User:Ninquelosse/sandbox/James Kirby
James Kirby | |
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| Birth name | James Leyland Kirby |
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| Born | 9 May 1974 |
| Origin | Stockport, England |
| Genres | Experimental music, ambient, ballroom, hauntology, plunderphonics, sampledelia |
| Instrument(s) | Computer, sampler, turntable |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | V/Vm Test Records |
| Website | Official site |
Little overview. The box on the right will be re-edited on this, the V/vm and the Caretaker pages to be specific.
Personal history
[edit]Facts about his life
Musical history
[edit]DATE-DATE: V/vm
[edit]very brief summary, including a note about where & when in his life he made this music See: V/vm
DATE-DATE: The Caretaker
[edit]very brief summary, including a note about where & when in his life he made this music See: The Caretaker (musician)
DATE-DATE: Leyland Kirby
[edit]brief summary, and a few quotes/critical comments. Does not have a separate page.
DATE-DATE: The Stranger
[edit]brief summary, and a few quotes/critical comments. Does not have a separate page.
https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/james-kirby-caretaker
And the rest
[edit]I'm sure he has some other, obscure ones.
Views about music
[edit]the below can all be sourced
Kirby has a quixotic and mercurial attitude to his own output.
He regularly destroying old releases or makes them abruptly unavailable, but also expresses contempt for scalpers reselling rare releases at high prices.
He speaks about the difficulty of surviving as an independent artist, raising concerns about making work outside the system, but also takes pleasure in alienating previous generations of fans - resisting pressure to stay in a certain genre, and invigorated by drastic changes in direction.
He releases large amounts of music as free downloads, but also raises concerns about how streaming has ended the era where fans understood the importance of supporting artists directly.
He is persistently concerned with regaining control over his works - when they are distributed and how - but also built his reputation on remixing others music without permission.
Selected Discography
[edit]Kirby is prolific and experimental, releasing large amounts of material - much of it on very limited release. The following are some of his most notable works.
As V/VM
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As Caretaker
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As Leyland Kirby
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- Sadly, the Future is No Longer What it Was (2009)
- Eager to Tear Apart the Stars (2011)
- Breaks My Heart Each Time (2014)
- We Drink to Forget the Coming Storm (2014)
- We, So Tired Of All The Darkness In Our Lives (2017)
As The Stranger
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- Bleaklow (2008)
- Watching Dead Empires in Decay (2013)