WELCOME TO CRISPYCAT RECORDINGS
We issue the solo and collaborative work of musician, podcaster and abstract artist
DAVID REILLY
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This is the Cloudland Blue Diary - to go to another section of the site, click on an icon
DIARY
The diary is up to date, with daily entries for over twenty years...
First Entry: Sunday 5 March 2005
Latest Entry: Wednesday 21 May 2025...
(Scroll down for the latest entries)
Between those dates, 146 days are "picture only", across 5 periods in 3 of the, now, 21 years:-
2016 (3 Days): 15-17 October
2022 (85 Days): 18 April - 10 May (23); 6 July - 5 September (62)
2023 (58 Days): 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!)
UPCOMING LIVE PERFORMANCES
TONIGHT!!
Capital Models - Saturday 24th May 2025, Doors at 7pm, Band on at 8pm
Leith Dockers, 17 Academy Street, Edinburgh, EH6 7EE
Repertoire: 3 sets of top covers, from Elvis to The Killers
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Saturday 21 June 2025, 2pm
Fopp, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh
Repertoire: Soundscape set
Capital Models - Saturday 9 August 2025, 2pm
Fopp, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh
Repertoire: A laid back set of Bowie/Roxy/Eno/Velvets covers
Performances include solo appearances, 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
At present there are no plans for his electronic improvisational quartet, Creek, to play live but a gig by his vocal/electronic trio Crazy Wisdom, is mooted for later in 2025...
CRISPYCAT RECORDINGS ON BANDCAMP
To go to the Bandcamp discographies of these Crispycat related artists, click on an icon.
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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 almost 80 further new releases having been issued in the last five years.
The current 14 strong pipeline (see below) will take matters to April 2026, pushing the total Cloudland Blue Quartet releases available on Bandcamp to well beyond 100.
Meanwhile, retrospective releases by David's groups Creek, Crazy Wisdom and Capital Models have also been being issued by Crispycat Recordings and these are set to continue, with around 50 planned over the next 18 months or so...
In 2025, Crazy Wisdom and Capital Models have also released new recordings...
LATEST RELEASE
As always from Crispycat Recordings, entirely Free to Stream or Name Your Price (including zero) to Download
The fourth in a series of CBQ's variations on the music of Brian Eno, following on from "Variations on Brian Eno's "Music For Airports"", "Variations on Brian Eno's "Thursday Afternoon"" and "Variations on Brian Eno's "Discreet Music"", "Variations on Brian Eno's "On Land"" is a reimagining of what must surely be the ultimate ambient LP.
The download bundle includes around 3 hours and 45 minutes of bonuses, comprising the initial mixes of the material and a further "Long Slow Mix" of the album.
CURRENT CBQ RELEASE SCHEDULE
Friday 6 June 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Strand (Soundscape Piano & Synthesiser Based LP)
Friday 4 July 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Gould (Soundscape Composers Series LP)
Friday 1 August 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" (Soundscape Variations LP)
Friday 5 September 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Fripp & Eno's "Evening Star" (Soundscape Variations LP)
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Friday 3 October 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet & Robert Scott Thompson - Forest Ascent (Collaborative Soundscape LP)
Friday 7 November 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Like a Sunday (Soundscape Ambient LP)
Friday 5 December 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Disquietmusik IX (Soundscape Guitar Based LP)
Wednesday 24 December 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentytwentyfive: The Originals (Compilation of 2025 Releases)
Wednesday 31 December 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentytwentyfive (Compilation of Rarities recorded throughout 2025)
Friday 6 February 2026: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Shostakovich (Soundscape Composers Series LP)
Friday 3 April 2026: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Dissolution VI (Soundscape Piano Based LP)
Saturday 11 April 2026 (Record Store Day): Cloudland Blue Quartet - GLAM! FOUR (RSD Special: Covers LP)
(All artwork, releases and release dates subject to change)
PODCASTS
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...
