Tuesday, December 03, 2024

WELCOME TO CRISPYCAT...

WELCOME TO CRISPYCAT RECORDINGS
We issue the solo and collaborative work of musician, broadcaster and abstract artist
DAVID REILLY

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DIARY
The diary is currently up to date, with daily entries from Sunday 5 March 2005 to Monday 2 December 2024...
 (Scroll down for the latest entries)
151 days are "picture only" entries, across 6 periods:-
2005 (5): 8-12 September (5); 2016 (3): 15-17 October (3); 2022 (85): 18 April - 10 May (23); 6 July - 5 September (62);
2023 (58): 21 September - 15 October (25); 18 October - 19 November (33)
It is always the intention to update "picture only" days with the relevant text but doing so is, of course, subject to opportunity (and, indeed, memory!)


SCHEDULED LIVE PERFORMANCES
            
Planned performances include both solo, as Cloudland Blue Quartet, presenting sets of either songs or soundscapes, and group, with the current line up of David's 1980 new wave band, Capital Models, currently playing covers (from Elvis to Tay Tay).  At present there are no plans for his electronic improvisational quartet, Creek, to play live...

Current scheduled appearances are as follows:-
Saturday 29th March 2025, 8:00pm - Capital Models
Leith Dockers, 17 Academy Street, Edinburgh, EH6 7EE
Repertoire: 3 sets of top covers, from Elvis to Taylor Swift

Saturday 24th May 2025, 8:00pm - Capital Models
Leith Dockers, 17 Academy Street, Edinburgh, EH6 7EE
Repertoire: 3 sets of top covers, from Elvis to Taylor Swift

In addition to these, there are these further possible appearances...

Occasional Thursdays, 8:00pm - Cloudland Blue Quartet
Out of the Bedroom, Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh EH7 5SN
Repertoire: 3 song acoustic set (if attempting to secure a slot the date will be added here)


CRISPYCAT RECORDINGS ON BANDCAMP
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LATEST RELEASE
Friday 1 November 2024


“Live Suite 2024/25” is a brand new 40 min collage, masterfully combining over 70 elements across 24 different CBQ LPs from 2017 to 2025 and CBQ's library of Field Recordings and Short Wave Radio Broadcasts

CURRENT CBQ RELEASE SCHEDULE

   

Friday 6 December 2024: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Disquietmusik VIII (Soundscape Guitar Based LP)
Friday 13 December 2024: Sombre Reptiles & Cloudland Blue Quartet - Decades (Song Compilation)
Friday 20 December 2024Sombre Reptiles - Songs of the Sombre Reptiles 1980-1995 (Song Compilation)
Tuesday 24 December 2024Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentytwentyfour: The Originals (Compilation of 2024 Releases)

   

Tuesday 31 December 2024Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentytwentyfour (Compilation of Rare and Previously Unreleased 2024 Recordings)
Friday 7 February 2025Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Brian Eno's "Discreet Music" (Soundscape Variations LP)
Friday 7 March 2025Cloudland Blue Quartet - Wrexham (Soundscape Piano & Guitar Based LP)
Friday 4 April 2025Cloudland Blue Quartet - Dissolution V (Soundscape Piano Based LP)

   

Saturday 12 April 2025 (Record Store Day)Cloudland Blue Quartet - GLAM! III (RSD Special: Covers LP)
Friday 2 May 2025Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Brian Eno's "On Land" (Soundscape Variations LP)
Friday 6 June 2025Cloudland Blue Quartet - Strand (Soundscape Piano & Synthesiser Based LP)
Friday 4 July 2025Cloudland Blue Quartet - Gould (Soundscape Composers LP)

 

Friday 1 August 2025Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" (Soundscape Variations LP)
Saturday 11 April 2026 (Record Store Day)Cloudland Blue Quartet - GLAM! FOUR (RSD Special: Covers LP)
(All Releases Subject to Change)

Crispycat Recordings released the first 25 Cloudland Blue Quartet albums (recorded between 1996 and 2012) to Bandcamp in 2013.  A further 8 LPs were released between 2013 and 2019.  Then, with the advent of lockdown, David spent much more time on new Cloudland Blue Quartet works, with the result that, since May 2020, new music has been released almost every month, with over 60 further new releases having been issued in the last five years. The current 14 strong pipeline (see above) will take matters to April 2026, pushing the total Cloudland Blue Quartet releases available on Bandcamp beyond 100.  Meanwhile, retrospective releases by David's groups Creek and Capital Models have also been being issued by Crispycat Recordings and these are set to continue, with over 40 planned between now and mid 2026...

BROADCASTS
David produces a weekly podcast on Mixcloud, reflecting his esoteric taste in music and encouraging listeners to broaden their musical horizons.  Since 2014, over 700 editions of the "Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection" have been recorded.  Unfortunately, only the most recent 10 are able to be made available on the Mixcloud platform.  To obtain an MP3 download link for any currently unavailable Cloudland Blue Quartet Eclectic Selection, simply e-mail your request to crispycat@hotmail.com.  Click on the pic to go to Mixcloud...


Monday, December 02, 2024

From dark to dark, with music and hospital between...

