The Caretaker - We Cannot Escape The Past

From A Stairway To The Stars (2002) Images : Greg Bod I do NOT own the copyright for the music and video that I upload and will remove it immediately upon request from copyright holder or band. Think of the most adventurous, albeit grinding records imaginable and chances are you’re probably thinking about v/Vm or their label v/VmTest Records. Sounding a bit like Kid 606 through a distortion pedal played through a Marshall amp at 11, it’s generally time to fasten your seatbelts when slipping a new v/Vm release into the CD player. Not this time. Developing the sound established on the debut Caretaker release three years ago, A Stairway To Stars is a collection of old ballroom and dance 78rpm records released anywhere between 1920 and 1940 which have been manipulated, slowed down and re-sampled into beautifully creepy ambient pieces which while instantly recognisable, are completely original in both their construction and feel. On this superb second release, The Caretaker ha