly elusive 01:44
The second album from James Leyland Kirby's alias The Caretaker, originally released in 2011.  - An absolute classic of haunted ambient music, An Empty Bliss Beyond The World sees James Leyland Kirby conjuring a quieter, more introspective spirit, lost 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.  - Mastered and cut by Lupo.  - Artwork by Ivan Seal. 
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