The Caretaker - 'Take care. It's a desert out there...' in memory of and for Mark Fisher

Last copies Available on CD now.
There will be no repress.
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"Take care. It's a desert out there..."
in memory of and for Mark Fisher.
Remembered by The Caretaker.
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu.
© 2017 History Always Favours The Winners.
"blame shines within the demise"
by Ivan Seal 2016.
Photograph Andy Keate.
Courtesy of Carl Freedman Gallery.
© 2017 by Ivan Seal, all rights reserved.
Pressed on Compact Disc only with 1800 copies given away
for free to the audience at The Caretaker with Ivan Seal and
Weirdcore.tv performance at The Barbican in London at
Unsound Dislocation on December the 8th, 2017.
350 signed and numbered copies have been sold
via Boomkat with 100% of all label proceeds
being donated to www.mind.org.uk/ in the name
of Mark Fisher.
Remember Mark and keep his words and ideas alive.
www.theguardian.com/commentis...
k-punk.org/
k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/

[@vvmtest]

Sorry if people missed getting a copy of this one as the 350 signed copies sold out fast. Another 300-400 discs which were not given out at The Barbican will be made available at some point in the new year for purchase with all proceeds again going to MIND these will still be sealed and unsigned.

[@eecko20191]

Will you be uploading this one to Bandcamp at all? The proceeds could still go to charity if you do.

[@RustinChole]

Lucas Umans-Grant I would love that too. And it would give me a chance to actually pay for all the free/cheap BEAUTIFUL releases you’ve put out for free/pay what you can over the last three years...

[@kylebobbydunn]

Any re-release of this yet? Gorgeous work.

[@rhwatkinson]

@@kylebobbydunn just went up as a bundle with the new Mark Fisher book on Boomkat.com - 100 copies only with a purchase of the book - move fast I guess?

[@nightshiftts]

Hi! I make video edits for your fav songs/movies and would appreciate any feedback i can get! ~ :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZS6mZRroZiFobM

[@worrydoll1644]

somehow i always end up somewhere on youtube listening to the caretaker. i'm terrified as much as i am fascinated by his work

[@TatsTopsVideos]

It’s addicting, it’s like you listen to one piece and then you’re interested in more so you keep listening. Now matter how scary or haunting it can be

[@THEBRONSHTEIN]

Man... Eateot keeps my attention for about 3 months straight... I always listen to it during night shifts at work, when brain works differently. I always find something new in this piece of art.

[@connortollit6120]

It’s even more terrifying when you look in to why this album was made and the context of it, it’s basically the caretakers take on mark fishers suicide and the fog that clouds a person’s thoughts during the decision to take one own life. Sorry if this comes across as morbid but it’s important to know the context so we can all understand depression better, and hopefully conquer it together.

[@AmalgraemeV]

As am I.

[@yuriyco_]

I can absolutely relate.

[@AudioPervert1]

"The future has been cancelled" - Late Mark Fisher. Now we face the continuum of hauntology forever.

[@frankalfar]

The second half of that statement could be song title in its self.

[@dionaeamuscipula6649]

Man Twitter is getting out of hand

[@martinthedrainedsedlak]

@@dionaeamuscipula6649 they are cancelling the concept of time

[@Siggney1]

@@dionaeamuscipula6649 fuckin twitter man :(

[@mozekhiar]

fucking cancel culture smh

[@squidkidsyoutube3712]

“Remembered by the caretaker.” Not remembered, disfigured and forgotten by the caretaker. Just remembered.

[@Spacecoreinspace]

he's not gonna let this burning memory go out

[@jasonwalton9553]

Also, I should note that, at least earlier in his career, it was "Remembered and dismembered by The Caretaker", with the "forgotten" only added for Everywhere.

[@igneousorgan6435]

Yeah because this one is not the same as EaTEoT

[@lispy5174]

woaaah hi dedf1sh!

[@squidkidsyoutube3712]

@@lispy5174 hey there

[@effeilensucre]

Everybody gangsta until the void starts screaming.

[@thefrogggy100]

“A void bug sits in a void lake. Is he made of lake, or is the lake made of flesh? He screams, for he does not know.”

[@MiloMay]

​@@thefrogggy100 but does the lake scream or does the bug scream?

[@thefrogggy100]

@@MiloMay The lake screams of flesh and the bug screams of lake They scream together, in different terms

[@ianorr1388]

is there a timestamp for this...

[@ravenratz1182]

The Caretaker, they dont know it. Is helping me deal with my best friends death. I don't know where I would be emotionally without the Caretaker. Whoever the Caretaker is. I hope they have a beautiful life

[@rawrizord]

James Leyland Kirby is his name

[@sourpuss5951]

The Caretaker isn't actually a real person. It's the name for one of James Kirby's projects.

