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From:
Baptiste Bacot
To:
kent williams
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Date:
Thu, 20 Sep 2018 23:26:18 +0200
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Re: The Caretaker: Everywhere At The End Of Time
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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 >