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The Caretaker is the project of Leyland James Kirby, whose music explores memory, nostalgia, dementia, and psychological decline through manipulated ballroom and jazz recordings. Best known for An Empty Bliss Beyond This World and Everywhere at the End of Time, the project has become a defining influence on internet culture surrounding liminal spaces and analog horror. Its haunting, degraded soundscapes have become synonymous with forgotten places, lost time, and the erosion of memory, establishing The Caretaker as one of the most influential projects in experimental ambient and hauntological music. Most of his album covers were painted by his friend, Ivan Seal. “The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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Joined April 28, 2026
72,430,391 total views
Featured video
Music videos
The Caretaker - Libet's delay (Official Audio)
414,000 views
A4 - Childishly fresh eyes
4,200,000 views
All you are going to want to do is get back there
4,200,000 views
B6 - My heart will stop in joy
1,900,000 views
A2 - We don't have many days
2,200,000 views
E1 - Back there Benjamin
1,100,000 views
B1 - All that follows is true
1,400,000 views
A3 - Late afternoon drifting
1,700,000 views
F2 - Drifting time misplaced
1,300,000 views
C2 - Misplaced in time
1,200,000 views
F6 - An empty bliss beyond this World
607,000 views
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Videos
The Caretaker - Libet's delay (Official Audio)
414,000 views
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The Caretaker - Libet's delay (Official Audio)
414,000 views