Playlist
Haydn - 107 Symphonies
Haydn - Symphonies 94, 95, 97
Haydn - Symphonies 1-20
Haydn - The Collection
Ferry Corsten - Connect
Haydn - The 7 Last Words of Christ On the Cross, Hob. XX:1A
Cloudland Blue Quartet & Edward Spark - The Great Carving (ES Minimal)
Cloudland Blue Quartet & Edward Spark - The Great Carving (ES Minimised Mix)
Cloudland Blue Quartet & Edward Spark - The Great Carving
Cloudland Blue Quartet & Edward Spark - The Great Carving (Songs)
From Indian Lakes - Head Void Tapes
Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
The Folk Implosion - Walk Thru Me
Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet - Freakadelic
Ngwenyama - Flow
Sasha - Da Vinci Genius - The Score
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting"
Cloudland Blue Quartet & Edward Spark - The Great Carving (Revised Mix)

Up in the dark - as usual...






...and off I went...


Diary upkeep...


Banana with a wee drop honey, on toast, for breakfast...


Then, more work on the Edward Spark project started on Friday - Ed sent me over the stems for the first few tracks...

Some removal of stuff and new, minimised mixes created...

Added to the CBQ elements of Friday's mix but I didn't think it sounded as good...

In addition to that, I recorded the first three tracks as songs, using three lyrics written on Friday...

Sparky's opinions were mixed...

So it goes...

Lunch of home made soup and a few "Man on the Inside"...

Back to work...

Switched one of the tracks in Friday's mix to a new one...

Later on, I realised I'd actually completely missed one of Sparky's tune - he certainly didn't notice either!

Idiots!

Anyway, done...

But not dusted...

At 4:45 took Anne to Pilates then round to Bernie's to pick him up and take him to the Western for an MRI at 6:20...

Waiting room scene...


Home around 7:30 for macaroni cheese and "Mastermind"...

Some listening back to today's work...

Then "University Challenge" - a poor 75 but we still beat the losing team...

the final two "Man on the Inside" - hopefully it returns...

Late on, a small amount of new music downloading, compiling the podcast and then...

To bed...


From dark to dark, with music and hospital between...

Highlight of the Day : Helping an old chum...

Today's New Music:-

Sunday, December 01, 2024

A day of no pussyfooting...

Playlist
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Disquietmusik VIII
Creek - XX (1998-11-26)
James Osland - Home Diaries 012
Herzog - Small Loves
Spheruleus - Voyage
Ludmila - 1 Day 1 Track
Western Skies Motel - Settlers
Rameses III - I Could Not Love You More
Janek Schaefer - Lay-by Lullaby
Western Skies Motel - Reflections
Marcus Fischer - Monocoastal
Tsone - Dovetail
The Inventors of Aircraft - Waiting For Something To Break
Offthesky - The Beautiful Nowhere
pillowdiver - sleeping pills
Ibreathefur - Phosphenes
Andrea Ferraris, Matteo Uggeri, Mujika Easel & Andrea Serrapiglio - Autumn is Coming, We're All in Slowmotion
Sima Kim & Elintseeker - Café Air
Tim Hecker - Haunt Me
Ólafur Arnalds - re:member
Dustin O'Halloran - Lumiere
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting"
Sonic Interventions - Do You Remember?
Trees Speak - TimeFold
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Auden
Cloudland Blue Quartet & Sombre Reptiles - Decades
Andrea Ferraris, Matteo Uggeri, Mujika Easel & Andrea Serrapiglio - Autumn is Coming, We're All in Slowmotion
Cornell Campbell - The Gorgon Dubwise

To the machines...


Writing this while listening to the main LP from yesterday's work...


It remains good...


Scenes...




Then, to editing and uploading the next Creek session to Bandcamp, also for release on Friday...


In all, during December, 7 LPs will be issued...

The first of these, I'll start work on finalising tomorrow...

The second, I did this morning...

The third, I did yesterday...

The fourth and sixth have been ready since around February - but notes are still required...

The fifth and seventh are still to be compiled and notes written up...


And, mostly, no-one else cares...

Not to worry...

Out to Stockbridge for breakfast at Cafe Andaluz...

Soundtracked by new ambient tracks acquired yesterday...


Cafe Bombon for me - last enjoyed in Madrid - this was good but not as good...


...and then, we can never see beyond the Hollandaise Poached Egg with Chorizo and Avocado on Sourdough Toast...


A walk around the environs, including a couple of shops and the market - nothing purchased...







Home and working again - starting to try and work out how to record the solos for my version of Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" (one of the two of which I have already done, a very long time ago - that might be a bonus for this issue? We'll see)...


A break for a sandwich and then, with Anne off out to see Hearts play well but only draw 1-1 with Aberdeen and remain rooted to the bottom of the table...

By five, this was done...


...and it sounds much better than I thought it would...

Three LPs in three days....

Swift work...

Later determining which renditions of the latest randomly chosen by someone else Haydn symphonies I'd play...


...and a tasty chili from Anne...


"Strictly" results - Pete Wicks remains in - unbelievable...

It's almost up there with Brexit and Trump but, hey, that's democracy...

"Wolf Hall" was good again - not sure if I've mentioned it before...

Some footie highlights and bed...

Another productive day...

Highlight of the Day : Creating...

Today's New Music:-