Selected Memories From the Haunted Ballroom

by The Caretaker

Selected Memories From the Haunted Ballroom cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1999
  • Label: V/Vm Test
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:14:20
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Drawing direct inspiration from the chilling final act of 'The Shining', Leyland Kirby's inaugural release under this moniker heavily manipulates 1920s dance band records. Pitch-shifting and looping these antiquated 78 RPM shellacs through cavernous reverb creates an intensely eerie, ghostly meditation on memory and decay.

Genres

Descriptors: Leftfield, paranormal, occult, experimental, ambient, conceptual, sampling, lo-fi, sample-heavy, crackly, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. The Haunted Ballroom (3:44)
  2. By The Seaside (4:00)
  3. One Thousand Memories (1:25)
  4. Haunting Me (3:48)
  5. A Summer Romance (3:05)
  6. Den Of Iniquity (2:45)
  7. Dream Waltz (3:29)
  8. A Handful Of Stars (3:34)
  9. Request Dance (5:09)
  10. In The Dark (3:02)
  11. Reckless Night (3:02)
  12. Thronged With Ghosts (3:48)
  13. From Out Of Nowhere (3:45)
  14. Friends Past Reunited (2:00)
  15. You And The Night (3:12)
  16. Moonlight Seranade (2:34)
  17. Disillusioned (2:41)
  18. The Revolving Bandstand (0:47)
  19. Garden Of Weeds (3:06)
  20. "Excuse Me" For Ladies (0:59)
  21. In Days Of Old (2:14)
  22. September 1939 (1:57)
  23. Thanks (3:25)
  24. The Haunted Ballroom (3:20)
  25. Untitled (3:29)

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