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

aye, I'm ready by my pc waiting in anticipation :)

i originally was buying the clear blue ones, but that has to be the ugliest colour vinyl. sold them all and replaced with normal, always going to look good, black vinyl.

https://boomkat.com/products/everywhere-at-the-end-of-time-stage-5

Here we go...

  On 9/20/2018 at 6:04 PM, species8472 said:

https://boomkat.com/products/everywhere-at-the-end-of-time-stage-5

dear god the art on this is insane 

 

oh fuck, i thought it was starting this hour.. guess ill b missing the start of this, got stuff to do... will listen tonight!

ITS HERE!!

 

https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/track/k1-stage-5-advanced-plaque-entanglements

 

https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/track/l1-stage-5-advanced-plaque-entanglements

 

https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/track/m1-stage-5-synapse-retrogenesis

 

https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/track/n1-stage-5-sudden-time-regression-into-isolation

Edited September 20, 2018 by MIXL2

 

edit: listening now, this is sounding gorgeous

 

edit:2 lots more pauses.. truly feels like struggling to remember, then finally remembering but remembering it wrong.

Edited September 20, 2018 by MIXL2

Going to give it a listen tonight, I'm so ready.

Holy shit this is intense

This is excellent. As expected.

So good..Beautiful at same time as being disorienting and disturbing.. bit scared by where he is going to take this with stage 6!!

So, thoughts after first listen: a lot murkier and more fluid than stage 4, it feels like it's converging into a hazy state of nothingness..

 

Last 10 mins of the first two tracks where very pleasant collages of sound n memories.

 

First 8 mins of track 3 where absolutely breathtaking

 

Last track really crushes your mind, especially if you have heard the rest of the releases over the last two years.. around 9 minutes this huge background theme starts to appear, then it appears again at around 12 minutes and then slowly descends into some of the freakiest atmospheres I have ever experienced in music, I'm at a loss for words man

 

Wonderful trip, but def a difficult listen.. stoked to listen again and to close off w stage 6

usual people with the usual correct opinions arent ever in the caretaker threads... but i'm still curious. whats the music like? i hate the way he looks and the pretentious names (like way worse than SOTL and that's saying something) I even think the caretaker name is bad. but this series seems interesting i guess. someone sell me on this please?

  On 9/21/2018 at 12:14 AM, dr lopez said:

usual people with the usual correct opinions arent ever in the caretaker threads... but i'm still curious. whats the music like? i hate the way he looks and the pretentious names (like way worse than SOTL and that's saying something) I even think the caretaker name is bad. but this series seems interesting i guess. someone sell me on this please?

I pirated ' an empty bliss beyond this world ' and it sounds like xanax. Bluetooth that shit somewhere on a speaker in a forest at night and you'll hear what it is. i'm def gonna buy this new one

I have respect for the concept of this project, and as a sonic study of mental health it might mean more to other people.  And that aspect might resonate with me more in the future.  Plus its an interesting way to finish off the caretaker project.

 

But as a piece of music, to put on to listen to.. For me everything past stage 3, I can´t listen for more than a minute before I actively want to turn it off.  I find it disturbing, and not in a gwely mernans cinematic way but in a real-stress-inducing way

Edited September 21, 2018 by Marked x 0ne

  On 9/21/2018 at 12:14 AM, dr lopez said:

usual people with the usual correct opinions arent ever in the caretaker threads... but i'm still curious. whats the music like? i hate the way he looks and the pretentious names (like way worse than SOTL and that's saying something) I even think the caretaker name is bad. but this series seems interesting i guess. someone sell me on this please?

What the fuck you on about? The guy is beautiful.. personally the only reason I listen to his music is cause I want to run my hands through his luscious locks!

  On 9/21/2018 at 1:06 AM, Marked x 0ne said:

But as a piece of music, to put on to listen to.. For me everything past stage 3, I can´t listen for more than a minute before I actively want to turn it off.  I find it disturbing, and not in a gwely mernans cinematic way but in a real-stress-inducing way

I can understand this, personally I had a period where I listened to alot of noise and darker ambient which I guess sedated me to that stress-inducing feel.. but yea these last releases are def not for everyone

(altough id say this one is much more droney/ambienty and less erratic than stage 4)

  On 9/21/2018 at 12:14 AM, dr lopez said:

someone sell me on this please?

imagine the chatmm circle jerk compilation was populated with people of ever increasing stages of dementia. The initial tracks are straight forward and pretty lush piano / nostalgic pieces. By the times its moved along 4 or 5 places these tunes are in a very dark world.

This is truly the best timeline

 

How many parts will come after this? Any details on that?

  On 9/21/2018 at 2:09 PM, ncrtx said:

This is truly the best timeline

 

How many parts will come after this? Any details on that?

there are 6 stages, this is stage 5. last stage will come out sometime next year (may-april)

 

after that the caretaker project will end (acording to james)

  On 9/21/2018 at 2:43 PM, MIXL2 said:

 

  On 9/21/2018 at 2:09 PM, ncrtx said:

This is truly the best timeline

 

How many parts will come after this? Any details on that?

there are 6 stages, this is stage 5. last stage will come out sometime next year (may-april)

 

after that the caretaker project will end (acording to james)

 

 

Part 6 is scheduled for March 2019.

 

I am interested to see if they will do a CD compilation for parts 4-6, given than 4 and 5 would not fit on a CD each.

off topic - anybody have the artwork for each stage in high resolution, ie. not google images search?

  On 9/21/2018 at 8:45 AM, kirm said:

 

  On 9/21/2018 at 12:14 AM, dr lopez said:

usual people with the usual correct opinions arent ever in the caretaker threads... but i'm still curious. whats the music like? i hate the way he looks and the pretentious names (like way worse than SOTL and that's saying something) I even think the caretaker name is bad. but this series seems interesting i guess. someone sell me on this please?

What the fuck you on about? The guy is beautiful.. personally the only reason I listen to his music is cause I want to run my hands through his luscious locks!

 

like a more pretentious robert plant

  On 9/21/2018 at 8:59 AM, MIXL2 said:

 

  On 9/21/2018 at 1:06 AM, Marked x 0ne said:

But as a piece of music, to put on to listen to.. For me everything past stage 3, I can´t listen for more than a minute before I actively want to turn it off. I find it disturbing, and not in a gwely mernans cinematic way but in a real-stress-inducing way

I can understand this, personally I had a period where I listened to alot of noise and darker ambient which I guess sedated me to that stress-inducing feel.. but yea these last releases are def not for everyone

(altough id say this one is much more droney/ambienty and less erratic than stage 4)

Yes at your last comment, I haven't given 5 a full listen yet, so my comments were mostly based on experience with stage 4. Dare I say, 5 is thankfully a bit less intense on first impression.

 

  On 9/21/2018 at 4:26 PM, species8472 said:

off topic - anybody have the artwork for each stage in high resolution, ie. not google images search?

Bandcamp keeps mid res images that are direct from the artist. But a full scan of the vinyl would get you the highest resolution. And of course all the artworks are digital versions of real paintings by Ivan seal, so the source would be another level of detail. There is a link to the gallery that has his work on the haftw website