The Caretaker
Experimental & noise band from Stockport · formed 1974
- ambient
- dark ambient
- dementia
- experimental
- haunting
- hauntology
- jazz
- memories
- Shows on record
- 3
- Rooms played
- 3
- Cities
- 2
- Releases
- 26
- Last show
- Oct 11, 2009Vortex Jazz Club
About
The Caretaker is a band from Stockport, formed in 1974, tagged ambient, dark ambient, dementia by its sources. Shows on record run from 2005 to 2009, across 3 rooms in 2 cities.
- The Caretaker formed in 1974 — MusicBrainz
- The Caretaker is based in Stockport — MusicBrainz
- The Caretaker has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1999–2024 — MusicBrainz
- The Caretaker (musician) formed in 1999 — Wikipedia
- The Caretaker (musician) plays Experimental — Wikipedia
- The Caretaker (musician) plays ambient — Wikipedia
- The Caretaker (musician) plays ballroom — Wikipedia
- The Caretaker (musician) plays hauntology — Wikipedia
- The Caretaker (musician) plays plunderphonics — Wikipedia
- The Caretaker has 370766 listeners on Last.fm — The Caretaker on Last.fm
- The Caretaker has released 10 recordings between 2017 and 2019 — The Caretaker on Discogs
- The Caretaker has 56 followers on Genius — The Caretaker on Genius
- Twitter/X handle (per Genius): @LeylandKirby — The Caretaker on Genius
- Genres per Wikidata: electronic music, experimental music, ambient music, hauntology, plunderphonics, sampledelia — Wikidata
- Labels per Wikidata: V/Vm Test records, FatCat Records — Wikidata
The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.
Shows
3 on record · SongkickShows per year
- 20051 show
- 20092 shows
| Date | Venue | Billing | With |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2009 | Vortex Jazz Club · LondonSupportwith Broadcast, Thomas Ankersmit | Support | Broadcast, Thomas Ankersmit |
| Sep 13, 2009 | 013 · TilburgSupportwith The Damned, Caspian, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, +185 | Support | The Damned, Caspian, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, +185 |
| Sep 25, 2005 | Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen · LondonSupportwith Miss Black America, Neils Children, The Cherubs, +1 | Support | Miss Black America, Neils Children, The Cherubs, +1 |
Where they play
3 rooms in 2 citiesRooms played most
- 013 · Tilburg1 show
- Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen · London1 show
- Vortex Jazz Club · London1 show
Cities played
- London2 shows
- Tilburg1 show
Releases
26 releases, 1999–2024Everywhere at the end of an empty bliss
2024 · Album
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 6)
2019 · Album
Everywhere at the End of Time - Stages 4-6
2019 · Compilation
Everywhere, an empty bliss
2019 · Album
Everywhere At The End Of Time
2019
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 4)
2018 · Album
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 5)
2018 · Album
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 2)
2017 · Album
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 3)
2017 · Album
Everywhere at the End of Time Stages 1–3
2017 · Compilation
Take Care, It’s a Desert Out There…
2017 · Album
Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 1)
2016 · Album
Everywhere at the end of time
2016 · Compilation
We drink to forget the coming storm
2014 · Album
Extra Patience (After Sebald)
2012 · Ep
Patience (After Sebald)
2012 · Album
An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
2011 · Album
Recollections From Old London Town
2009
Persistent Repetition of Phrases
2008 · Album
Recollected Memories From the Museum of Garden History
2008 · Album
Deleted Scenes / Forgotten Dreams
2007 · Album
Additional Amnesiac Memories
2006 · Album
Theoretically pure anterograde amnesia
2006 · Album
We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow
2003 · Album
A Stairway to the Stars
2001 · Album
Selected Memories From The Haunted Ballroom
1999 · Album
Lineup
No current lineup on record.
Airplay
Photos, art and posters
Sources & corrections
| Source | Used for |
|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | Artist facts |
| Wikipedia | Artist facts |
| The Caretaker on Last.fm | Artist facts |
| The Caretaker on Discogs | Artist facts |
| The Caretaker on Genius | Artist facts |
| Wikidata | Artist facts |
| KEXP | Airplay |
| Songkick | Show history, Show posters |
| TheAudioDB | Photos, Logo |
| Discogs | Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it |
| Genius | Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it |
| Last.fm | Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it |
This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.