Welcome to the Crispycat Music Page
Here you will find links to David's music...
Cloudland Blue Quartet
Capital Models
&
Creek
...along with collaborators...
Edward Spark
James Jamieson
...plus David's
Discography
&
Band Histories
...and details of any upcoming
Live Dates
CLOUDLAND BLUE QUARTET MUSIC
Click on the pic to go to Cloudland Blue Quartet's Discography on Bandcamp, where you can stream for free or download on a "name your price" basis. Many of the download bundles include extensive bonus material.
CLOUDLAND BLUE QUARTET FULL CHRONOLOGICAL DISCOGRAPHY
To date (April 2025), there have been 172 releases from CBQ, with a further 14 in the pipeline. Those marked with an *asterisk are currently available on Bandcamp to stream for free or download (mostly with extras) on a name your price basis.
1996
Events One and Two*
Events Three and Four*
Live Overview 90-96
1997
Gold Leaf Deep Red*
Flitterkram! Fripp & Eno
Over The Blue And Gold*
Bolivia April Three
Fierce Cascade
Frozen Architecture*
Jaffa Cake April Tutu (Live)
Songs Of Sombre Reptiles 4 (Re-Recordings)
Callingstill Trilogy*
1998
April To Wait A Tick (live)
Grace & Lightness & Slow Motion 93-98 (Collection)
The Respect Of Sheer Inertia 90-98 (Collection)
A Nice Job Small Town - Songs 86-98 (Collection)
Semi Automatic*
1999
Betonmusik*
Reinhardt Richter Rosenquist*
Doveloveshawk*
2000
After A While - Unplugged 2000 (Live)
20/20 Vision-1977-2000 (Collection)
Overload (Collection)
Songs & Soundscapes 1986-2000 (Collection)
2001
Twenty Twenty Vision EP
2002
Ampersand*
2003
A Nice Job In A Small Town (Collection)
A Nice Job In A Small Town EP
Lovedrunk EP
I Re-Arranged The House EP
Everything You've Ever Wanted EP
What On Earth Have We Done EP
File Under Electronica*
Ten Twelve Seventeen EP
The Time Of Our Lives EP
Skylines Full Of Cranes EP
Another Happy Day EP
One More Chance EP
Souvenir I (Collection)
Here He Comes EP
Souvenir II (Collection)
Anotherhappyday*
Decade 1993-2002 (Collection)
SANDS EP
Still We Doubt You EP
Souvenir III : 25 Yrs in 63 Mins Unplugged (Live)
2004
Songs Of the Sombre Reptiles V (Collection)
04 04 04*
Souvenir IV : Open House Medley EP (Re-Recordings)
Souvenir V : EdRush Set EP (Re-Recordings)
Souvenir VI : Songs Soundscapes Electronica (Collection)
Souvenir VII : Recorded Live (Live)
Fifty Five Songs (Vols 1-5) Souvenirs VIII-XII (Collection)
2005
Love and War EP
The Crocodile Song EP
Half A Lifetime Away EP
Very Small EP
The Gardener EP
Anything But Ill EP
Where Are You EP
The End Of Everything EP
Live at the Roxy (w/ James Jamieson) (Live)
Through The Day*
Deeperdown*
Sospiri*
2006
The Acoustic Deeperdown (Remix)
The Acoustic Ersatzreal (Remix)
The Best of CBQ 1996-2006 (Collection)
2007
Souvenir XIII : 01 03 07 EP
Virginia Man EP (Covers)
Souvenir XIV : 09 06 07 EP (Live)
Souvenir XV : 29 07 07 EP (Live)
Ersatzreal*
2008
Souvenir XVI : Ersatzreal Live (Live)
Ersatzreal Companion EP #1
Ersatzreal Companion EP #2
Ersatzreal Companion EP #3
2009
Soundingfall*
Souvenir XVII: Acoustic Soundingfall (Remix)
2010
Splinterheart*
Souvenir XVIII : Splinterheart Live (Live)
2011
Aftersilence : Retrospective 1996-2011 (Songs) (Collection)*
Aftersilence : Retrospective 1996-2011 (Soundscapes) (Collection)*
The Vendôme EP
2012
Starlightnight*
2013
Riverleaves*
2014
Morphinecodex*
2015
The Leonard Cohen EP (Covers)
The Dakota Starman EP (Covers)
2016
Four Last Things*
2017
Disquietmusik*
Rubinmusik 1977-2017*
2018
Disquietmusik II*
2019
4th May, 2019*
Disquietmusik III*
2020
4th May, 2020*
Satie*
Cage*
Beethoven*
Disquietsongs*
Disquietmusik IV*
The Surrender of Barcelona (1934-1937) (EP)*
Twentytwenty (Collection)*
2021
Elements*
Schoenberg Webern Berg*
Dissolution*
Sparklemusik*
Silversongs 1996-2021 (Remakes)*
Silversounds 1996-2021 (Remixes)*
Haydn*
Underground Like Doug McClure (EP)*
Fallingsky*
Coldclear*
Variation on Brian Eno's "Thursday Afternoon"*
Variation on Brian Eno's "Music For Airports"*
Disquietmusik V*
Twentytwentyone : The Originals (Collection)*
Twentytwentyone (Collection)*
2022
Variations on Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" Vol I*
The Uncertainty Touch*
Dissolution II*
Variations on Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" Vol II*
Flight665*
Wagner*
Variations on Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" Vol III*
387*
Gewitter*
Variations on Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" Vol IV*
Disquietmusik VI*
Twentytwentytwo: The Originals (Collection)*
Twentytwentytwo (Collection)*
2023
Fallentime (w/Edward Spark)*
Saturn Sleet Rise Effect*
Dissolution III*
GLAM! (Covers)*
Bartok*
The Neu! Variations*
Front Porch (w/ Blue Sun Chasing & Edward Spark)*
Auden*
Departure (w/Joe Higham)*
Brahms*
Variations on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon"*
Live Suite 2023/24*
