Leyland Kirby's work according to others' descriptions: He explores deep into the loss that dementia brings. Leyland Kirby in real life: Dementia's kinda wonky, innit?
I’m sure he was a chill/humble dude his whole life. Music is a tool to get out the deeper inner feelings no one sees on the surface. A lot of artists who create music with deep/morbid topics tend to be much more tame and collected.
Took me weeks to recover. I had bouts of paranoia, a fear of the dark (something I haven't experienced since I was like 8) and couldn't even stay in my room where I first heard it. I slept in the basement and couldn't sleep until I literally couldn't keep my eyes open anymore. After years on the internet and having seen the most fucked up videos available, I finally found my mental limit: The Caretaker.
I thought the caretaker was a AN actual caretaker who worked at nursing home around dementia patients , but it turns out it’s a bloody Brit , I love it
I think embracing that fear and panic and just channeling it into the production is what makes the project the way it is and is part of the creative process. It’s like psychological martyr for the sake of art
That's because he made it. I know we all gotta say he has this mindset that we listeners cant comprehend or wutever, but that's exactly the case. He's the creator, and it doesnt affect him as much as it does us
I have Lyme disease and it mimics Dementia, Alzheimer's, and many other diseases. At 51 years of age, it's a struggle.. No wonder I found you and your music! Your healing vibes are felt, and you bend my soul.
My dad got diagnosed with Lyme while the country is fucked by corona, so he can't take any more test to see how he's really affected, but yeah, he's really starting to forget things
probably less mellowed out, just cause of the music he made? understandable really, but to be fair most dark/morbid artists are chill, likely cause of all the dark stuff they make as an art form
I love how Kirby didn't choose Tino Rossi's 'Ce Soir' at random for his subject of dementia, as the lyrics go : Ce soir, mon coeur a tant de peine. (Tonight, my heart is aching) Ce soir, tout semble triste et noir. (Tonight, all seems blue and dark) J'ai peur, malgré notre amour même. (I fear, even with help of our love) J'ai peur de ne plus te revoir. (I fear to never see you again) Of course in the original, it doesn't really relate to the idea of losing someone. But with that slowed-down voice, it really sounds like a declining old-man begging for a relative to not leave him alone.
Imagine if he had a concert with 5.000+ people Playing everywhere at the end of time , and people are just crying and Kirby is just playing not paying attention to what’s happening
@@formodius I'd absolutely love to hear EatEoT in a concert hall. I want to not only hear the music, I want to feel it rattle my chest and give me a new heartbeat. I feel like hearing "It's just a burning memory," the "hell sirens," and the final 6 minutes would bring the most chills
I actually saw The Caretaker preform live about a week ago. It was among one of the most bonkers, provocative and disassociating experiences of my life.
He really seems like a great guy, especially having made the album that changed my entire life. If I were ever given the chance to meet him, I would most definitely take that chance.
@@AndreLuiz-zf6wq This album makes you realise that living every moment in your life is important because as the sands of time shift, they will be nothing but faded memories and this disease takes them away from you until you've lost everything. Also, it makes you relate alot to the old age population and how they struggle with day to day life
And this is in relation to pretty much noise with the later stages, never mind music where it's easier to declare "This sounds awful," or "This sounds great". They don't try to make anything that's special, they just wanna make something that sells. Sadly, mediocre stuff seem to be popular nonetheless. What I see as the absolute worst culprits, ignoring the likes of Lil Pump as an obvious choice, is Cigarettes After Sex and Aitch. Absolutely dire work if you can even call it "work". And yet it sells. Somehow, it sells.
I love how everyone just acts like their type of music is superior and somehow fails to see how music is subjective and its quality purely depends on who's listening. I don't listen to the radio, but I can't say the music playing on it is truly bad or anything, it's just for people looking for something different in music than I. I, of course, prefer there to be effort to be put into music, but even that isn't necessarily a good indicator of how good the music is. A lot of ambient music doesn't take much work, yet still comes out into something beautiful. And sometimes, the most well received songs are made in a day from a stroke of inspiration, being made effortlessly. In short, I'm just kinda tried of this sorta talk. No music is good, no music is bad, all music is music.
