Everywhere at the End of Time, sometimes shortened to Everywhere, is a roughly six-hour long project by The Caretaker that was created in order to simulate the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease. It consists of six different music albums (titled Stage 1 through Stage 6), each of which were released about six months apart.
Each album, or part, represents a different “stage” of dementia, with moving track titles that are meant to describe the experience being simulated. Each stage also includes specialized cover art: abstract paintings that represent a visualization of what each stage feels like.
The albums themselves consist of a mix between sampled ballroom music, symbolic noise and meaningful silences that are meant to symbolize how the progression of dementia gradually affects the brain’s memory capacity.
The Caretaker is an alias of James Leyland Kirby. Everywhere was his final large-scale project under this alias, and he collaborated with various artists and professionals to bring his image to life. These artists include Ivan Seal, who created the original album covers for each stage in Everywhere, as well as Weirdcore, a visual artist who assisted Kirby in creating promotional music videos to go along with various audio tracks.
Everywhere at the End of Time can be most easily accessed through YouTube, where the project is compiled into a single video with track titles, embedded links in the description to each track in the album, and short explanations of the inspirations behind each stage. A link to the official video is provided below.
Users can also access this project on Bandcamp, where they can buy and download each album digitally. They may also purchase a CD or limited vinyl production of the album. These links are all provided in the description of the official YouTube release.