Disquietmusik VII*
Twentytwentythree: The Originals (Collection)*
Twentytwentythree (Collection)*
2024
String Quartet No 2 (2023)*
The Dark Room*
Dissolution IV*
GLAM! #2 (Covers)*
Vanilla Receiver*
Everything Ends*
Mercurial*
The Hessler Nowik Liminal Conundrum*
Front Porch: A Day Sitting in a Chair*
Send in the Clowns (Single)*
Providence*
Live Suite 2024/25*
Disquietmusik VIII*
Decades: From 1980-2024 Forty Albums Forty Songs (Collection) (w/Sombre Reptiles)*
Vitriol/Milwaukee Road (Single) (w/Edward Spark)*
Songs of the Sombre Reptiles 1980-1995 (Collection) (Sombre Reptiles)*
Twentytwentyfour: The Originals (Collection)*
Twentytwentyfour (Collection)*
2025
The Great Carving (w/Edward Spark)*
Route Thirty Five (We Drove On Down to Texas) (EP) (w/Edward Spark & Lockie Wilson)*
O Superman (EP) (w/Edward Spark)*
Variations on Brian Eno's "Discreet Music"*
Above the Town (EP)*
Ten Untitled Abstract Pieces Ten Untitled Abstract Episodes (w/Pedantic Pedestrian)*
Wrexham*
Forgotten Snow (w/Robert Scott Thompson)*
Dissolution V*
GLAM! III (Covers)*
Due later in 2025
Variations on Brian Eno's "On Land"
Strand
Gould
Variations on Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting"
Variations on Fripp & Eno's "Evening Star"
Forest Ascent (w/Robert Scott Thompson)
Like A Sunday
Disquietmusik IX
Twentytwentyfive: The Originals (Collection)
Twentytwentyfive (Collection)
Due 2026
Shostakovich
Dissolution VI
GLAM! FOUR (Covers)
Drift (Collection)
CREEK MUSIC
CAPITAL MODELS MUSIC & HISTORY
The band's first album, "The Sweet Thrill of Industry" was released on Bandcamp on 26 January 2023, the 43rd anniversary of its recording. The download bundle includes alternative takes of two tracks.
Their second release, a six track EP, "Breaking Silence", featuring three re-recordings from "The Sweet Thrill" and three new songs, was re-released on Bandcamp on 18 May 2023.
A previously unreleased recording of the band's final gig of their 1979/80 era was added to the Bandcamp discography on it's 43rd anniversary, 26 August 2023.
The original band's final release, "Maskless" was released on Bandcamp on 6 December 2023.
Finally a remastered version of the 2002 Anthology, put together for Jamie Frain's 40th birthday, was released to Bandcamp on 26 January 2024.
The final quartet, plus original drummer, Jim Park, reconvened briefly in 2011 and it's hoped that recordings of these sessions will eventually be added to Bandcamp, along with recordings by the 13(!) further line ups of the band from 2014 to now.
Click on the pic below to go to Capital Models on Bandcamp...
Capital Models' Twenty-One Line Ups from 1979 to Now...
(New members in bold - re-joiners marked*)
1979-1980
I (1979)
David Reilly - Bass
Jim Park - Drums
Ann Park - Violin
II (1979)
David Reilly - Vocals, Bass
Angus Bolton - Guitar, Vocals
Eric Merrill - Guitar, Vocals
III (1979)
David Reilly - Vocals Bass
Angus Bolton - Guitar, Vocals
Eric Merrill - Guitar, Vocals
Jim Park - Drums*
IV (1979 - 1980)
David Reilly - Vocals, Synthesiser
Angus Bolton - Guitar, Vocals
Eric Merrill - Guitar, Vocals
Jim Park - Drums
Jamie Frain - Bass, Vocals
V (1980)
David Reilly - Vocals, Synthesiser, Guitar
Angus Bolton - Guitar, Vocals
Jamie Frain - Bass, Vocals
Nicky Hind - Guitar, Synthesiser, Vocals
Keith Apter - Drums
VI (1980)
David Reilly - Vocals, Synthesiser, Guitar
Angus Bolton - Guitar, Vocals
Jamie Frain - Bass, Vocals
Keith Apter - Drums
2011 - 2014
VII (2011)
David Reilly - Vocals, Guitar
Angus Bolton - Guitar
Jamie Frain - Bass, Vocals
Keith Apter - Drums
VIII (2011)
David Reilly - Vocals, Guitar
Angus Bolton - Guitar
Jamie Frain - Bass, Vocals
Keith Apter - Drums & Percussion
Jim Park - Drums & Percussion*
IX (2012)
David Reilly - Guitar, Vocals
Jamie Frain - Vocals, Guitar
X (2012 - 2013)
David Reilly - Vocals, Bass
Jamie Frain - Vocals, Guitar
Keith Apter - Drums*
XI (2013-2014)
David Reilly - Vocals, Bass
Jamie Frain - Vocals, Guitar
Keith Apter - Drums
Andy Wilson - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
XII (2014)
David Reilly - Vocals, Guitar
Keith Apter - Bass
Andy Wilson - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Park - Drums*
XIII (2014)
David Reilly - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Keith Apter - Drums
Andy Wilson - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
2015 - 2017
XIV (2015 - 2017)
David Reilly - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Programming
2017 - Now
XV (2017)
David Reilly - Vocals, Guitar, Programming
Keith Apter - Bass*
XVI (2017)
David Reilly - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
John Weitzen - Drums
XVII (2017)
David Reilly -Vocals, Guitar
John Weitzen - Drums
Keith Apter - Bass*
XVIII (2018)
David Reilly -Vocals, Guitar
John Weitzen - Drums
Keith Apter - Bass
Stuart Cobley - Guitar