[@JustCarlosGarcia]

I'm sorry that he passed, I hope he rests well now

[@blehh_mae]

well,,, the caretaker is dead actually. the actual person who made him isnt (james leyland kirby as seven said) , but the character is infact dead.

[@TheJedo]

@@blehh_mae I suppose he still keeps the name though, he goes by "The Caretaker" on twitter

[@PikyFen]

sounds like what my long dead great grandmother described what dementia (particularly alzheimer’s) was like during one of her few lucid moments of what is now known as stage 7a. my dad asked if she remembered the national anthem of Australia, she almost immediately replied with “the song, was just the emotion. [...] i dont know what it goes (like), just the feeling that i listened”. RIP great gran, never met you, but never will forget you.

[@rotisseriepossum]

sry, theres a stage 7?

[@PikyFen]

@@rotisseriepossum yes, in alzheimer’s disease, there is a stage 7. typically the first stage isn’t counted as its asymptomatic.

[@finden3362]

@@rotisseriepossum yes, in Everywhere at the End of Time, stage 7 is portrayed by stage 6

[@argonize]

;-;

[@bigwheelfromspidamahn1037]

@Alia DeVous it’s a representation of Mark Fisher and his work, and his grim outlook on life that inspired Layland Kirby (the caretaker) and vice versa. Mark fisher took his own life on the 13th of January 2017 at age 48. This track is dedicated to him and all earnings from physical sales go to mental health charities

[@graftontanner6363]

"They have disappeared, and their disappearances will leave haunting gaps, eerie intimations of the outside." - Mark, The Weird and the Eerie

[@RotneybotOfficial]

This is exactly how I think Purgatory would sound.

[@AudioPervert1]

Seems this Purgatory is a lot of expensive reverb units ... Is there electricity there?

[@marij28997]

@@AudioPervert1 atleast this is what it sounds under the ac vent in the dementia home, oddly satisfying to hear it like this while fading out into oblivion

[@thehonorablereverendaddiso1943]

@@AudioPervert1 Actually, from what I can gather, park of the noise is due to the track actually being stretched out. See here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/anakeZRuaJ1_baM

[@nightshiftts]

Hi! I make video edits for your fav songs/movies and would appreciate any feedback i can get! ~ :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZS6mZRroZiFobM

[@nanoloopbandit]

This sounds like heaven to me

[@royps6687]

I think youll be pretty disturbed to see that that album cover is a mother thing holding 3 kids

[@pianoboi4842]

tf, now I'm scared

[@normanclatcher]

Mother 3 confirmed?

[@eyitsmattyyy616]

It’s quite sweet actually

[@BennettGPaton]

I see the top face as more of a grandfather/grandmother figure? With the two below and on either side of it are parents of the clear baby in the middle. The two side figures are too mature looking to be children, imo

[@eyitsmattyyy616]

Bennett G. Paton Oh your right!

[@Tekstar85]

See, you can scare me without easy jumpscares!

[@ASadPorkChop]

I only just realised, those things in the picture are people.

[@blazingtrs6348]

i see it as people in the clouds of heaven

[@pinkman_]

I see a ahegao face lol

[@scootywoot499]

@@pinkman_ how

[@pinkman_]

@@scootywoot499 the top

[@scootywoot499]

@@pinkman_ OMFG I CANT UNSSEE IT NOW

[@Jadeite427]

In 2006, “Theoretically pure anterograde amnesia” saw the release of a 6xCD box set, with each CD holding 12 tracks, making 72 tracks in total. Also contained in the box set was a small pamphlet with writing by “k-punk” (also known as Mark Fisher) explaining the deviation of the Caretaker’s focus from the haunted ballroom and into amnesia. The final sentences of the pamphlet read as follows: “Take care. It’s a desert out there…”

[@braydengui6809]

Seriously? That's so cool.

[@marotvorec]

Mr moster big. Big fan of the caretakber :O

[@Molten546]

damn

[@Imboredwithmylife]

How did you get this infromation?

[@brendanmccabe8373]

@@Imboredwithmylife the pamphlet was republished in a collection of Fishers writings

[@lostuser1094]

Ahhh that's so frustrating. I had no idea you were playing on the 8th! Anyway, rest in peace Mark Fisher. Never met you but your words inspired me and many others. We will *never* let the bastards grind you out of memory.

[@bensfractals43]

first comment

[@that1toad64]

Weird, I think this is the only comment on Kirby's channel that he's ever hearted.

[@bouldersmokingaciggie538]

yooo kirby hearted this comment!!!!!!

[@H4DESROSE]

stumbled upon this and started reading more about Mark Fisher. barely even know about him and when I scrolled down to see the cause of death on his wikipedia, i just couldnt. i cried to this.

