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James Kirby
Birth name	James Leyland Kirby
Also known as	Billy Ray Cyrix Butcher Claus Butcher Claws CV[ev] Dr. Fred Edgeley Musher The Leon And Hits MC V/Vm Notorious P.I.G. Pole (disputed) Stranger V/Vm Allstar Marching Band V/Vm And The Hog Chorus V/Vm With Garry's Glitter The Caretaker
Born	(1974-05-09) 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

Facts about his life

Musical history

DATE-DATE: V/vm

very brief summary, including a note about where & when in his life he made this music See: V/vm

DATE-DATE: The Caretaker

very brief summary, including a note about where & when in his life he made this music See: The Caretaker (musician)

DATE-DATE: Leyland Kirby

brief summary, and a few quotes/critical comments. Does not have a separate page.

DATE-DATE: The Stranger

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

I'm sure he has some other, obscure ones.

Views about music

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

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)