XIX (2018 - 2023)
David Reilly -Vocals, Guitar
John Weitzen - Drums
Keith Apter - Bass
Stuart Cobley - Guitar
Paul Reynolds - Keyboards
XX (2023)
David Reilly -Vocals, Guitar
John Weitzen - Drums
Keith Apter - Bass
Paul Reynolds - Keyboards
XXI (2023 - Now)
David Reilly -Vocals, Guitar
John Weitzen - Drums
Keith Apter - Bass
Paul Reynolds - Keyboards
John Barclay - Guitar
CAPITAL MODELS 1980
Current Members:
David Reilly - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Synthesiser, Programming (1979-1980; 2011-Now)
Keith Apter - Drums & Percussion, Bass, Vocals (1980; 2011; 2013-2014; 2017-Now)
John Weitzen - Drums (2017-Now)
Paul Reynolds - Keyboards (2018-Now)
John Barclay - Guitar, Bass (2023-Now)
Ex-Members
Jim Park - Drums & Percussion (1979-1980; 2011; 2014)
Ann Park - Violin (1979)
Angus Bolton - Guitar, Vocals (1979-1980; 2011)
Eric Merrill - Guitar, Vocals (1979-1980)
Jamie Frain - Bass, Vocals, Guitar (1979-1980; 2011-2014 - Died 21 March 2014)
Nicky Hind - Guitar, Synthesiser, Vocals (1980)
Andy Wilson - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals (2013-2014)
Stuart Cobley - Guitar (2018-2023)
Below is the story of the band.
1979-1980
Angus Bolton - Guitars, Vocals (Sept '79-Aug '80)
Eric Merrill - Guitars, Vocals (Sept '79-Feb '80)
David Reilly - Lead Vocals, Synth, Guitar (Sept '79-Aug '80)
Jim Park - Drum Kit (Oct '79-Feb '80)
Jamie Frain - Bass, Vocals (Nov '79-Aug '80)
Keith Apter - Drum Kit (Mar '80-Aug '80)
Nicky Hind - Guitars, Synth (Mar '80-May '80)
Capital Models was a short lived New Wave band from Edinburgh, contemporaries of the likes of Scars, Josef K, TV21, The Freeze, Pure Bears, The Cubs and The Visitors...
In the summer of 1979, David Reilly formed a trio with college friend Ann Park on electric violin and her brother Jim on drums.
After a couple of rehearsals, David went to Munich for the summer.
However, in the autumn of 1979...
...he joined with ex-Noise guitarists Angus Bolton and Eric Merrill to write songs together...
After putting together a set of around 7 songs as a trio, David re-recruited Jim Park on drums...
After a short period as a quartet, to allow David to concentrate on vocals, Jim's friend Jamie Frain was drafted in to take over bass duties...
At Jamie's suggestion, the band took its name from a shop in Edinburgh's Royal Mile, close to where he and David were sharing a flat, and started gigging in January/February 1980...
The quintet's first release was the 11 song album, "The Sweet Thrill of Industry". It was recorded onto two track reel to reel at Eric's house in January 1980 after the initial five-piece had played just one gig...
In January 2023, the LP was re-released on Bandcamp.
In late February, after several more gigs, both Jim and Eric left to concentrate on their University courses but were quickly replaced by Jim and Jamie's chum Nicky Hind on guitar and, friend of a friend, Keith Apter on drums...
Gigging recommenced and continued throughout Scotland during April...
In May, David added synth to the musical line-up and the group recorded a six track EP, "Breaking Silence", featuring three re-recordings from "The Sweet Thrill" and three new numbers...
In May 2023, the EP was re-released on Bandcamp.
Nicky left the band shortly thereafter, leaving Gus as sole guitarist in the four piece...
The quartet rejigged their set for the new trimmed down line up and started gigging around Scotland again over the Summer...
In August, less than a year since the original trio formed, the band split when David accepted a teaching post and moved abroad to Germany...
The final gig by the initial version of the band was released on Bandcamp in August 2024
Towards the end of the year, Keith had moved on too and Gus and Jamie were joined from Pure Bears by singer Kenny McLeod and drummer Donald Mitchell to form Ritual Dance...
In late 1980, "Maskless" emerged, comprising a further 10 songs and another re-recording of a track from "The Sweet Thrill". Sources for this third release comprised rehearsal and live recordings showcasing the final quartet...
In December 2023, the LP was re-released on Bandcamp.
Finally, an Anthology was put together in 2002 for Jamie's 40th birthday, containing every song the Models had played up to the 1980 split, apart from their cover of The Who's "Substitute" which was never recorded...
In January 2024, the collection was re-released on Bandcamp.
2011-2014
In early 2011, the final quartet reconvened at the instigation of Jamie Frain and the possibility of playing live dates and writing new material was discussed.
Unfortunately, Angus Bolton declined the opportunity to play live and so, after four reunion sessions between February and June, in a couple of which they were joined by original drummer Jim Park, the members went their own ways once again.
