Take Care. It's a Desert Out There... is the eleventh studio album by the Caretaker, an alias of musician Leyland Kirby. Released on 8 December 2017, Kirby composed it after the death of his collaborator, Mark Fisher, who died by suicide on January 13, 2017 at age 48. Consisting of a single title track throughout its 48-minute runtime, its proceeds would be donated to the mental health charity Mind. Kirby's initial intention would be to give the record to attendants of his performance at the Barbican Hall in London.[1] However, due to a high demand, he decided to release it on his YouTube channel.
Take Care. It's a Desert Out There...
Ivan Seal, Blame Shines Within the Demise (2016), oil on canvas
Mark Fisher was an English writer who died by suicide in January 2017 with severe depression.[2] He is most well known for his blog k-punk, his 2009 book Capitalist Realism, his 2014 book Ghosts of my Life and his 2017 book The Weird and the Eerie.[3] He discussed his experience with depression in some articles.[4] Fisher expressed an interest in Kirby's music as the Caretaker, having a symbiotic relationship with the musician. He debated of it on his 2014 book Ghosts of My Life, and in many occasions on the internet.[5] He wrote liner notes for the Caretaker's 2005 release Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia. Fisher, after Jacques Derrida's coinage of it, also used the term "hauntology", a genre often described as found in the Caretaker's style.[6]
Naming
The first two words of Take Care. It's a Desert Out There are a reversed version of Kirby's moniker, the Caretaker. In addition, the phrase itself is the final line in the liner notes for the Caretaker's Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia, which Fisher wrote.[7] According to writer Adam Scovell from The Quietus, the album being not only "in memory of" but also "for" Fisher may suggest something. Questioning the nature of why this was done, he hypothesized of it as "the memory of a future now lost through his suicide as well as simultaneously in memory of, of course."[5]
Composition
We could go so far as to say that it is the human condition to be grotesque, since the human animal is the one that does not fit in, the freak of nature who has no place in the natural order and is capable of re-combining nature’s products into hideous new forms.[8]
Mark Fisher, The Weird and the Eerie (2017)
Take Care. It's a Desert Out There... is an ambient album consisting of a single track in its runtime, presenting previously unreleased music by the Caretaker.[9] According to writer Adam Scovell from The Quietus, its "fog of dead voices" makes it have "a sense of enveloping that suggests spatial qualities within the music." He wrote that the music is "haz[y]", that its meaning may be lost but, while in an obscure position, "there is still something communicable there at its core". The record features slight tonal changes, with the sounds sometimes overlapping and fading to make the listeners forget what they heard before. Scovell likened it to a film where all its frames are put together at once. The writer hypothesized the sound may depict what he called a "memory-scape" of Fisher. He felt the work negates being explicit in its core due to it being "beyond representation; loss via a too-soon, unexpected death." Scovell mentioned the EPYoung Death by electronic musicianBurial due to its naming combined with the fact that it was released soon before Fisher's death. While describing the depression of Fisher and of Kirby's record, Scovell added that there was still a sense of "quiet optimism" within Take Care. He explained that, as long as its "questioning" nature stays, "so does a slight glimmer that the system around us will eventually give way".[5]
Release and artwork
Mark Fisher in 2011.
The Caretaker released Take Care. It's a Desert Out There... on 15 December 2017,[10] which was between the release of Stages 3-4 of his album series Everywhere at the End of Time.[11] Kirby would give Take Care for people attending at his Kraków Barbican performance.[12] Released in 1800 copies of CD,[10] it included a message stating its proceeds would be donated to the mental health charity Mind.[6] However, due to high demand, Kirby decided to release it on his YouTube channel, vvmtest.[10] He affirmed in 2017 that only 350 of the CD copies were "signed and numbered," and that he would repress more of an approximate amount "at some point in the new year."[10] Upon upload to Leyland's YouTube channel, the track's authorship information simply read "Remembered by the Caretaker", as opposed to the usual "Audio remembered, disfigured and forgotten by the Caretaker."[10]
The artwork, painted in 2016 and named Blame Shines Within the Demise, was created by Kirby's long-time friend Ivan Seal.[10] Seal performed with Kirby at the Barbican, to the confusion of some writers who thought Seal was Mark Fisher.[13] Like in Everywhere at the End of Time, Seal's paintings in the context of Kirby's music, specifically as the Caretaker, received praise.[14] However, writer Matt Colquhoun praised them for different reasons. He felt that Seal's abstract style "lends itself well to capturing the positive side of the Caretaker's otherwise melancholic project." The writer noticed his bric-à-brac works as being "another example of psychedelic domesticity."[13]
