The Caretaker - Everywhere at the end of time - Stage Five

https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/

 

No artwork or preorder available yet, it seems.

However the description at the bottom of the Bandcamp page has updated:

 

STAGE 5 WILL BE RELEASED AT 5PM GMT ON THE 20th OF SEPTEMBER.

 

Stage 5 - Released on September 20th 2018
Post-Awareness Stage 5 confusions and horror.
More extreme entanglements, repetition and rupture can give way to
calmer moments. The unfamiliar may sound and feel familiar.
Time is often spent only in the moment leading to isolation.

 

So excited for this, Stage Four was absolutely wild. Cannot wait to see where this goes.

I'm so, so excited.. this whole project is quickly becoming one of my favourite releases ever

Can't believe this has come round again so quickly.  2018 is flying by.  Can't wait to hear where this one goes...

Yes, hyped for this one

Damn, I haven't even gone through stage 4 because -life-. Gotta get busy listening!

  On 8/31/2018 at 12:37 PM, t yst r said:

Damn, I haven't even gone through stage 4 because -life-. Gotta get busy listening!

I've still held off on Stage 4 in case there's a 'stages 4-6' CD release like he did with 1-3

He said on FB there will be another collected edition of 4-6 out around March of next year.

Cracking - So that's that then. Will nab the 2nd part next year hopefully :) (Wonder if I'll get a chance to get that one signed by James and Ivan too ?!)

Wtf, did I miss stage four?!

  On 8/31/2018 at 12:42 PM, mcbpete said:

 

  On 8/31/2018 at 12:37 PM, t yst r said:

Damn, I haven't even gone through stage 4 because -life-. Gotta get busy listening!

I've still held off on Stage 4 in case there's a 'stages 4-6' CD release like he did with 1-3

 

  On 8/31/2018 at 1:56 PM, eclipsis said:

Wtf, did I miss stage four?!

Yeah, it got lost in the wake of the NTS sessions, stage 4 is truly a dessent into madness and currently aoty for me.. very intrigued as to where it will go from here

 

 

threads:

https://forum.watmm.com/topic/94992-the-caretaker-everywhere-at-the-end-of-time-stage-four/

 

https://forum.watmm.com/topic/91582-the-caretaker-everywhere-at-the-end-of-time

^ Now that calls for a late night listening session!

  On 8/31/2018 at 2:13 PM, eclipsis said:

^ Now that calls for a late night listening session!

You must be in a certain state of mind for it however, it's not an easy release to get trough but rlly worth it :)

I finally listened to it. This is so incredibly good. So well made. It's frightening and eerie but beautiful and sad too.

There are moments where the atmosphere of the music is balancing between feel-good and feel-bad. It's very delicate. It makes me think of when i'm falling asleep with nice thoughts and feeling blissful but having that feeling interrupted by thoughts of worry or other negativity.

Must admit I've still not been able to get to grips with stage 4. Will try again.

Just a couple more days until Stage 5 absolutely destroys us all.

 

God bless.

  On 9/7/2018 at 11:17 PM, fletcher said:

Must admit I've still not been able to get to grips with stage 4. Will try again.

Im so fckn ready, been listening to the whole release all week

  On 9/18/2018 at 3:02 PM, someguy said:

Just a couple more days until Stage 5 absolutely destroys us all.

 

I'm scared...

Gonna do stage 4 tonight

  On 9/18/2018 at 6:41 PM, fletcher said:

Gonna do stage 4 tonight

gl man, is a wild trip

 

do report back ur experiences!

Pretty stoked for the penultimate sequence.

 

And more than a little scared. Given the last one, this could be absolutely terrifying.

  On 9/18/2018 at 8:48 PM, MIXL2 said:

 

  On 9/18/2018 at 6:41 PM, fletcher said:

Gonna do stage 4 tonight

gl man, is a wild trip

 

do report back ur experiences!

 

 

A few thoughts as I listen......

 

It is an intensely paranoid experience.

Best heard via headphones to get the full left/right mix effects.

 

Post Awareness Confusions 1

Surface noise / vinyl crackles and distant drones that phase in and out of audibility, growing in volume as the track progresses.

Most of the time the left and right channels offer completely different sounds - just a common dissonant droning "wash" that is deep in the mix.

Fleeting moments of recognition from previous stages - pitched, chopped and subtly sampled.

Jumbled repetition from multiple sources at a fairly "high" tempo in the foreground, "low" tempo droning nausea in the background.

A Lynchian dream sequence.

 

Post Awareness Confusions 2

Stuttering cut samples of repeating melodies from previous stages split between left/right channels and constantly jumping from one to the other - disturbing.

More surface noise!

A dense dread builds and pushes the melodies into the background, before they return and takeover again, then disappear.

Almost silence for a moment as the background droning ambience takes control.  Waves? Distant cathedral reverb? A few cut samples leak back in to the mix.

15 minutes in - wow.  Really creepy horror movie style string sounds and droning crashes / hissing.

 

Temporary Bliss State

As expected, a more upbeat beginning with wind chime style sounds / possible xylophone? Still cut between channels and phased around, not easy music by any stretch of the imagination.  Just more positive in tone but very confused.

Deeply saddening if this is the bliss state.  I think this is what "Candie" from Twin Peaks hears when she stares into space.  A fantasy mix of light tones and nothingness.

 

Post Awareness Confusions 3

Moody slow droning darkness

More surface noise!

Less cut up, samples seem longer and audible as instrumentation and melodies but still deeply confused / dissonant.

Longer held notes drifting along in the conventional "drone music" sense.

It suddenly ends - a traditional Caretaker trick so I have learnt.

I really hope Stage 5 has more sudden moments of silence, those really caught me off guard when it was just suddenly only surface noise or just a very faint buzz. So freaking hyped.

  On 9/19/2018 at 12:48 AM, someguy said:

I really hope Stage 5 has more sudden moments of silence, those really caught me off guard when it was just suddenly only surface noise or just a very faint buzz. So freaking hyped.

yeah definetly.. first time I heard it was round 1am n I was super tired, when the 15 min mark of track 2 hit I swear to jeebus man... never experienced nothin like that w music b4

This goes up around 4 hours from now!