In 2025, the 2011 sessions were released on Bandcamp.
In 2012, first David and Jamie, then David, Jamie and Keith performed live again as Capital Models, performing their take on a wide range of cover versions and introducing the annual Capital Models Xmas Covers night.
In 2013, the second annual Capital Models Xmas Covers night took place in December.
In 2014, the Capital Models Easter Extravaganza was planned for April - David's nephew Andy Wilson joined on keyboards and the group was set to perform some of the original repertoire live for the first time in almost 35 years.
This was cancelled due to the tragic and untimely death of Jamie Frain on 21 March 2014.
In December that year, David, Keith and Andy presented the third and final annual Capital Models Xmas Covers night, performing three extensive covers sets at a charity gig held in Jamie's memory.
2015-2017
After the charity gig, Andy moved to England and Keith took a step back, leaving David as the sole remaining member for over two years.
2017-2023
In 2017, David started working again with Keith, who had now move to bass and then, independently with drummer John Weitzen. In late 2017 they became a new trio version of the band.
In early 2018 they were joined by Creek's Stuart Cobley on second guitar, with whom David had been rehearsing in tandem with David's work with the trio.
In the summer of 2018, keyboardist Paul Reynolds (ex Pure Bears) joined to bring the band up to a quintet for the first time since 1980.
The band played live just five times and had this stable line up until the summer of 2023 when Stu Cobley decided to take a step back.
2023-Now
Capital Models continued as a quartet for a couple of months before guitarist John Barclay of Impossible Songs was invited to join the band.
In September 2024, the band's then full repertoire was release on Bandcamp on the collection, "Repertoire" - it was updated in February 2025 to include re-recordings of 10 songs from the group's original canon.
The new quintet continues to play only covers live - the 2014 plan of reactivating the original repertoire live is yet come to fruition, hwoever, it came a step closer in early 2025, when the current band issued a new LP "TWENTYFIVE FORTYFIVE", comprising live in rehearsal re-recordings 10 of the group's 1980 repertoire plus 5 covers.
EDWARD SPARK MUSIC
Click on the pic to go to Edward Spark's Discography on Bandcamp, where you can stream for free or download on a "name your price" basis.
JAMES JAMIESON MUSIC
Jamie Frain (1962-2014) was the bassist in Capital Models# original line ups and went on to reform the band in the 2010's as a covers outfit. His only album, "Precious", was expanded to include various bonus tracks and is available on Bandcamp. Subsequently, on anniversries of Jamies passing and his birthday, further recordings have been added to his discography on Bandcamp. Click on the pic to go to James Jamieson's Bandcamp page, where you can stream Jamie's albums for free or download on a "name your price" basis.
BAND HISTORIES
David Reilly
(1977-1978) David Reilly
When David first started out, he recorded his song-based albums under his own name before becoming known as Sombre Reptiles in December 1980. He reverted to his own name for subsequent anthologies.
It Can Only Get Better (1978), contains David's first attempts at song-writing. Long since deleted, the opening instrumental track "First Declension" appears on the "Anthology 1977-2001" 2CD set and was also reworked 25 years after the initial September 1977 recording for "Ampersand" in 2002.
Discography
1977
It Can Only Get Better
1978
Requiem For A TV Game
The Hero's Quest
And The World Turns On
Cheap Flights To Anywhere
Reporting To Remote Control
2001
Anthology 1977-1981
Anthology 1982-1986
Anthology 1987-1991
Anthology 1992-1996
Anthology 1997-2001
Anthology 1977-2001(5CD)
Anthology 1977-2001 (2CD)
2008
Anthology 1977-2007 Vols 1-10
2017
Rubinmusik 1977-2017 (40 Year Solo & Collaborational Anthology)
DDHR
(1977 - 1984) David Reilly
Between September 1977 and 1981, David recorded a number of experimental electronic instrumental albums under the pseudonym DDHR.
"The Drone Effect"'s title track consisted of one note played for 30 minutes with varying changes in frequency. It was often used to send people off to sleep at 4 in the morning at parties.
As the title suggests, "Munchen Musik" was recorded in Munich and, like AMF (also recorded in Germany but this time near Kassel) it's mainly piano based.
Extracts from "The Drone Effect" and "AMF" appear on the "Anthology" 2CD set.
Discography
1978
The Drone Effect
Android Jam (w/The Noise)
Landscapes
1979
Munchen Musik
Basso Profundo
1980
Running Away
Twelve
Deceptive Conception
AMF
1981
Treatment and Design
1984
Possibility Soundtracks Vol 2
Heartband
(1978) David Reilly/Dennis "Dood" Hamilton/Fred Hessler
David was heavily influenced by his best schoolfriend at the time, Dood Hamilton. Dood started writing his own country tinged songs around 1975/6 influenced by the Eagles and Neil Young. Heartband had no drummer just Dood and Fred on acoustics and David on very basic bass. But David did occasionally use knitting needles and Tupperware boxes as percussion. Stand outs were early covers of Young's "Like A Hurricane" and Jonathon Richman's "Egyptian Reggae". Much of the material was
recorded with one microphone in Dood's mum's front room.
Discography
1978
Heartband
Heartband Live
Berlin
(1978) David Reilly/Dennis Gurr/Desmond Gurr
In the summer of 1978, David joined up with the Gurr brothers to form a guitar, bass and drums trio playing mostly David's compositions. The band would play on occasional Sunday afternoons at a Mental Institution near Edinburgh much to the delight of the patients.