[@braydengui6809]

That would be hard. To listen to this thinking that it's simply celebrating the life of someone who died naturally. Only to discover that Mark Fisher hung himself. What makes it even more sad is that apparently the album name is something that Mark Fisher said himself as part of an earlier Caretaker album.

[@tomio8072]

Mark suffered a lot with depression, a lot of his works are perfect embodiments of the political economy we are stuck with today, despite all of this however, this really shows how he was able to inspire so many people, and his book “capitalist realism” is a beautiful book, rest in peace mark, and for anyone else out there, unable to find anything which seems possible to do, I’m here with you, and so are many many others. It’s ok

[@fleaship6134]

"Unable to find anything that seems possible to do" that is exactly how I feel :(

[@tomio8072]

Fleaship I’m sorry to hear that, it’s a pretty crushing state to be in isn’t it :(

[@dork_mork6953]

@@fleaship6134 Also came to say that lmao. World just wasn't build for anything reasonable, it's all for the people up top. I genuinely cannot imagine a life where I'll ever fit in or land a job that I don't have to change at some point just because it's too much, nor can I imagine a life where I'll ever have the funds I need to help myself not die early because of the losing battle of mental issues and ptsd. I'm trying hard, but nothing is possible anymore but everything is still expected. I fucking hate it. (Edit: just to add on, it's extra expensive and impossible for me in particular just because being trans in america is fucking undoable. You want a body that doesn't actively make you have suicidal thoughts? Too bad. There are too many people that want me and others like me to just become another number and another statistic and it's so disheartening to deal with that heavy knowledge every single day.)

[@unintelligible-synapse]

@@dork_mork6953 the world is just one big pyramid scheme

[@ortherner]

I find it funny you have the kirby character marx as your profile picture, and your talking about a book that criticizes capitalism. Can’t be a coincidence.

[@bentoouthesmall4031]

Somehow Leyland Kirby can consistently make music with little to no substance sound so intriguing I can pay full attention to it. I don't even know how.

[@billcipher4901]

Its exactly because there's so little substance to it that your brain starts paying attention to the smallest details. From the slightest echo to distant crackles, it's what makes this "genre" so captivating

[@CubicApocalypse128]

There's plenty of substance here, but no structure. It's a music smoothie.

[@jamespmailer]

if you ever get lonely, just don't. cause then you'll just start leaving the cordless phone in the fridge and the car keys in the bread drawer

[@AtlasFox_]

Why do you have a bread drawer

[@jamespmailer]

Foxer29 I don’t?

[@normanclatcher]

👀

[@vintendovs]

Of course. Don't wanna leave my wallet in the furnace again.

[@Fernisawake]

Dont wanna leave my purse in the freezer again now do i

[@user-vh7qu8hf2f]

I personally think this portrays a grim depiction of death, an empty, never ending, hollow void, a cold desert with nothing and no one, absolute solitude, nothingness in all directions for all of eternity. I don’t see why this piece is getting such hate from people, if it’s purpose is to depict death it does it remarkably well

[@mmrchive]

She's a bitter mule; unforgiving and cold. She won't have a bedtime story prepared; so, bring your own. - David Firth

[@JimTheCurator]

@@mmrchive Even though the video that this quote was from is ostensibly funny, in this context, that quote just feels so haunted. It doesn't feel like a joke anymore.

[@mmrchive]

@@JimTheCurator yep. That's why I didn't include the "Fool! You should have prepared yourself for Death" part. This bit carried a lot of weight on it out of context.

[@KeedGmaer]

Well, We don’t know that. There could be a heaven. A god. A hell. There could be something afterwards.

[@user-vh7qu8hf2f]

@@KeedGmaer there could be but there could also be nothing after death, they’re equally as likely

[@lcdream4213]

*POV: you just died and are wandering through purgatory trying to reach heaven*

[@tatotaytoman5934]

yeah down the hall to the right, first exit is heaven and second is hell

[@someth1ngstupid]

Meh, just find some guy called tony purgatelli or whatever, he'll help you get there

[@mjolninja9358]

Dante’s Inferno

[@mushroomancer159]

Let's hope it's not Dante's Purgatorio, otherwise you're probably gonna be there for a while

[@JackTheSlayer-ok5eq]

well if your in purgatory you just have to wait I'm afraid

[@thunderwolf234]

I'm listening to The Caretaker whilst playing Minecraft and it seems these two are literally complementing each other. The gaeme just gets way creepier

[@CubicApocalypse128]

Try it with the first Portal.

[@spiralgd1702]

Try it with the first halflife

[@makken1585]

*Try it with any Games on Source..*

[@gromidas]

I'm not the only one then

[@cutecentral1930]

*try it with sad sa-*

[@themysteriousface7633]

This feels like it should comfort me when I come to terms with dying. It will be difficult for someone to accept that fact that they're going to die and that sucks. I don't know if there is something after this, but I hope there is. If not, then whatever lies ahead I should make most of what I have now in life, especially for those reading this. I feel thankful for this life, and I've only just started it, sure this year hasn't been good but everyone will make it through. I hope this wasn't too miserable to read for anyone, wasn't supposed to in anyway, I hope you have a good day/night.

