THE CARETAKER - Persistent Repetition of Phrases LP Hip-Hop The journey not the destination

The journey not the destination

Usually this maneuver is out of necessity

cohesive and brutal

The key to Parker’s push lies in the generosity to step back

THE CARETAKER - Persistent Repetition of Phrases LP Hip-Hop The journey not the destinationOriginally 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