Leyland Kirby

One of the great joys of lockdown for me was discovering the works of Leyland Kirby (also known as 'The Caretaker'). At last I had found another experimental musician with with the depth and scope of William Basinski!

The best place to listen Leylands stuff is Bandcamp but his main site there is rather awkward to navigate in that you have to know to click through the Discography links to get to his full works on each project. The following links will take you straight there:

• The Caretaker
• Leyland Kirby
• The Stranger
• VVM

Probably the easiest place to start is with the older works on The Caretaker list:

• Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom
• A Stairway to the Stars

There is also a good interview with Leyland on Bandcamp here.

i like to think that BBC Radio 3 will sometime have a 'Leyland Kirby Day' and I will hear at least excerpts from The Death of Rave (VVM) on that classical music station.