The Caretaker

[The Telepathic Kid]

This Leyland project reminds me of old school Eno.

Music for Airports all over again. Not that I'm complaining.

[Mexicola]

OK, strange reasons to bump a thread?

How about '...discussing Middle-weight boxing from the late 80's/early 90's with Leyland James Kirby aka The Caretaker on Facebook'?!?

Comparing the respective merits of Benn - Eubank - Watson - Mccllelan following the Froch v Groves fight tonight. Bizarre!!

[fujee]

Eubank never was the same after he put that guy in a wheel chair

[The Telepathic Kid]

Do you know the dude personally, Mex? Or was it just by accident?

[Mexicola]

Don't know him but he's often quite chatty via email. I'd posted about the Froch v Groves fight on Facebook, followed by some banter with mates of mine. I follow him on there and he chipped in with a couple of comments out of the blue!

[The Telepathic Kid]

ask for some free LP's or somethin'. :p

[DEVICE]

Does anyone know where I can get hold of the'Extra patience (after sebald)' LP?
It's no longer available on bandcamp..

[Mexicola]

Does anyone know where I can get hold of the'Extra patience (after sebald)' LP?
It's no longer available on bandcamp..

Asides from nicking my copy, you could try Discogs.com. However, he has recently talked about reissuing his back catalogue on vinyl again.

[Dudeman162]

All you are going to want to do is get back there.

[Guido]

THE CARETAKER IS RELEASING SIX NEW WORKS.

'Everywhere at the end of time' is a new and finite
series exploring dementia, its advance and its totality.

Featuring the sounds from the journey The Caretaker
will make after being diagnosed as having early
onset dementia.

Each stage will reveal new points of progression,
loss and disintegration. Progressively falling further
and further towards the abyss of complete memory
loss and nothingness.

Viewing dementia as a series of stages can be
a useful way to understand the illness, but it is
important to realise that this only provides a rough
guide to the progress of the condition.

Drawing on a recorded history of 20 years of
recollected memories this is one final journey
and study into recreating the progression of
dementia through sound.

https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/

WTF!

[b0qurant]

THE CARETAKER IS RELEASING SIX NEW WORKS.

'Everywhere at the end of time' is a new and finite
series exploring dementia, its advance and its totality.

Featuring the sounds from the journey The Caretaker
will make after being diagnosed as having early
onset dementia.

Each stage will reveal new points of progression,
loss and disintegration. Progressively falling further
and further towards the abyss of complete memory
loss and nothingness.

Viewing dementia as a series of stages can be
a useful way to understand the illness, but it is
important to realise that this only provides a rough
guide to the progress of the condition.

Drawing on a recorded history of 20 years of
recollected memories this is one final journey
and study into recreating the progression of
dementia through sound.

https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/

WTF!

Came here to post basically the same thing verbatim ... I just bought the new album ... loving it so far!

It's pretty atmospherically / moodily similar to Empty Bliss so far, which is a huge plus for me, but I need to get out of work and give it a focused listen.

I'm pumped.

[b0qurant]

THE CARETAKER IS RELEASING SIX NEW WORKS.

'Everywhere at the end of time' is a new and finite
series exploring dementia, its advance and its totality.

Featuring the sounds from the journey The Caretaker
will make after being diagnosed as having early
onset dementia.

Each stage will reveal new points of progression,
loss and disintegration. Progressively falling further
and further towards the abyss of complete memory
loss and nothingness.

Viewing dementia as a series of stages can be
a useful way to understand the illness, but it is
important to realise that this only provides a rough
guide to the progress of the condition.

Drawing on a recorded history of 20 years of
recollected memories this is one final journey
and study into recreating the progression of
dementia through sound.

https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/

WTF!

Came here to post basically the same thing verbatim ... I just bought the new album ... loving it so far!

It's pretty atmospherically / moodily similar to Empty Bliss so far, which is a huge plus for me, but I need to get out of work and give it a focused listen.

I'm pumped.

Wait I just realized yer original post misinterpreted the dementia thing: Leyland does not have dementia ... "The Caretaker" as a project does.

Get it?

See the Pitchfork article for clarification:
http://pitchfork.com/news/68472-james-l ... -6-albums/

[Guido]

Ah ok, that's good to hear.

[jcnporter]

http://thequietus.com/articles/20970-le ... -caretaker

[ParticleGhost]

that little tid bit got me worried as well, until i saw the interview lol

[Mexicola]

That interview should be compulsory reading. Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

[turquoise70]

So I listened to all of Everywhere At The End Of Time for the first time last night.

I'm listening to it for the second time as I write this. It's the first time in my life I've ever listened to a piece of music for a second time and realized I hadn't finished the experience of it until I reminded myself of what it had been like at the beginning. The absence and loss of the latter parts can't be fully contextualized until you, the listener, remember what was lost. The first time through the journey, I was kind of okay with the slow decay into emptiness, somehow. The progression felt almost natural, if unpleasant and staggered. It wasn't until I queued up the beginning again that I saw in full what was lost over the course of the series. Like seeing a sculpture from one side, then the other.

[mechanismj]

So I listened to all of Everywhere At The End Of Time for the first time last night.

I'm listening to it for the second time as I write this. It's the first time in my life I've ever listened to a piece of music for a second time and realized I hadn't finished the experience of it until I reminded myself of what it had been like at the beginning. The absence and loss of the latter parts can't be fully contextualized until you, the listener, remember what was lost. The first time through the journey, I was kind of okay with the slow decay into emptiness, somehow. The progression felt almost natural, if unpleasant and staggered. It wasn't until I queued up the beginning again that I saw in full what was lost over the course of the series. Like seeing a sculpture from one side, then the other.

It is a hefty listen, and well worth it. Glad it is getting its due.

[Negamuse]

Gosh you're a stronger woman than me, I just couldn't listen to it again let alone straight after. It's a heartbreaking album, just punishing in the most subtle way. And the length of it plays into it, I feel like you could make an album a fraction of the length that uses the same concept and it wouldn't have worked as well. The amount of time it slowly, slowly deteriorates over really forces you to experience and confront the loss in real time.

I love it, it's an amazing thing to have made and it absolutely does exactly what it's supposed to and I'd recommend it to anyone once but no, it's not a thing I'd ever choose to re-experience I think.