[@SemenSonyah]

Nah, man, your speech is relatable. Yesterday i had realization attack too. We are all going to die and all we can do is having fun in your own lifespan. Just have a good time with people you like or love. Just remember - if you won't do this, you'll regret in future. Shy isn't a thing when you have literally limited time to exist

[@themysteriousface7633]

@@SemenSonyah Facts, but it's harder than it looks really for people like me. I've been trying to workout and I think I'm finally gonna do it. Thanks for the reply by the way, I hope you have a good rest of your weekend however you spend it.

[@SemenSonyah]

@@themysteriousface7633 it was my best weekend in years, thanks

[@Siggney1]

God bless you

[@elpathdigital4391]

Mi madre me contó que yo lloré en su vientre. A ella le dijeron: tendrá suerte. Alguien me habló todos los días de mi vida al oído, despacio, lentamente. Me dijo: ¡vive, vive, vive! Era la muerte. ---------------- My mother told me that I cried in her womb. They told her: she will be lucky. Someone spoke to me every day of my life in my ear, slowly, slowly. She told me: live, live, live! It was death. Del Mito - Jaime Sabines

[@justinjohnson4278]

it's like that one transition in david bowie's blackstar except it never stops

[@sometimesiwi]

im a blackstar im a blackstar

[@despaceto1152]

With many of The Caretaker's albums here on KZbin, there are timestamps to make a checkpoint for every new piece in each album. This one lacks any sort of checkpoint.

[@cheesefromtexas3934]

My theory is that it lacks checkpoints because the person is already dead and wandering, no gradual decline.. just vast nothingness. Traversing an empty expanse wondering what’s become of anything.

[@TheMetalsteve]

Well, I mean, this was a live performance in collaboration with Ivan Seal and Weirdcore; I'd say that's probably the best explanation. It's all one piece that was performed live.

[@braydengui6809]

I think that it adds to the aesthetic of the album. There is no checkpoint in death, you don't look forward or anticipate anything. You simply float in an empty void unaware of your surroundings. Forever. Without clear end in sight.

[@osdwa]

There's no checkpoint because it's a single track.

[@fladoodledooper]

Mark was 48 and a half years old when he passed and the album is 48 and a half minutes long.

[@tristanawesome23]

0:00 s1 - hopefully a peace awaits 11:32 t1 - bilss camradie 20:21 u1 - clouds above 30:12 v1 - good luck

[@pizzibarbarodellamaremma3179]

So this are the s t u v tracks... Wonder what are x y and z

[@Warning_OpinionAhead]

Rework: 0:00 - S1 - Hoping for a peaceful outcome 11:32 - T1 - Blissful camaraderie 20:21 - U1 - Dense clouds floating above 30:12 - V1 - Best of luck now

[@tristanawesome23]

Sections: 0:00 S1 Part 1 - Empty Cold 3:12 S1 Part 2 - Light Shines Though 6:43 S1 Part 3 - No more confusions 10:11 S1 Part 4 - Bilss is Up there 11:32 T1 Part 1 - No more decilne 15:12 T1 Part 2 - No more plaques 18:32 T1 Part 3 - Free Bilss 20:21 U1 Part 1 - Looking Above 24:34 U1 Part 2 - Your Greatness, Remebered 27:14 U1 Part 3 - Heart Filled 30:12 V1 Part 1 - Best Luck Now 35:32 V1 Part 2 - Heaven

[@Warning_OpinionAhead]

@@tristanawesome23 Now we're talking!

[@mamoru_zombie]

Underrated timestap comment section.

[@lordroy88]

Rest In Peace, Mark Fisher. We won’t forget your ideas. May the afterlife bless you.

[@fishbroccoli69]

I try to surround myself with music to comfort me. People tend to be so nice on the internet. But they always disappear. They never stay around for long. I don’t have anyone else to talk to, so I lay in bed and listen to static with the blinds shut. Today, I think about the possibility of never growing old with the love of my life. Tomorrow, who knows.

[@juicyd9233]

Hey man I can add you on other socials, crazy world out there, i don't mind some company.

[@fishbroccoli69]

@@juicyd9233 thx bro you're damn sweet.

[@galinajuritz983]

❤️

[@juicyd9233]

@@fishbroccoli69 hey man how u holding?? Everything good??

[@fishbroccoli69]

@@juicyd9233 i'm okay! sorry for being so dramatic lol. i'm in a better place than...whenever i wrote that comment, but i'm still struggling with my own demons. that's okay, i think that's what life entails.

