Album
An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
2011 · Electronic
6 collectors on Gatefold own this
An Empty Bliss Beyond This World is an Electronic album by The Caretaker, originally released in 2011. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
About
An empty bliss beyond this World is an electronic music album from The Caretaker, a project of musician Leyland James Kirby, better known for his other project, V/Vm. Pitchfork placed the album at number 22 on its list of the "Top 50 albums of 2011" while Uncut magazine placed it at number 47 on its list. "An empty bliss beyond this World was inspired by a 2010 study suggesting that Alzheimer's patients have an easier time remembering information when it's placed in the context of music. What makes it unique isn't that Kirby resuscitates old but vaguely familiar source material; it's how he edits it. Several of the tracks here take pretty, anodyne phrases and loop them mindlessly; several stop in what feels like mid-thought; several reach back and then jump forward. They never feel filled-in from start to finish, and they tend to linger on moments that feel especially comforting or conclusive: the last flourishes of a song, maybe, the pat on the shoulder, the part when we're assured everything is drawing to a close. Kirby isn't just making nostalgic music, he's making music that mimics the fragmented and inconclusive ways our memories work.".
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Tracklist
- 1All you are going to want to do is get back there3:46
- 2Moments of sufficient lucidity3:47
- 3The great hidden sea of the unconscious3:02
- 4Libet's delay3:26
- 5I feel as if I might be vanishing1:55
- 6An empty bliss beyond this World4:19
- 7Bedded deep in long term memory1:48
- 8A relationship with the sublime3:36
- 9Mental caverns without Sunshine3:13
- 10Pared back to the minimal1:45
- 11Mental caverns without Sunshine (Reprise)1:35
- 12An empty bliss beyond this World (Reprise)3:48
- 13Tiny gradiations of loss2:52
- 14Camaraderie at arms length4:45
- 15The sublime is disappointingly elusive1:44
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Ambient & Downtempo
- brittle
- nostalgic
- cinematic
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- The CaretakerRECORDED BY [UNCREDITED]
- The CaretakerRECORDED BY [UNCREDITED], OTHER [REMEMBERED BY, UNCREDITED]
- The CaretakerRECORDED BY, OTHER [REMEMBERED BY]
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