^"Unsound Dislocation". Barbican. Barbican Centre. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^Reynolds, Simon (18 January 2017). "Mark Fisher's K-punk blogs were required reading for a generation". The Guardian. from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^Koshy, Yohann (20 February 2017). "The Revolution Will Be Weird and Eerie". Vice. from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^Fisher, Mark (16 July 2012). "Why mental health is a political issue". The Guardian. from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ abcScovell, Adam (11 January 2018). "Remembering Mark Fisher With The Caretaker's "Take Care. It's A Desert Out There..."". The Quietus. Retrieved 11 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ab"The Caretaker and Boomkat donate proceeds from Take Care, It's A Desert Out There in memory of Mark Fisher". The Wire. 25 July 2018. from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^Monacelli, Enrico (19 September 2020). "The Last Monday On Earth: Mark Fisher's Postcapitalist Desire". The Quietus. Retrieved 11 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Tornow, Sam (19 December 2017). "♫♪ The Caretaker - Take care. It's a desert out there… in memory of and for Mark Fisher". Tiny Mix Tapes. from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^Ryce, Andrew (15 December 2017). "The Caretaker releases charity album dedicated to Mark Fisher". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 13 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ abcdefgvvmtest (15 December 2017). "The Caretaker - Take care. It's a desert out there... in memory of and for Mark Fisher". YouTube. from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^Bowe, Miles (6 April 2018). "The Caretaker releases Mark Fisher tribute and Everywhere at the end of time: Stage Four". Fact. from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^Murray, Eoin (18 December 2017). "Live Report: Unsound Dislocation at The Barbican". The Quietus. Retrieved 11 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ abColquhoun, Matt (2020). "Take+Care.+It%27s+a+Desert+Out+There..."+-wikipedia&pg=PT276&printsec=frontcover "Egress". Retrieved 13 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Battaglia, Andy (14 November 2019). "In Abandoned 14th-Century Building in Poland, a Painting Show Where the Art Aims to Disappear". ARTnews. from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^Caretaker, The (5 April 2018). . Boomkat. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^Caretaker, The (7 August 2019). . Boomkat. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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Take Care It s a Desert Out There is the eleventh studio album by the Caretaker an alias of musician Leyland Kirby Released on 8 December 2017 Kirby composed it after the death of his collaborator Mark Fisher who died by suicide on January 13 2017 at age 48 Consisting of a single title track throughout its 48 minute runtime its proceeds would be donated to the mental health charity Mind Kirby s initial intention would be to give the record to attendants of his performance at the Barbican Hall in London 1 However due to a high demand he decided to release it on his YouTube channel Take Care It s a Desert Out There Ivan Seal Blame Shines Within the Demise 2016 oil on canvasStudio album in tribute of Mark Fisher by the CaretakerReleased8 December 2017GenreAmbientLength48 33LabelHistory Always Favours the WinnersProducerLeyland KirbyThe Caretaker chronologyEverywhere at the End of Time Stages 1 3 2016 2017 Take Care It s a Desert Out There 2017 Everywhere at the End of Time Stages 4 6 2018 2019 30 second sample source source filehelp Contents 1 Background 1 1 Naming 2 Composition 3 Release and artwork 4 Personnel 5 Release history 6 References 7 External linksBackground EditFurther information Mark Fisher Mark Fisher was an English writer who died by suicide in January 2017 with severe depression 2 He is most well known for his blog k punk his 2009 book Capitalist Realism his 2014 book Ghosts of my Life and his 2017 book The Weird and the Eerie 3 He discussed his experience with depression in some articles 4 Fisher expressed an interest in Kirby s music as the Caretaker having a symbiotic relationship with the musician He debated of it on his 2014 book Ghosts of My Life and in many occasions on the internet 5 He wrote liner notes for the Caretaker s 2005 release Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia Fisher after Jacques Derrida s coinage of it also used the term hauntology a genre often described as found in the Caretaker s style 6 Naming Edit The first two words of Take Care It s a Desert Out There are a reversed version of Kirby s moniker the Caretaker In addition the phrase itself is the final line in the liner notes for the Caretaker s Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia which Fisher wrote 7 According to writer Adam Scovell from The Quietus the album being not only in memory of but also for Fisher may suggest something Questioning the nature of why this was done he hypothesized of it as the memory of a future now lost through his suicide as well as simultaneously in memory of of course 5 Composition EditWe could go so far as to say that it is the human condition to be grotesque since the human animal is the one that does not fit in the freak of nature who has no place in the natural order and is capable of re combining nature s products into hideous new forms 8 Mark Fisher The Weird and the Eerie 2017 Take Care It s a Desert Out There is an ambient album consisting of a single track in its runtime presenting previously unreleased music by the Caretaker 9 According to writer Adam Scovell from The Quietus its fog of dead voices makes it have a sense of enveloping that suggests spatial qualities within the