[@thecaretaken2068]

"blame shines within the demise" is such a mysterious yet breathtaking name for this artwork

[@billcipher4901]

Listening to this to sleep is so soothing. Its like an empty void that you can just close your eyes to forever. I wouldnt mind it if the afterlife sounded like this

[@charliekill88]

So empty... cold and devoid? No thanks. I like the music, but not for all eternity.

[@billcipher4901]

@@charliekill88 understandable have a great day

[@dumbdannia6326]

I agree

[@jvstvorothii]

this is kinda nice, but EATEOT? HELLL NO

[@dreaminsepsis2542]

An empty, vacant void you can close your eyes to for all eternity sounds kind of unnerving.

[@realfoodmama]

I cant put into words how beautiful this is

[@thehonorablereverendaddiso1943]

Thanks, Satan

[@baldrbraa]

Satan I thought this might be your kind of thing.

[@tongonice]

jajajaja ay chale, le había dado al like al comentario pero se lo quite en cuanto leí "Satan" jajajajajjajajajj

[@Mr-Prasguerman]

@@tongonice ?

[@rmbaaalftgodhimself5087]

does anyone else see faces in the artwork

[@RealBradMiller]

Yes. And that joyous, cherubic like face at the top. :)

[@rmbaaalftgodhimself5087]

Brad Miller I also see 2 other or maybe 3 other faces

[@raphaelbeck229]

the middle one has 2 faces in one head

[@thenamesellen6383]

I did.

[@Mooonie.]

The artwork is a mushroom cloud from a nuke with a family hiding in the top of it

[@ginjani_8247]

rest in peace mark fisher. you wont be forgotten

[@ryandupuis5860]

the minecraft nether music just got a lot scarier...

[@StridersBored]

Probably my favorite depiction of death. It embodies apathy and silence. Much like the bodies that are laid to rest, the soul will forever rest in the desert. Uncaring, unflinching, unknowing, unbothered.

[@Shivertruco]

I met Mark thanks to this album. I couldn’t meet him personally, but I think that these videos and music albums were the perfect introduction (this one in particular). After 2 years, I have finally read all of his books, and it was all thanks to you. What began as a trending meme about “the darkest music album of the internet” ended up being a journey that changed my life forever. From capitalist realism to acid communism, from hauntology to lost futures, from Fisher’s concern for mental health and the End of History to Everywhere at the End of Time. It all made sense all of a sudden. The future has been cancelled. The ones who have been slowly but steadily losing their memories were us all along. You did the best you could have done Leyland. I hope Fisher won’t be ever forgotten. Take care, it’s a desert out there…

[@xaviersabotage]

I met this album thanks to Mark, so I guess the hommage is fullfilled

[@shadowhunterpiano4873]

Bro your words just gave me goosebumps

[@BroAnarchy]

" ...the pandemic of mental anguish that afflicts our time cannot be properly understood, or healed, if viewed as a private problem suffered by damaged individuals. " RIP.

[@BlissBee]

please dont tell me your trying to make this about covid

[@BroAnarchy]

@@BlissBee no , it's a quote

[@RoomRar]

@@BlissBee it's quote from writer, media critic and phisopher Mark Fisher. Mark Fisher collaborated with James Kirby (The Caretaker) on a few projects. In 2017 he commited suicide after having dealt with depression for his whole life and in response to that Kirby made this in dedication of him ("take care, its a dessert out there" is the final sentence in a pamphlet Fisher wrote for/about Kirbys album "theoretically pure anterograde amnesia") The quote is about how we need to stop seeing the spike in depression in the last 20 years and other mental illnesses as an individual problem solely caused by (a lack of) chemicals in someone's head and instead see it as a product of people not being able to handle todays extremely fast paced late-capitalist world. He wrote about this in his books Captalist Realism and Ghost of My life

[@tungsten_no74]

00:00 S1 - Take Care. It's a Desert out There... 11:32 T1 - An Emptiness beyond Empty 20:21 U1 - Never-ending storms Eternal 30:12 V1 - An awaiting End

[@Neurology554]

Wow different types of static 😮

[@tungsten_no74]

@@Neurology554 it may surprise you to find out that this actually samples past projects of the caretaker

[@RiceWitch-dingus-400]

this ain't stage 7 mg

[@tungsten_no74]

@@RiceWitch-dingus-400 I know. But there are 7 stages of dementia.

[@TheOldenMemories]

@@RiceWitch-dingus-400 you are correct. This isn't even part of EATEOT.

[@Aamarubb]

This gives me the image of being on a plane that's flying you through the dense clouds of purgatory with the choirs of both heaven and hell echoing outside, making it hard to distinguish one from the other.

