THE CARETAKER - Persistent Repetition of Phrases LP Hip-Hop cohesive and brutal

cohesive and brutal

and percussion) were recorded by Ryan at his home in Alexandria (and in the case of “Before

A must-have for fans and a perfect introduction for the uninitiated

Songs like “Fountain Of UHF

On ‘There Is No Desire’ it feels like the band has let something unlatch inside them

THE CARETAKER - Persistent Repetition of Phrases LP Hip-Hop cohesive and brutalOriginally released in 2008. Although this album invites aesthetic comparisons to works by the likes of Philip Jeck, William Basinski, and Janek Schaefer draped as it is in an obfuscating, soupy crackle theres a very specific conceptual agenda at work here. Part of the success of Persistent Repetition of Phrases comes from the attention it pays to the function of the loop, not only as a narrative ordering system in modern music, but as a means by