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An Empty Bliss Beyond This World is the eighth studio album by the Caretaker, an ambient music project of English musician Leyland Kirby. The LP comprises modified samples of pre-World War II vinyl ballroom jazz records Kirby bought cheaply at a Brooklyn store in December 2010. Mental caverns without Sunshine 12. An empty bliss beyond this World 13. Tiny gradiations of loss 14. Camaraderie at arms length 15. The sublime is disappointingly elusive The Caretaker 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 a 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. 0:00 - All You Are Going To Want To Do Is Get Back There 3:45 - Moments Of Sufficient Lucidity 7:33 - The Great Hidden Sea Of The Unconscious 10: in album The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World 2011. The Caretaker - All You Are Going To Want To Do Is Get Back There. The Caretaker - Moments Of Sufficient Lucidity. 19 May 2011. An empty bliss beyond this World is an electronic music album from The Caretaker, a project of musician James Kirby, better known for his other project, VVm. Pitchfork placed the album at number 22 on its list of the Top 50 albums of 2011 while Uncut magazine placed it at number 47 on its list. An empty bliss beyond this World was inspired by a 2010 study suggesting that Alzheimer's patients have an easier time remembering information when it's placed in the context of music. What makes it unique isn't that Kirby resuscitates old but vaguely famil. Your current browser isn't compatible with SoundCloud. Please download one of our supported browsers. Need help Sorry Something went wrong. Is your network connection unstable or browser outdated. This Caretaker album is built from layers of sampled 78s and albums, James Kirby told me in an email recently. Things have been rearranged in places and other things brought in and out of focus. Surface noise- which is abundant- is from the original vinyls. Kirby is an artist whose concepts are sometimes more fun to engage with than his music. Bliss was inspired by a 2010 study suggesting that Alzheimer's patients have an easier time remembering information when it's placed in the context of music. Mental Caverns Without Sunshine. An Empty Bliss Beyond This World. Tony Gradiatrions of Loss. Camaraderie at Arms Length. I'm not sure whether i'm qualified to review an album as ostenibly high art as an Empty Bliss Beyond This World, an informed reviewer would feel inclined to make references to Salvador Dali's opus The Persistence of Time, Harold Pinter, and of course The Shining, whilst waxing lyrical about how the concept behind this album a musical depiction of living. Discover all of this album's music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. What Do You Know About Love by Russ Morgan and His Orchestra 1979. An Empty Bliss Beyond This World Track 6. The Wedding of the Painted Doll by Layton & Johnstone 1929. Moments of Sufficient Lucidity. Coquette by Layton & Johnstone 1929. The Great Hidden Sea of the Unconscious. Piano Medley of Layton & Johnstone Successes by Turner Layton 1929. On the most basic level, An Empty Bliss Beyond This World is an album of turntable music pieced together from a patchwork of polite, downbeat jazz samples from the Dixieland era. That might not sound so interesting, but no description can really do justice to how alien this whole thing feels. The wooziness and glitchiness almost makes An Empty Bliss Beyond This World feel like a wordless concept album too