Hi Kent,
Thank you for sharing this, I really appreciated reading your words on The
Caretaker, and I am looking forward to listening to the piece when the time
will be appropriate.
Best,
Baptiste
2018-09-20 21:51 GMT+02:00 kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com>:
quoted 23 lines He's put up the 5th part of this project -- the 6th is due in March 2019
> He's put up the 5th part of this project -- the 6th is due in March 2019
>
> If you don't know about this, this project is based on the idea of
> dementia; it is based on treated loops of old 78 RPM dancehall
> records. Over the course of 5 hours (so far), the tracks become more
> fractured and murky. It plays the physical deterioration of old 78
> RPM records against the mental deterioration of a person with
> dementia.
>
> It feels like a compassionate work somehow. There's a warmth and
> sweetness to the tracks, even as they get really disorganized and
> chaotic towards the end. Having spent time with relatives experiencing
> dementia, they feel honest. 20 years ago, Kirby was a snotty punk out
> to burn bridges and take the piss out of everybody and everything.
> This is a mature work, which explores a more thoughtful and honest
> approach to degradation and destruction.
>
> I've actually put it on at work and listened to it beginning to end
> while working, and it manages to be soothing and devastating at the
> same time.
>
> https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/album/everywhere-at-the-end-of-time
>