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The Caretaker
Patience (After Sebald)
History Always Favours The Winners - Cat No: HAFTW013
- updated:2026-06-22
Reissue! A 2012 release by THE CARETAKER—a project by V/VM (aka LEYLAND KIRBY)—that had become hard to find is now being reissued in a 2023 limited edition!
Track List
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A1. Everything Is On The Point Of Decline
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A2. As If One Were Sinking Into Sand
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A3. Approaching The Outer Limits Of Our Solar System
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A4. When The Dog Days Were Drawing To An End
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A5. A Last Glimpse Of The Land Being Lost Forever
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A6. The Homesickness That Was Corroding Her Soul
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B1. I Have Become Almost Invisible, To Some Extent Like A Dead Man
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B2. In The Deep And Dark Hours Of The Night
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B3. No One Knows What Shadowy Memories Haunt Them To This Day
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B4. Increasingly Absorbed In His Own World
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B5. Isolated Lights On The Abyss Of Ignorance
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B6. Now The Night Is Over And The Dawn Is About To Break
Why does the piano, playing against the backdrop of a record’s scratchy noise, sound so moving? Depending on the track, it’s played within a balance that makes it sound like noise music or even doom. While works like Cage’s *4’33”* and Marie Schafer’s soundscapes tend to focus on ambient sounds, this piece sounds like an experience of an imaginary nostalgia that transcends time. (Original Japanese text by Hino)