Discography
1978
Berlin
Berlin Live
Rough Cut
(1978-1979) David Reilly/Dennis Gurr/Dennis Hamilton/Desmond Gurr
This was Berlin with an extra guitarist as David brought Dood in. The band played around the Edinburgh area and the setlists now included some of Dood's songs along with a memorable version of Hawkwind's "Silver Machine".
The group would rehearse at a local Church Hall every Sunday. The "Sven Diamond" album was recorded direct to cassette during these rehearsals. The Cross Keys set was played to a packed audience in Dalkeith and was Dood's last gig with the band. Essentially an audience recording bootleg.
Discography
1978
Sven Diamond
1979
Cross Keys Live
Rough Takes
Kicks
(1979) David Reilly/Dennis Gurr/Angus Bolton/Desmond Gurr
With the departure of Dennis Hamilton, guitarist Gus Bolton was recruited and the band took on a harder sound. Gus was a veteran of local punk band The Noise. The songs became shorter, louder and faster.
"Around The Sound" (1979) was recorded during rehearsal sessions, this album captured Spring 1979 perfectly.
Discography
1979
Around The Sound
Capital Models
(1979-1980 / 2011-2014 / 2017-Now) David Reilly/Ann Park/Jim Park/Angus Bolton/Eric Merrill/Jamie Frain/Keith Apter/Nicky Hind/Andy Wilson/John Weitzen/Stuart Cobley/Paul Reynolds/John Barclay
(see above for the full story)
Discography
Those marked with an *asterisk are currently available on Bandcamp to stream for free or download (mostly with extras) on a name your price basis.
1979
Early Tapes
1980
Live Vol 1
The Sweet Thrill Of Industry
Live Vol 2
Breaking Silence
Live Vol 3
Maskless
2002
Anthology 1980
2023
The Sweet Thrill Of Industry (Re-release)*
Breaking Silence (Re-release)*
Live at the Festival (August 1980) (Previously Unreleased)*
Maskless (Re-release)*
2024
Anthology 1980 (Re-release)*
Repertoire (Covers)
The 2011 Reunion Sessions Vol 1*
The 2011 Reunion Sessions Vol 2*
The 2011 Reunion Sessions Vol 3*
2025
The 2011 Reunion Sessions Vol 4*
TWENTYFIVE FORTYFIVE (Re-recordings/Covers)*
Repertoire (Covers) (Updated Version)*
Sombre Reptiles
(1980-1996) David Reilly
Whilst living in Germany David decided to give himself a "band" persona and, from a shortlist of Brian Eno song titles, the name Sombre Reptiles was chosen.
In all, David released 35 albums under this name from Love/War/Travel/Etc in December 1980 to Starcrossfix in December 1995 before becoming the Cloudland Blue Quartet in the summer of 1996. Albums were recorded using multitracking and programing with backing tapes being used for sporadic live dates.
Discography
1980
Love War Travel Etc
1981
The Value Of Games
Pictures From A Magazine
For You
1982
The Second Set
The White White Black
Palace Of Truth
Paraphernalia (Collection)
River In August
A Kiss and A Smile
1983
Souvenirs Of Pop (Covers)
World Of Fire
State Of The Art I & II (Live)
French Leave
1984
Terra Nostra
King's Ransom (Collection)
Music Is Lethal (Covers)
1985
A Study Of Events (Re-Recordings)
1986
Poppies
The Poppy Party (Live)
The Poppies Remix (Rework)
1987
Smalltalk
1988
Birmingham (Live)
Heavenview
1989
1980 - 1989 (Re-Recordings)
1990
Crispysnatch
1991
Liverysilver
1992
Angelspeech
1993
Songs Of Sombre Reptiles 1 (Re-Recordings)
Galleryshard
Songs Of Sombre Reptiles 2 (Re-Recordings)
1994
Kernelcrux
Songs Of Sombre Reptiles 3 (Re-Recordings)
1995
Bitter Sweet Covers (Covers)
Starcrossfix
2024
Songs of the Sombre Reptiles 1980-1995 (Re-Recordings/Compilation)
Flirten ist ja leicht (Flirting is Easy)
(1980) David Reilly/Edith Baesse/Carsten Tampe/Diedriech Rudolf
Notwithstanding the Sombre Reptiles moniker, David formed a "real" band while living in Germany in 1981.
Taking their name from a magazine headline, Edith Baesse (now a radio DJ in Munich) was the lead singer, Carsten Tampe played guitar and Didi Rudolf featured on bass while David played drums. The material performed was taken from the first two Sombre Reptiles albums, Love/War/Travel/Etc and The Value of Games
Discography
1981
Flirting is Easy
Social Cue
(1981) David Reilly/Jim Park/Anne Fowler/+2
On returning to Edinburgh in the late summer of 1981, David pulled together a five piece line up including girlfriend Anne Fowler on synths and Capital Models' original drummer Jim Park. David played bass and two other members on guitar and saxophone respectively completed the line up (their names are lost to antiquity...). The band never gigged but produced enough material for one album including versions of songs from Sombre Reptiles' Pictures From A Magazine album. Songs written with this line up also appeared on Sombre Reptiles last 1981 album, For You.
Discography
1981
Social Cue
Iceberg
(1981-1982) David Reilly/Anne Fowler/Jeff Foster
After Social Cue came to nothing, David and Anne teamed up with drummer Jeff Foster in a band that sound a little like New Order. However, David was unwilling to accomodate Jeff's love of reggae style drumming and the trio split amicably.
Discography
1982
Iceberg
Last Uprising
(1981-1982) David Reilly/Andy Learmonth/Jeff Foster
In the winter of 1981/82, David joined punk band Last Uprising to play keyboards on their live dates.