[@annagraham]

only found out about Mark's work recently after his passing, it's really been a real inspiration lately and incredibly rewarding digging through lots of his lectures and talks. planning on picking up some books soon, and strongly recommend him to anyone else here. a unique and necessary voice for our current times. and then to discover this, what a meeting of worlds. thank you. may he rest in peace

[@lamestudiosinc418]

NGL after EATEOT this is kinda soul-cleansing.

[@upseguest]

I finally understand the image! It's two children with their grandmother on a cloud.. I think

[@florentmanzi9113]

Three children, I'd say ! And the cloud could very well be the mother/grandmother's skirt.

[@upseguest]

Yes it's a skirt and I see the 3rd child now, I can even almost see their faces, no I see their faces I do.. wait I can understand the details!?!? hOw?

[@braydengui6809]

The point of Ivan Seals artwork is to be unrecognizable.

[@HellHoundTSO]

If you look at the painting, it looks like a parent figure attending to their children. The children sit upon a platform for which the parent supports but the parent also feels the children are a great part of it and are a grounding for the parent's life. But, look at the head on the parent. On the right is a shadowy head of a someone looking as if they are crying out in agony. This is the conscious of the parent yet the parent mostly keeps the children looking down at the ground, and to not look at the problems of their parent. Knowing that Mark was a father and a man who took his own life makes this art piece surreal and disturbing.

[@JustSomeRandomPerson09]

This feels like the musical equivalent of the sinking feeling you get deep in your gut upon those first few seconds you are given the news that someone you care about has died.

[@mayasuydam1497]

i can’t put into words how utterly beautiful this is. it’s so strangely calming. it makes me cry, but i have no reason to. it’s just raw emotion, and it’s beautiful.

[@mayasuydam1497]

it’s also such an accurate representation of what is like going through grief. it’s just empty, scary, and full of bitter sweet sounds of memories. people try to talk to you, but it’s just noise.

[@vinnytheplayer5500]

Its just white noise

[@boiwhat5421]

@@vinnytheplayer5500 ye LMAO

[@boiwhat5421]

@@mayasuydam1497 why are you crying about noise?

[@mayasuydam1497]

@@boiwhat5421 it’s just exactly what my head sounded like to me when i was going through grief myself. it just hit something deep within me.

[@nikkimeade10]

10/10 - Would definitely listen to this while was lost in the desert somewhere.

[@dreaminsepsis2542]

I think this might have something to do with Mark's suicide, or the absence of consciousness he experienced afterword. Either way, Mark Fisher did not deserve to die, especially in the way he did. I find his words inspirational, and he did not deserve the backlash he got from his statements. Also, apparently the title has something to do with Fisher himself. He wrote commentary about some of the Caretaker's earliest work, and the final sentence said “Take care. It’s a desert out there…”, which is obviously the quote this album was named after. I actually find this very respectful, and at the same time kind of chilling, with the fact that it was at the very end of the pamphlet he wrote his commentary on. This artwork actually feels like visualized Lovecraftian horror, which is actually really cool. It's unrecognizable, slightly human-like, and bizarre to lay your eyes on. No matter how many times you look at one of those paintings, you can't name a single object in the image. (But I guess EATEOT Stage 1 is kind of an exception, it's just a rolled-up piece of paper.)

[@BB_hahaa]

I’m glad somebody else appreciates the artwork

[@TheSpadeStealer_98]

​@@BB_hahaa Same. I like the artwork.

[@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk]

Why did he get backlash from his statements? Was it his political beliefs; his stance on Capitalism?

[@dreaminsepsis2542]

@@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk I’m glad you asked. His stances on communism is the thing that would be expected to be the most hated, but it was actually his criticisms of online call-out culture, specifically in his essay “Exiting the Vampire Castle” from 2013. He believed and wrote that call-out had created a space that made solidarity impossible, but guilt and fear omnipresent (this is almost a verbatim quote here, a lot of these words are actually in the essay). The backlash could have started anywhere from the mention of orientation around economic classes, to the use of increased leftist solidarity, to the very mention of disagreement with and departure from the phenomenon of call-out culture. Either way, the backlash was big, and I’m sure it must’ve haunted him one way or another. That’s not to say there was no praise for it, though.

[@C_to_the_S]

Even outside of EATEOT does The Caretaker give me comfort.

[@EdgarAllanPogo]

I somehow am at peace knowing he did a piece geared towards depression. EATEOT is great and all but having something to personally connect with on a deep level is.... comforting. Maybe I'm not so alone in my endless void of helplessness and devoid emotions.

[@bigbaby1345]

speeding this up in audacity gets you screams of the damned performing a choir. just a fact.

