Leyland Kirby

Leyland James Kirby is a British ambient musical artist. Most famous for his project Everywhere at the End of Time.

Quotes

• "We were just talking about this and I don't think we did, it's just natural that something works or it doesn't, you know? I would look at Ivan's paintings, or he would listen to a sound and change something, and it's not something that's overthought."
  • From IVAN SEAL / THE CARETAKER - Everywhere, an empty bliss

BBC Radio 6 Interview

• "I was on before this experimental guy, Morton Subotnick- This old, 80 year-old classic experimental guy. The venue's beautiful. Huge big cinema screen, and I'm like 'What the hell can I do to, you know, wake this audience up from the slumber?', so I decided to throw myself down this staircase to begin the show, which went very well."
• "I just like working you know? So I guess what gets released is just the tip of the iceberg."
• "It's so beautiful, because you don't really notice the soundtrack which is what I was aiming for."
  • Referring to Patience (After Sebald)
• "I would expect the unexpected, I think that's always the best thing to expect these days. That's always the motivation, 'expect the unexpected'"

Présences Électronique 2018 Show

• "In terms of working with dementia-as a concept-I don't know, it just fascinates me, you know, memory going wrong. There's nothing really to add. I think I'm really fascinated by memory and things going wrong."
• "But always, I've got to make it sound like it's organic, so it's not being done digitally, you know? I am always trying to do something where you can't really hear the process, but you can imagine "this is going wrong, this is crumbling down'."
• "The process is often before the show."