Discography
No recordings of the band exist in David's archive.
DDHR & Keith Apter
(1982) David Reilly/Keith Apter
David got together again with second Capital Models drummer, Keith Apter in the Spring of 1982 and they recorded one album of percussion and synth music, which was received rather well in David's adopted home from home, Germany.
Discography
1982
Possibility Soundtracks
Disco Complex
(1982-1983) David Reilly/Alan Brodie/George Coleman/Anne Reilly/Keith Apter/Kenny MacLeod
Originally a four piece featuring David, old schoolfriend Alan Brodie and wife Anne Reilly (nee Fowler) on keyboards and ex-Pure Bears bassist, George Coleman, Disco Complex was formed to perform a one-off gig of cover versions of songs by the likes of David Essex, Gary Glitter, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Magazine and Roxy Music. The band stayed together however writing their own material (some of which also appeared on Sombre Reptiles' "A Kiss and a Smile"). Keith Apter joined on percussion with ex-Ritual Dance and Pure Bears singer Kenny McLeod added on guitar and joint lead vocals. The band eventually drifted apart in the summer of 1983.
Discography
1982
Live
Funtime
Thin Ice
1983
Colonnades
Last
Love Parade
(1983-1985) David Reilly/Alan Brodie
Around the time Disco Complex split up, David was performing gigs in Edinburgh as Sombre Reptiles using backing tapes. Alan Brodie joined him onstage briefly at one performance and the two decided to form a pop duo, writing, recording and performing together from September '83 for a year. After a short break they reconvened to write the difficult second album but to no avail. The duo recorded one more album of ambient music in early 1986 before changing their name to Boom!
Discography
1984
Half The Civilised World
Live at la Sorbonne
1986
Six Pieces
Charnelhouse
(1984) David Reilly/Malcolm Logan/Davy Weddell
David had known Malcolm Logan for a number of years, regularly contributing exclusive tracks to Malcolm's cassette fanzine "The Plateaux Phase" and recording Malcolm's band, Acoustic Youth. The two got together to write and record an album under the name Charnelhouse, with Josef K bassist Davy Weddell.
Discography
1986
Charnelhouse
Dancers Of San Martino
(1984-1987) David Reilly/Alan Brodie/Stewart Robinson/Bobby Gillies
David formed The Dancers of San Martino with Stewart Robinson (aka Peri Urban) and brought Alan Brodie into the band along with some of the aborted Love Parade material. Meanwhile, Stewart brought in Bob Gillies from their previous band M.A.O...
Discography
1984
Tape Loops
1985
Phase Two
The Dancers Of San Martino 1915
Adagio
1986
Phase V
1987
The Dancers Of San Martino 1987
Boom!
(1986-1998) David Reilly/Alan Brodie
As the Dancers drew to a close, Boom! carried on where Love Parade had left off, as David & Alan abandoned song-writing for instrumental music, although it took 8 years for any material to be released...
Discography
1994
Music For Zoobabaloo
1998
Pop Culture
The Heavenly Music Corporation
(1986-1995) David Reilly
In 1986, David decided to release his soundscape work under the name The Heavenly Music Corporation, the title of side one of Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" LP...
After releasing nine albums, as with Sombre Reptiles, The Heavenly Music Corporation was rolled into Cloudland Blue Quartet...
Discography
1986
Variations
1989
Clear Cold Morning
The Squirrel Cage
Heavenview II
1993
Cloudland Blue
1994
Taormina
Windfall Star
1995
Room A201
The Moveable Sky
Call Me Clive
(1986-1991) David Reilly/Malcolm Logan/Steven Moffat/Phil Green/Nick Aldridge/Fritha Lewin/Charlie Dootson
Originally a trio, with David, Malcolm Logan and Malcolm's guitaring colleague Steven "Breave" Moffatt, Call Me Clive started out playing along to cassettes of drum machine programmes which David had recorded at home. To take things forward, they recruited Phil "Spooky" Green on drums in 1987. In early 1988, Nick Aldridge joined on keyboards and, briefly, also in 1988, Fritha Lewin came into the band on saxophone. The band toured Scotland supporting Goodbye Mr Mackenzie in 1988. David left in 1989 and was replaced by Charlie Dootson...
Discography
1987
Studio & Live Vol 1
1988
Studio & Live Vol 2
Scottish Tour
Studio & Live Vol 3
1989
Moray House Live
Calton Studios Live
1991
The Bastards Didn't Deserve Us (Collection)
Crazy Wisdom
(1992-2002; 2024-Now) David Reilly/Malcolm Logan/Alan Brodie/Charlie Dootson/Steven Moffat/Gerry Fleming/Edward Spark
A couple of years after David left Call Me Clive, the band folded and Malcolm made an approach to David to assist in recording a CD-EP as Crazy Wisdom. The duo completed that project successfully, then David brought in old chum Alan Brodie on keys while Malcolm brought in Charlie Dootson from Call Me Clive on guitar. The quartet gigged extensively and recorded an album which was released in 1998. Post the album the band drifted apart and Malcolm and Charlie teamed up with ex-Call Me Clive and Acoustic Youth alumni keeping the project going for a few more years. In 2002, a 4CD set of every song from the Crazy Wisdom initial quartet years was released...
In mid 2024, the original duo revived the band, making two live appearances at Out of the Bedroom.
In January 2025, re-mastered versions of the original EP, " A Death Junkie's Last Peep Show" and LP "We Live the Foreigner's Life", along with a further four chronologically arranged LPs, comprising tracks from "The Reptile Tapes" plus other archive recordings, were released on Bandcamp.