[@unfortunatewitness5775]

That’s terrific

[@bingobeego]

Most of this is just "homesick" by Ted lewis. Don't ask how or why, I didn't find it

[@jacksbackyardbbq4840]

Interesting things I’ve found in this track: 1:30 whistle that is thought to be from the song “Homesick” by Ted Lewis 6:04 another whistle 7:44 something that kinda sounds like Long Term (Remote) 11:05 something in right ear

[@justbreathecalmdown9040]

Rest in peace Mark, your memory and your ghost remain with us as a guide

[@terrytibbs5678]

My Dad used to take me to the terraces to watch Mark Fisher. Great midfielder who gave his all.

[@albamomo8324]

This represents death. Nothing else. Just a continuous and repetitive hum, that will continue to go on forever.

[@CyphersBasement]

Rest In Peace, Mark.

[@ThatEonDude]

RIP Mark Fisher.

[@ilovewarw2]

By the way, this has nothing to do with dementia. This has nothing to do with alzhiemers, but it has something to do with suicide. This is made for his friend who commited suicide. RIP Mark Fisher

[@SunSign]

Now this I can sleep to.

[@graciouslump9695]

@dead project yep

[@brother_abaddon_666]

Лишь бесконечная степь... Лишь шелест травы шепчущий Ветер... Осень... Воздухе застыл тяжёлый аромат полыни... Дышать тяжело но ты идёшь В неизвестность... Ты знаешь степь поглотит тебя... Но далее тебя ждёт что-то новое... Что-то...

[@marotvorec]

многу тивко, како да нема ништо

[@sprl9291]

Вау красиво

[@FireFortProductions]

a caretaker album for mark fisher. we dont deserve this.

[@w0lfy89]

This is a perfect example of music that comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

[@Gardengap]

It’s literally 48 minutes of white noise.

[@doktawhawee9870]

Indeed it is. Your point being?

[@HWalla23]

Listening to Mark and this at the same time, it works super well tbqh

[@Rokiotop900]

This make mr imagine an infinite black void space, and this is what you hear all eternity...

[@unintelligible-synapse]

this makes me imagine the concept of nothing, because after death what happens? you cant know if anything is happening

[@armandorivas5154]

this is like being in the airplane from the langoliers

[@Stuffed_Trigger]

*cuts away to peter in the airplane from the langoliers*

[@farzanamughal5933]

RIP Mark Fisher

[@adaisychain4azathoth]

the void’s screeches, echoing throughout space and time.

[@RustinChole]

This guy. Richard D James. .....annnnd that’s pretty much it. The Beethoven and Stravinsky of our time. Thank you Mr Kirby.🙏

[@RedStinger_0]

This piece is so great. Highly underrated.

[@nicoelevadoados]

this is actually really heartbreaking, also i love how you can see faces in the image

[@Gardengap]

What does it matter how your heart breaks- my-

[@thefrogggy100]

@@Gardengap I am ashamed to be part of the GD community with you. You have left a ton of comments all like this. Perhaps you arent old enough to comprehend the scope, but this is bigger than the sound. Please be respectful and consider that maybe you dont understand everything.

[@vibrantgleam]

@@thefrogggy100 wait what

[@Jujyfruits]

RIP Mark Fisher. Thanks for uploading this.

[@marxunemiku]

rest in power mark, we won't let you be forgotten

[@ahtepacholiztli]

En paz descanse Mark Fisher.

[@destornilladormarcaphilips5778]

Fede P dice:

[@cerebralmalsey]

Rest in peace Mark Fisher.

[@mrmister1335]

this reminded me of the recordings of mars’s surface, which can be a symbol for the corpse of a once-living being, now shrunken, barren, and cold.

[@kenkoopa7903]

Considering this is dedicated to the late, great Mark Fisher, this might not be an album per se about death. This might be an album about life, our own life in the modern episteme, in the "end of history".

[@aashneel8996]

one of the best pieces of ambient music ive ever heard. haunting, hopeless yet comforting. the perfected depiction of Purgatory.

[@someonespecial1329]

This makes me feel grateful that I'm still alive, healthy and strong.

[@SvalbardSleeperDistrict]

Beautiful work in homage of a beautiful human being 💫

[@ErofuSophia]

The song actually make you feel like in distant desert

[@The_Channel_Channel_Official]

Timestamps A dessert beyond this world 0:00 Stuck in nothing 6:23 Watching the stars above 9:02 The end of time has concluded 12:34 A brief moment of hope 17:55 Hope fading 18:21 Death is not what you thought it would be 19:03 Your Acceptance of the Future 23:47 Thinking a thought for the first time in a while 26:21 Take Care. Its a dessert out there... 32:37 The final minutes in the abyss 40:06

[@BadValOfficial]

Thanks so much

[@The_Channel_Channel_Official]

@@BadValOfficial These timestamps aren't Cannon, if you didn't know. so don't thank me

[@BadValOfficial]

@@The_Channel_Channel_Official Yes, I noticed after a while that these are non-canonical timestamps. However, they are well named.

