Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Crispycat Recordings issue the work of musician, broadcaster and abstract artist, David Reilly.

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The current missing, or "picture only" days count is 166

2022
18 April- 10 May (23)
- 17 June (12)
6 July - 5 September (62)

2023
16, 17 September (2)
20 September - 15 October (26)
18 October - 27 November (41)

Missing days will be updated "shortly"!

Upcoming Live Dates...

Upcoming Live Dates

46 years after creating his first soundscape, "The Drone Effect" back in December 1977, Cloudland Blue Quartet has finally made the first of two live soundscape performances...

Still to come is Newcastle in January 2024, where CBQ will headline TQLive...

Thursday 18 January
TQLive
The Globe
11 Railway Street
Newcastle
NE4 7AD
Doors at 7pm


On 4th November 2023, preceded by a 40 minute improv, the new CBQ album "Live Suite 2023/24" was performed live in its entirety instore at FOPP, 42 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh,  EH2 4RT...


The suite, released on Bandcamp on 3 November 2023, available here, is 40 minutes long and contains elements of these 27 CBQ albums, recorded between 2016 and 2023, a couple of which are still to be released, plus a few other items for good measure...


The download contains a further five and a half hours of related material...

In addition, CBQ’s band, Capital Models, will perform two hours of material from the back catalogues of David Bowie, Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground, Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music and Brian Eno in early 2024

Grey Horse Inn
20 Main St
Balerno
EH14 7EH
Date : TBC


Tracks from these albums are in rehearsal...

Monday, November 27, 2023

Filling the day with nonsense while waiting on a call...

Playlist
King Crimson - Starless Improvs
Superless - Superless
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Single)
Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday

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Sunday, November 26, 2023

Making some noise and sorting out the boxes...

Playlist
King Crimson - A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Acoustic EP
Laura Pausini - Anime parallele
Asia - Asia
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
Mary Yalex - Fantasy Zone
Michael Rother - Flammende Herzen
Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy II (In Vogue) (UK LP)
Gary Glitter - Glitter
Yes - Going For The One
David Bowie - Heroes
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
Sparks - Kimono My House
Robert Fripp - Let The Power Fall
Bach, J S - Lionel Rogg : Bach - Exploring the World of Music
Udo Lindenberg - Livehaftig
Mathilde Santing - Mathilde Santing
Klaus Schulze - Mirage
Fehlfarben - Monarchie Und Alltag (Remixed)
Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia
Neu! - Neu! 75
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
Rainbow Rainbow - Rising
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Roedelius - Selbstportrait I
Yello - Solid Pleasure
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Providence
Cloudland Blue Quartet - String Quartet Songs
Cloudland Blue Quartet - The Dark Room
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (Orig CD)
UK - UK
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Fripp & Eno (Single)
La Düsseldorf - Viva
The Tubes - Young and Rich

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Saturday, November 25, 2023

Digging out the old stuff...

Playlist
Hellbach - Letzter Tag im Paradies
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Disquietmusik VII
Various Artists - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2023
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Two Two One Zero
Reimann - Complete Piano Works
Brian Eno - Obscure 03 : Discreet Music
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Kiss - Destroyer
Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia
The Skids - Scared To Dance
William S.Burroughs - Nothing Here Now But The Recordings
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Chicago - Chicago
Henry - Messe Pour Le Temps Présent
Various Composers - Children's Introduction to Good Music
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
Focus - Moving Waves
Sibelius - The World of Your Hundred Best Tunes - The Top Ten
Mick Ronson - Slaughter On 10th Avenue
Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting
Wizzard - Introducing Eddy and the Falcons
King Crimson - Lizard
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
King Crimson - 1973-1974 Improvs

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