Space to skip a track In the post awareness stages (last 3 stages) you dont really skip tracks, you just skip segments Everywhere at the End of Time is the eleventh recording by English electronic musician James Leyland Kirby under the alias the Caretaker. Released between 2016 and 2019, its six albums use degraded samples of old ballroom music, largely from the 1920s and 1930s, to portray the stages of dementia.
WitheredFoxy for all of the high quality sounds being put into scratch. Ivan Seal for the art in the project. The Caretaker for the music. --Descriptions-- Here we experience the first signs of memory loss. This stage is most like a beautiful daydream. The glory of old age and recollection. The last of the great days. Track list: A1 - It's just a burning memory A2 - We don't have many days A3 - Late afternoon drifting A4 - Childishly fresh eyes A5 - Slightly bewildered A6 - Things that are beautiful and transient B1 - All that follows is true B2 - An autumnal equinox B3 - Quiet internal rebellions B4 - The loves of my entire life B5 - Into each others eyes B6 - My heart will stop in joy The second stage is the self realisation and awareness that something is wrong with a refusal to accept that. More effort is made to remember so memories can be more long form with a little more deterioration in quality. The overall personal mood is generally lower than the first stage and at a point before confusion starts setting in. Track list: C1 - A losing battle is raging C2 - Misplaced in time C3 - What does it matter how my heart breaks C4 - Glimpses of hope in trying times C5 - Surrendering to despair D1 - I still feel as though I am me D2 - Quiet dusk coming early D3 - Last moments of pure recall D4 - Denial unravelling D5 - The way ahead feels lonely Here we are presented with some of the last coherent memories before confusion fully rolls in and the grey mists form and fade away. Finest moments have been remembered, the musical flow in places is more confused and tangled. As we progress some singular memories become more disturbed, isolated, broken and distant. These are the last embers of awareness before we enter the post awareness stages. Track list: E1 - Back there Benjamin E2 - And heart breaks E3 - Hidden sea buried deep E4 - Libet's all joyful camaraderie E5 - To the minimal great hidden E6 - Sublime beyond loss E7 - Bewildered in other eyes E8 - Long term dusk glimpses F1 - Gradations of arms length F2 - Drifting time misplaced F3 - Internal bewildered World F4 - Burning despair does ache F5 - Aching cavern without lucidity F6 - An empty bliss beyond this World F7 - Libet delay F8 - Mournful cameraderie Post-Awareness Stage 4 is where serenity and the ability to recall singular memories gives way to confusions and horror. It's the beginning of an eventual process where all memories begin to become more fluid through entanglements, repetition and rupture. Track list: G1 - Stage 4 Post Awareness Confusions H1 - Stage 4 Post Awareness Confusions I1 - Stage 4 Temporary Bliss State J1 - Stage 4 Post Awareness Confusions 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. Track list: K1 - Stage 5 Advanced plaque entanglements L1 - Stage 5 Advanced plaque entanglements M1 - Stage 5 Synapse retrogenesis N1 - Stage 5 Sudden time regression into isolation 'Post-Awareness stage 6 is without description.' Track list: O1 - Stage 6 A confusion so thick you forget forgetting P1 - Stage 6 A brutal bliss beyond this empty defeat Q1 - Stage 6 Long decline is over R1 - Stage 6 Place in the World fades away C'est fini.
