Everywhere At The End Of Time

Wednesday Mayhem 15 at 7-10PM
Hosted by Lexi Glass

Twenty years ago, British electronic artist James Kirby began creating works under the name The Caretaker. In his works under this name, Kirby shapes fragments of music from found antique 78s into rich pieces that evoke the beauty and sadness of a distant memory. This year, The Caretaker project comes to a close, and for his final act, Kirby presents "Everywhere At The End Of Time," a series of six albums, one released every six months, starting with the first release in September of 2016. Each album represents a stage in the progression of early onset dementia, and together, the works are a sonic portrait of The Caretaker's experience of the disease as it advances "towards the abyss of complete memory loss and nothingness." The sixth and final stage, a study of "extreme entanglements, repetition and rupture," was released in March 2019. In this Mayhem special, we will hear selections from each of the stages, including the recently released finale.