[@The_Channel_Channel_Official]

@@BadValOfficial Aw, thanks man

[@brendanmccabe8373]

Do we really have more substance than the ghosts we endlessly applaud? The past cannot be forgotten, the present cannot be remembered. Take care. It’s a desert out there...

[@fortissimom.440]

01:31 homesick whistle

[@procyon667]

ngl this is good ambient music

[@anonymoususer8844]

i feel everyone's silent cries for help vibrating inside my soul

[@follet173yearsago9]

00:00 - Section A: Center - Homesick | Ted Lewis | Sample found by Mr.Mister 00:00 - 48:26 Section B: Center: - Lord, beholding Thy dread passion | The Caretaker (DS/FD) | sample found by Shadow k1ller 07:44 - Section C Left: - Unknown | Unknown | N/A Right: - Unknown [Same as unknown K1SC/L1SB/P1SB] | Unknown | N/A Section D Center: - Reckless night | The Caretaker | Sample found by me

[@tdgtwo850]

Layer 3 (Section C) have those 2 samples found Ah, but Is it Love? | Paul Whiteman |Found by t_vk Dance of the Hours/Love in Idleness | Paul Whiteman | Found by Shad0w Ki11er666

[@bingobeego]

​@@tdgtwo850ohio

[@darkkitchenrecords2625]

Will forever love you k-punk

[@imbored7579]

this will make a fine addition to my collection

[@jose.montojah]

You knew it was a fight against individualism all along. You are not alone.

[@arthurvezin]

Was at the Barbican for his show where this record was given out freely at the entrances to the venue. I somehow passed it up. One of the bitter regrets of my life.

[@et0t]

potential samples 10:54 libets delay 12:25 grand fantasia 14:44 the way ahead feels lonely 17:45 black and white rag 26:25 drifting time misplaced

[@elelelelelelelelelelel]

8:13 im pretty sure its qdce from stage 2

[@tdgtwo850]

The actual samples are: Homesick - Ted Lewis (-16S) Deleted Scenes Forgotten Dreams Part 3 - The Caretaker (-18S) Ah, But Is It Love? - Paul Whiteman (-10S) Dance of the Hours/Love in Idleness (Best Ever Medley) - Paul Whiteman (-10S) Reckless Night - The Caretaker (15 speed variations) All of them are droned

[@SantiagoMinotas34]

WOAH WOW! the feeling, the situation, the context this provides is intoxicating, I'm so sorry.

[@neckbeardeater682]

Its so weird coming back to the caretaker after learning of mark fishers works and what he was really saying. Like it just clicked one day and now I cannot unsee, rather "unthink" it

[@g-ray4088]

the album cover looks like stage 2 and 5 combined

[@ghostcoffee1099]

This is what the PS2 and GameCube menu sounds like

[@lucifervibes]

It's a blessing and a curse to have these 3 brilliant minds intersect.

[@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk]

Who's the third?

[@lucifervibes]

@@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk Mark Fisher? I don't remember, ha!

[@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk]

@@lucifervibes I know Mark Fisher and Leyland Kirby (The Caretaker), and the third one is...?

[@lucifervibes]

@@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk Ivan Seal, the painter

[@FilmBucket]

This track feels like the audio of being dead. It's cold, it's hollow, and it's beautiful.

[@mogekolord5432]

reminds me of the ghost mansion level in mario 64

[@normanclatcher]

Big Boo's Haunt. 😌 I remember it well, especially the carousel.

[@elemenopi9239]

moge

[@PartyRockerOG]

Lucky to have scored a CD of this

[@tanline6662]

37:32 Whale of Heaven

[@Gemidori]

I don't really see this as a part of the EATEOT timeline. I just see this as a tribute and nothing more. If I really had to come up with a way to work it into a narrative, I would think this is a direct mirror of the real events; the Caretaker is grieving over a recently lost loved one. If it absolutely needs to be part of the timeline, I think it'd be before or near the start of EATEOT. Either before or between the first two stages. Anything later and the Caretaker would be too deteriorated to properly grieve

[@marxunemiku]

it's very much a standalone lmao. like american boy isn't a part of yeezus.

[@PartyRockerOG]

@@marxunemiku the caretaker is Kanye west confirmed?!?

[@RiceWitch-dingus-400]

I hate when people say it's part of eateot. It's a tribute to Mark Fisher you assholes.

[@vibrantgleam]

People really need to stop comparing this to EATEOT. It's so disrespectful. This is not a "Stage 7". This is a literal tribute to Mark Fisher.

[@dementedgamer0810]

Theorerically pure anterrogade amnesia feels like a Stage 7. TCIADOT is the afterlife. (Also, I feel that TCIADOT should be just a tribute to Mark Fisher)

[@vibrantgleam]

@@dementedgamer0810 Yeah that was the whole point of Take care. It's a desert out there... It's just supposed to be a tribute