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We issue the solo and collaborative work of musician, podcaster and abstract artist
DAVID REILLY
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DIARY
The diary is up to date, with daily entries from Sunday 5 March 2005 through to Friday 18 July 2025...
(Scroll down for the latest entries)
Between those dates, 136 days are "picture only", across 5 periods in 3 of the 21 years:-
2016 (3 Days): 15-17 October
2022 (85 Days): 18 April - 10 May (23); 6 July - 5 September (62)
2023 (48 Days) : 1 - 15 October (15); 18 October - 19 November (33)
I've recently updated missing days in September 2023. 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!)
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 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 CBQ RELEASE
As always from Crispycat Recordings, entirely Free to Stream or Name Your Price (including zero) to Download
"Variations on Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting"" is a reimagining of what is, for Cloudland Blue Quartet, a seminal release and one which spurred him on to what is now approaching 50 years of music making
The fifth in a series of variations on the music of Brian Eno, it follows on from his 2021 takes on "Music For Airports" and "Thursday Afternoon" and his 2025 reworkings of "Discreet Music" and "On Land" and is a double LP, comprising reworkings of the two pieces from the original LP plus the two stand alone "Disquietmusik" guitar solos, recorded for the project.
The download bundle includes over 7hrs 10 mins of bonuses, the equivalent of an extra 10 LPs of music, comprising the "Backwards", the "16 RPM" and the "16 RPM Backwards" mixes of the variations and of the guitar solos which feature on this reworking of the 1973 LP
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Friday, 1 August, 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Gould (Soundscape Composers Series LP)
Friday, 5 September, 2025: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Fripp & Eno's "Evening Star" (Soundscape Variations LP)
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)
NEW ADDITION! Friday, 3 March, 2026: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Low Peach Winter Sun (Soundscape Ambient 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)
NEW ADDITION! Friday, 1 May, 2026: Cloudland Blue Quartet & Joe Higham - Materialisation (Collaborative Soundscape LP)
(All artwork, releases and release dates subject to change)
UPCOMING LIVE PERFORMANCES
Confirmed Date
Capital Models - Saturday 9 August 2025, 2pm
Fopp, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, EH2 4RT
Repertoire: The Capital Models LP "Minimal" A laid back set of Bowie/Roxy/Eno/Velvets covers
Confirmed Date
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Friday 19 September 2025, 7:30pm
Wavelength, Flowergate Hall, Whitby, YO21 2QP
Repertoire: Soundscape set - Brand New "Live Suite 2025/26"
Prospective Date TBC
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Sunday 31 August 2025, 7pm
Williamwood Parish Church – 4 Vardar Avenue, Clarkston, G76 7QP
Repertoire: TBC
Prospective Date TBC
Capital Models - Date TBC
Venue - TBC
Repertoire: The Capital Models LP "TWENTYFIVE FORTYFIVE" Songs from Capital Models Original Canon 1979/80
Performances include solo appearances, as Cloudland Blue Quartet, presenting sets of either songs or soundscapes, and group performances, 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 vocal/electronic trio, Crazy Wisdom, is mooted for later in 2025...
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 720 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...
