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The Caretaker

The Caretaker

The Caretaker

James Leyland Kirby, known professionally as the Caretaker, is an English ambient musician. His work as the Caretaker is characterized as exploring memory and its gradual deterioration, nostalgia, and melancholy. The project was initially inspired by the haunted ballroom scene in the 1980 film The Shining, the 1978 TV show Pennies from Heaven, and the 1962 film Carnival of Souls. His first several releases comprised treated and manipulated samples of 1930s ballroom pop recordings. Most of his album covers were painted by his friend, Ivan Seal.

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Albums20

Everywhere at the end of an empty bliss

Everywhere at the end of an empty bliss

2024
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 6)

Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 6)

2019
Everywhere, an empty bliss

Everywhere, an empty bliss

2019
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 5)

Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 5)

2018
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 4)

Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 4)

2018
Take Care, It’s a Desert Out There…

Take Care, It’s a Desert Out There…

2017
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 3)

Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 3)

2017
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 2)

Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 2)

2017
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 1)
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Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 1)

2016·1 grade
We drink to forget the coming storm

We drink to forget the coming storm

2014
Patience (After Sebald)

Patience (After Sebald)

2012
An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
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An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

2011·1 grade
Persistent Repetition of Phrases

Persistent Repetition of Phrases

2008
Recollected Memories From the Museum of Garden History

Recollected Memories From the Museum of Garden History

2008
Deleted Scenes / Forgotten Dreams

Deleted Scenes / Forgotten Dreams

2007
Theoretically pure anterograde amnesia

Theoretically pure anterograde amnesia

2006
Additional Amnesiac Memories

Additional Amnesiac Memories

2006
We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow

We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow

2003
A Stairway to the Stars

A Stairway to the Stars

2001
Selected Memories From The Haunted Ballroom

Selected Memories From The Haunted Ballroom

1991

EPs1

Extra Patience (After Sebald)

Extra Patience (After Sebald)

2012

Compilations3

Everywhere at the End of Time - Stages 4-6

Everywhere at the End of Time - Stages 4-6

2019
Everywhere at the End of Time Stages 1–3

Everywhere at the End of Time Stages 1–3

2017
Bonus Tracks 1

Bonus Tracks 1

2011