@@TachyBunker an online friend introduced me to Carpenter Brut's 'Leather Teeth', which is fantastic stuff. One of the most impressive albums out there that I feel is something that can be appreciated by a wider audience if they decided to give it a try is Hippo Campus's 'Bambi'. It's simply incredible. My personal favourite: 'Anxious'. The demo version as well is incredible while also throwing out a completely different tone to it.
It’s comforting in a way to know that EATEOT was made with specifically dementia in mind and does not have any bigger meaning to it. It kinda saves me a lot of grief having to listen to it as much as I do... I mean I still do because I hate myself but man that’s great!
@@mastercylinder6291 maybe commentary on the path to the afterlife or something (many people have the misconception that the final track is the Caretaker ascending to Heaven when in reality it’s just Terminal Lucidity)
@@phillemon7664 No, I don't think that's terminal lucidity since it's borderline impossible to have that with a very deteriorated brain. That last track is really just a funeral dirge; the pop before that is the moment the Caretaker died.
Fun fact: the software kirby seems to use is FL studio. From looking at stock images of him working on music(yes, that sounds creepy), the piano roll thing he was using was very similar to what FL studio has. Possibly meaning that is what he uses.
And also. When It comes to making the samples, i think he uses either audacity(specifically the “Change speed by semitones”) nyquist plugin or FL studio. As the artefacts are similar when looking at his work in spectral format(these artefacts to clarify, are when samples frequencies bounce back due to the sample being above the nyquist frequency)
it's Ce soir by Tino Rossi, a very popular french singer during the 30s/40s. I've listened to most of Leyland Kirby's discography, and I don't think it has been released, so maybe it was "made" specially for the live. Then, at 8.21, it sounds like the Stage 4 from Everywhere at the end of time.
I will not rest until he shares with us what recording of the Lasst Mich Ihn Nur Noch Einmal Küssen aria he used for Friends Past Reunited/Place in This World Fades Away.
he's from stockport, same as me. I think hearing him speak exactly as I do and as everyone I knew growing up did comforts me a bit, but I'm really not sure
C'est à la fois le projet musical le plus terrifiant et le plus fascinant que j'ai trouvé actuellement (Everywhere at the end of time étant dispo intégralement ici) et écouter (une partie de) cet album serait incroyable, mais j'en ferais sûrement des cauchemars, on a plus ou moins tous peur de l'oubli de soi et des autres après tout.
hearing a recording of his voice after almost a year of being acquainted with his works feels odd. like i've gained access to the vault of godly secrets. idk
Jesus Christ, as a Yorkshireman I listened to his projects thinking he was some deep mysterious american for some reason so to see him with sunglasses on with a Northern accent is incredible 😭 big up the north!
Thank you mr kirby i like everywhere at the end of time, an empty bliss beyond this world, patience (after selba) and the persistent of répétition of phrases
Literally the dumbest thing I could comment on but Manchester accents sounds really different from other northern accents. I'm used to northerners sounding like David Firth.
we love you, leyland. never stop. after reading your quirky & brilliant quietus interview, i kinda wonder what a concept album centered-around your polish pub darts matches might sound like, or even a sort of hypothetical karaoke album for this fascinating Propaganda bar detailed therein ... :o
All the comments about Kirby looking like Jeff Lynne permanently skewed my perspective on the latter, and I ended up including a connection between eateot and an elo song called mr kingdom on my midterm this year 😵
I absolutely love his version of Ce Soir by Tino Rossi. However I really don’t understand why he’s holding a microphone to his mouth when there are lyrics, while he’s not actually singing anything. Is it just for the show?
He’s always done lip syncing for his shows, even back during his V/Vm days. Only difference is he’s not running around the stage in his underwear wearing a pig mask or stage diving into the crowd and breaking a rib or two.
@Synapse Harvest No he's definitely lip syncing. His shows haven't exactly changed since their conception. If you watch his 2017 performance or his 2019 performance you'll see more of him lip syncing.
People like this who have their own spirit and speak through their own mind feel how they actually feel about things others feel about the same make good shit
he didnt really explain it very much did he? he just said "memory going wrong... nothing more to add" lol. you can read reams and reams of academic gobbledigook about hauntology if you want but he doesnt go into it
I think he just isn’t comfortable with words. His art is about sound, not speech. It doesn’t really make sense to ask him about what lies behind his project, you just have to listen to the music and feel it.