In March 2025, a new EP appeared, and Crazy Wisdom had become a trio of Malcolm, David and new recruit, Edward Spark.
Discography
1994
A Death Junkie's Last Peep Show (EP)
1998
We Live The Foreigner's Life
2002
The Reptile Tapes (4CD Collection)
2025
A Death Junkie's Last Peep Show (EP) (Re-Mastered)*
In A Warm Bed of Lies*
Hope Heart Love*
Everything You've Never Wanted*
Hour Glass*
We Live the Foreigner's Life (Re-mastered)*
Crowned Themselves King (EP)*
Cloudland Blue Quartet
(1996-Present) David Reilly
In the summer of 1996, David decided to retire his monikers Sombre Reptiles and The Heavenly Music Corporation in favour of Cloudland Blue Quartet - derived from the two previous names, with "Cloudland" representing "Heavenly" and "Blue" representing "Sombre". The Quartet part of the new name was down to the then overdubbing nature of the output, with, usually, four (or even more) versions of David appearing on CBQ recordings...
To date (January 2024), there have been 144 releases from CBQ. Those marked with an *asterisk are NOT currently available on Bandcamp to stream for free or download (mostly with extras) on a name your price basis.
Discography
18 Song-Based Albums
1997
Callingstill Trilogy
1999
Doveloveshawk
2002
Ampersand
2003
Anotherhappyday
2005
Deeperdown
2007
Ersatzreal
2009
Soundingfall
2010
Splinterheart
2012
Starlightnight
2020
Disquietsongs
2021
Sparklemusik
Fallingsky
2023
GLAM! (Covers)
Auden
2024
The Dark Room
GLAM! #2 (Covers)
Everything Ends
2025
GLAM! III (Covers)
72 Soundscape Albums
1996
Events One and Two
Events Three and Four
1997
Gold Leaf Deep Red
Flitterkram! Fripp & Eno
Over The Blue And Gold
Fierce Cascade*
Frozen Architecture
1998
Semi Automatic
1999
Betonmusik
Reinhardt Richter Rosenquist
2003
File Under Electronica
2004
04 04 04
2005
Through The Day
Sospiri
2013
Riverleaves
2014
Morphinecodex
2016
Four Last Things
2017
Disquietmusik
2018
Disquietmusik II
2019
4th May, 2019
Disquietmusik III
2020
4th May, 2020
Satie
Cage
Beethoven
Disquietmusik IV
2021
Elements
Schoenberg Webern Berg
Dissolution
Haydn
Coldclear
Variation on Brian Eno's "Thursday Afternoon"
Variation on Brian Eno's "Music For Airports"
Disquietmusik V
2022
Variations on Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" Vol I
The Uncertainty Touch
Dissolution II
Variations on Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" Vol II
Flight665
Wagner
Variations on Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" Vol III
387
Gewitter
Variations on Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" Vol IV
Disquietmusik VI
2023
Fallentime (w/Edward Spark)
Saturn Sleet Rise Effect
Front Porch (w/Blue Sun Chasing & Edward Spark)
Dissolution III
Bartok
The Neu! Variations
Departure (w/Joe Higham)
Brahms
Variations on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon"
Live Suite 2023/24
Disquietmusik VII
2024
String Quartet No 2 (2023)
The Dark Room
Dissolution IV
Vanilla Receiver
Mercurial
The Hessler Nowik Liminal Conundrum
Front Porch: A Day Sitting in a Chair
Providence
Live Suite 2024/25
Disquietmusik VIII
2025
The Great Carving (w/Edward Spark)
Variations on Brian Eno's "Discreet Music"
Ten Untitled Abstract Pieces Ten Untitled Abstract Episodes (w/Pedantic Pedestrian)
Wrexham
Forgotten Snow (w/Robert Scott Thompson)
Dissolution V
12 Live Releases
1996
Live Overview 1990-1996*
1997
Bolivia April Three (Live)*
Jaffa Cake April Tutu (Live)*
1998
April To Wait A Tick (Live)*
2000
After A While - Unplugged 2000 (Live)*
2003
Souvenir III : 25 Yrs in 63 Mins Unplugged (Live)*
2004
Souvenir VII : Recorded Live (Live)*
2005
Live at the Roxy (w/ James Jamieson) (Live)*
2007
Souvenir XIV : 09 06 07 EP (Live)*
Souvenir XV : 29 07 07 EP (Live)*
2008
Souvenir XVI : Ersatzreal Live (Live)*
2010
Souvenir XVIII : Splinterheart Live (Live)*
5 Sets of Re-Recordings
1997
Songs Of Sombre Reptiles 4 (Re-Recordings)*
2004
Souvenir IV : Open House Medley EP (Re-Recordings)*
Souvenir V : EdRush Set EP (Re-Recordings)*
2021
Silversongs 1996-2021 (Remakes)
Silversounds 1996-2021 (Remixes)
28 Collections
1998
Grace & Lightness & Slow Motion 93-98 (Collection)*
The Respect Of Sheer Inertia 90-98 (Collection)*
A Nice Job Small Town - Songs 86-98 (Collection)*
2000
20/20 Vision-1977-2000 (Collection)*
Overload (Collection)*
Songs & Soundscapes 1986-2000 (Collection)*
2003
A Nice Job In A Small Town (Collection)*
Souvenir I (Collection)*
Souvenir II (Collection)*
Decade 1993-2002 (Collection)*
2004
Songs Of the Sombre Reptiles V (Collection)*
