Leyland James Kirby is a musician hailing from Stockport, England. The majority of his music revolves around genres such as ambient, jazz, electronic, and noise.

The most notable part about his music is that while he has made original compositions, he is mostly known for his side-projects that involve the manipulation of already existing songs to create something else entirely. His side projects include:

The Caretaker: arguably his most well known project, the music released under this name involves the editing of already existing 30’s ballroom jazz records. Albums under this name are meant to show the effects of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia and portray them in musical form. One of these records, An empty bliss beyond this World has been met with critical acclaim, and was his most well known album until the release of 2019’s six-and-a-half hour Everywhere at the end of time.

V/Vm: originally starting as a noise project, V/Vm would later be composed of edited pop songs, changed to sound more eerie and violent rather than affectionate. This project also included most of his original material.

The Stranger: under this name, most of the music produced is noisy and experimental, and is most notable for using unknown samples to create the songs. Combined with his editing, this results in albums and songs with dark and atmospheric pieces of music.