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DAVID REILLY
DIARY
This main page contains Cloudland Blue : A Diary, with daily entries since 5 March 2005 (scroll down for the latest entries).
The diary is up to date as at Friday 1 November...
Currently, 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!)
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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:-
ONE WEEK TODAY
Saturday 9 November 2024, 1:20pm - Cloudland Blue Quartet
Switched On Electronic Music Weekender, Flowergate Hall, Whitby, YO21 3BB
Repertoire: 40 Minute Soundscape Set "Live Suite 2024/25"
(Studio Version to be released 1 November 2024 on Bandcamp)
Available on the Day: 35 signed and numbered Live Suite CDs, each CD coming with its own exclusive content:-
Live Suite 2024/25
One of 35 unique versions of “Live Suite 2024/25”, unavailable elsewhere, comprising:-
a rehearsal performance of the suite, or
an alternative studio mix of the piece, or
a unique improvised version of the work
Elements
One or more of 70 elements used in the suite
Sources
One or more of 42 source recordings, whose elements are featured in the piece
Bonus
One of 35 bonus soundscapes, from across the extensive Cloudland Blue Quartet back catalogue, from 1996-2024
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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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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 some 60 releases having been issued over the last four and a half years.
At present, there are 14 further releases in the pipeline (see below) which will take matters through to August 2025.
This will take the total of Cloudland Blue Quartet releases available on Bandcamp to beyond 100.
Retrospective releases by David's groups Creek and Capital Models have also been issued over the years and these are set to continue with around 50 in the works all told, the next batch of which are due out at end October 2024...
LATEST RELEASE
Friday 1 November 2024
Cloudland Blue Quartet: Live Suite 2024/25 (Soundscape Live Suite LP)
“Live Suite 2024/25” is a 40 minute sound collage of elements of pieces taken from 23 different Cloudland Blue Quartet soundscape albums, issued (or to be issued) by Crispycat Recordings from 2017 to 2025. The work also sources items from CBQ's library of Field Recordings and Short Wave Radio Broadcasts. In all, over 70 elements feature in the 40 minute performance.
In late May 2024, TQLive approached Cloudland Blue Quartet to perform at their showcase during the Switched On Electronic Music Festival in Whitby in the November of that year.
In early June, David started work on this second "Live Suite", following on from that created in 2023 to be played at TQLive in January 2024. From June to August 2024, the elements were honed until the final version, available here to downloaders as a 40 minute bonus track, emerged.
The eleven parts of the suite, as set out on this LP, were mixed specifically for this release, creating separate pieces based around the elements of the suite as a whole, giving a slightly different perspective of the work.
CURRENT 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 2024
Sombre Reptiles: Songs of the Sombre Reptiles 1980-1995 (Song Compilation)
Tuesday 24 December 2024
Cloudland Blue Quartet: Twentytwentyfour: The Originals (Compilation of 2024 Releases)
Tuesday 31 December 2024
Cloudland Blue Quartet: Twentytwentyfour (Compilation of Rare and Previously Unreleased 2024 Recordings)
Friday 7 February 2025
Cloudland Blue Quartet: Variations on Brian Eno's "Discreet Music" (Soundscape Variations LP)
Friday 7 March 2025
Cloudland Blue Quartet: Wrexham (Soundscape Piano & Guitar Based LP)
Friday 4 April 2025
Cloudland 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 2025
Cloudland Blue Quartet: Variations on Brian Eno's "On Land" (Soundscape Variations LP)
Friday 6 June 2025
Cloudland Blue Quartet: Strand (Soundscape Piano & Synthesiser Based LP)
Friday 4 July 2025
Cloudland Blue Quartet: Gould (Soundscape Composers LP)
Friday 1 August 2025
Cloudland Blue Quartet: Variations on Fripp & Eno (Soundscape Variations LP)
Saturday 11 April 2026 (Record Store Day)
Cloudland Blue Quartet: GLAM! FOUR (RSD Special: Covers LP)
(All Subject to Change)
In addition, a further 20 retrospective releases by Creek are planned between now and mid 2026 along with a further 24 from Capital Models over the same period...
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.
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