music He wrote that the music is haz y that its meaning may be lost but while in an obscure position there is still something communicable there at its core The record features slight tonal changes with the sounds sometimes overlapping and fading to make the listeners forget what they heard before Scovell likened it to a film where all its frames are put together at once The writer hypothesized the sound may depict what he called a memory scape of Fisher He felt the work negates being explicit in its core due to it being beyond representation loss via a too soon unexpected death Scovell mentioned the EP Young Death by electronic musician Burial due to its naming combined with the fact that it was released soon before Fisher s death While describing the depression of Fisher and of Kirby s record Scovell added that there was still a sense of quiet optimism within Take Care He explained that as long as its questioning nature stays so does a slight glimmer that the system around us will eventually give way 5 Release and artwork Edit Mark Fisher in 2011 The Caretaker released Take Care It s a Desert Out There on 15 December 2017 10 which was between the release of Stages 3 4 of his album series Everywhere at the End of Time 11 Kirby would give Take Care for people attending at his Krakow Barbican performance 12 Released in 1800 copies of CD 10 it included a message stating its proceeds would be donated to the mental health charity Mind 6 However due to high demand Kirby decided to release it on his YouTube channel vvmtest 10 He affirmed in 2017 that only 350 of the CD copies were signed and numbered and that he would repress more of an approximate amount at some point in the new year 10 Upon upload to Leyland s YouTube channel the track s authorship information simply read Remembered by the Caretaker as opposed to the usual Audio remembered disfigured and forgotten by the Caretaker 10 The artwork painted in 2016 and named Blame Shines Within the Demise was created by Kirby s long time friend Ivan Seal 10 Seal performed with Kirby at the Barbican to the confusion of some writers who thought Seal was Mark Fisher 13 Like in Everywhere at the End of Time Seal s paintings in the context of Kirby s music specifically as the Caretaker received praise 14 However writer Matt Colquhoun praised them for different reasons He felt that Seal s abstract style lends itself well to capturing the positive side of the Caretaker s otherwise melancholic project The writer noticed his bric a brac works as being another example of psychedelic domesticity 13 Personnel EditAdapted from YouTube 10 Leyland Kirby remembering of the audio Stephan Mathieu mastering Ivan Seal album coverRelease history EditRelease formats for Take Care It s a Desert Out There Region Release date Label Format Cat no Ref Worldwide 5 April 2018 History Always Favours the Winners CD HAFTW024 15 Worldwide 7 August 2019 History Always Favours the Winners CD HAFTW024 16 References Edit Unsound Dislocation Barbican Barbican Centre Retrieved 18 February 2023 Reynolds Simon 18 January 2017 Mark Fisher s K punk blogs were required reading for a generation The Guardian Archived from the original on 18 January 2017 Retrieved 13 May 2021 Koshy Yohann 20 February 2017 The Revolution Will Be Weird and Eerie Vice Archived from the original on 11 November 2020 Retrieved 13 May 2021 Fisher Mark 16 July 2012 Why mental health is a political issue The Guardian Archived from the original on 18 October 2014 Retrieved 13 May 2021 a b c Scovell Adam 11 January 2018 Remembering Mark Fisher With The Caretaker s Take Care It s A Desert Out There The Quietus Retrieved 11 May 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b The Caretaker and Boomkat donate proceeds from Take Care It s A Desert Out There in memory of Mark Fisher The Wire 25 July 2018 Archived from the original on 25 July 2018 Retrieved 11 May 2021 Monacelli Enrico 19 September 2020 The Last Monday On Earth Mark Fisher s Postcapitalist Desire The Quietus Retrieved 11 May 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Tornow Sam 19 December 2017 The Caretaker Take care It s a desert out there in memory of and for Mark Fisher Tiny Mix Tapes Archived from the original on 13 June 2018 Retrieved 13 May 2021 Ryce Andrew 15 December 2017 The Caretaker releases charity album dedicated to Mark Fisher Resident Advisor Retrieved 13 May 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b c d e f g vvmtest 15 December 2017 The Caretaker Take care It s a desert out there in memory of and for Mark Fisher YouTube Archived from the original on 10 May 2019 Retrieved 13 May 2021 Bowe Miles 6 April 2018 The Caretaker releases Mark Fisher tribute and Everywhere at the end of time Stage Four Fact Archived from the original on 6 April 2018 Retrieved 13 May 2021 Murray Eoin 18 December 2017 Live Report Unsound Dislocation at The Barbican The Quietus Retrieved 11 May 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b Colquhoun Matt 2020 Take Care It 27s a Desert Out There wikipedia amp pg PT276 amp printsec frontcover Egress Retrieved 13 May 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Battaglia Andy 14 November 2019 In Abandoned 14th Century Building in Poland a Painting Show Where the Art Aims to Disappear ARTnews Archived from the original on 27 September 2020 Retrieved 8 April 2021 Caretaker The 5 April 2018 Take Care It s A Desert Out There Boomkat Archived from the original on 8 April 2018 Retrieved 16 May 2021 Caretaker The 7 August 2019 Take Care It s A Desert Out There Boomkat Archived from the original 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