Souvenir VI : Songs Soundscapes Electronica (Collection)*
Fifty Five Songs (Vols 1-5) Souvenirs VIII-XII (Collection)*
2006
The Best of CBQ 1996-2006 (Collection)*
2011
Aftersilence : Retrospective 1996-2011 (Songs) (Collection)
Aftersilence : Retrospective 1996-2011 (Soundscapes) (Collection)
2017
Rubinmusik 1977-2017
2020
Twentytwenty (Collection)
2021
Twentytwentyone : The Originals (Collection)
Twentytwentyone (Collection)
2022
Twentytwentytwo: The Originals (Collection)
Twentytwentytwo (Collection)
2023
Twentytwentythree: The Originals (Collection)
Twentytwentythree (Collection)
2024
Decades: From 1980-2024 Forty Albums Forty Songs (Collection) (w/Sombre Reptiles)
Songs of the Sombre Reptiles 1980-1995 (Collection) (Sombre Reptiles)
Twentytwentyfour: The Originals (Collection)
Twentytwentyfour (Collection)
37 Extended Plays (EPs) & Singles
2001
Twenty Twenty Vision EP*
2003
A Nice Job In A Small Town EP*
Lovedrunk EP*
I Re-Arranged The House EP*
Everything You've Ever Wanted EP*
What On Earth Have We Done EP*
Ten Twelve Seventeen EP*
The Time Of Our Lives EP*
Skylines Full Of Cranes EP*
Another Happy Day EP*
One More Chance EP*
Here He Comes EP*
SANDS EP*
Still We Doubt You EP*
2005
Love and War EP*
The Crocodile Song EP*
Half A Lifetime Away EP*
Very Small EP*
The Gardener EP*
Anything But Ill EP*
Where Are You EP*
The End Of Everything EP*
2007
Souvenir XIII : 01 03 07 EP*
Virginia Man EP (Covers)*
2008
Ersatzreal Companion EP #1*
Ersatzreal Companion EP #2*
Ersatzreal Companion EP #3*
2011
The Vendôme EP*
2015
The Leonard Cohen EP (Covers)*
The Dakota Starman EP (Covers)*
2020
The Surrender of Barcelona (1934-1937) (EP)
2021
Underground Like Doug McClure (EP)
2024
Send in the Clowns (Single)
Vitriol/Milwaukee Road (Single) (w/Edward Spark)
2025
Route Thirty Five (We Drove On Down to Texas) (EP) (w/Edward Spark & Lockie Wilson)
O Superman (EP) (w/Edward Spark)
Above the Town (EP)
3 Acoustic Albums
2006
The Acoustic Deeperdown (Remix)*
The Acoustic Ersatzreal (Remix)*
2009
Souvenir XVII: Acoustic Soundingfall (Remix)*
Cloudland Blue Quartet & Peri Urban
(1996-1999) David Reilly/Stewart Robinson
The debut release by CBQ and Peri Urban was the first to bear the name Cloudland Blue Quartet or, at the time, The Cloudland Blue Quartet. The duo went on to complete four annual CD length albums of improvisational material and a remix album curated by Peri...
Discography
1996
29.V.96 & 6.VI.96
1997
29.V.97 4.VI.97 12.VI.97
1998
VII.98 VIII.98 X.98 XI.98
1999
Strata 1-7 (Remix)
6.II.99 & 6.XI.99
Creek
(1997-Present) David Reilly/Craig Sutherland/Alan Brodie/Stuart Cobley
Creek was formed with the idea of recording and releasing everything they played during weekly sessions at Reptile Records. The sessions would have, in the main, the following modus operandi - rhythm bed maestro Craig Sutherland (aka Edward Spark) would arrive with some pre-prepared beats, the machines would be fired up and, for each beat, in turn, a short jam session would ensue with ideas being formulated by the players. Once everyone was au fait with the general feel of the piece, they would stop. The "record" button would then be pressed and Creek would play for as long as they wished, until the track was considered "done". Then, they would move to the next beat. It was as simple as that. While the band still "exists" today, they have not played as a quartet in the same room for around 20 years. In 2022, a project commenced to re-release every session on Bandcamp and that project is ongoing...
Discography
Those marked with an *asterisk are NOT currently available on Bandcamp to stream for free or download on a name your price basis.
1997
An Acre Of Dreamy Vol 1*
Juneberries*
An Acre Of Dreamy Vol 2*
An Acre Of Dreamy Vol 3*
An Acre Of Dreamy Vol 4*
Octoberberries*
1998
An Acre Of Dreamy Vol 5*
An Acre Of Dreamy Vol 6*
An Acre Of Dreamy Vol 7*
An Acre Of Dreamy Vol 8*
1999
About Death Basically*
2004
Somewhere Between*
2007
1.0.0 (4CD 1997-2005) (Collection)*
2022
Fake Leopard Coat
Creek I (1997-06-01)
Creek II (1997-06-08)
Creek III (1997-06-16)
Creek IV (1997-07-01)
Creek V (1997-07-10)
Creek VI (1997-07-17)
Creek VII (1997-07-28)
Creek VIII (1997-10-09)
Creek IX (1997-10-19)
2023
Creek X (1997-11-13)
Creek XI (1998-02-02)
Creek XII (1998-02-10)
Creek XIII (1998-02-17)
Creek XIV (1998-02-24)
Creek XV (1998-03-03)
Creek XVI (1998-03-10)
Creek XVII (1998-03-17)
End of the Art World Volume One (Creek I-IX Edits)
End of the Art World Volume Two (Creek IX-XVII Edits)
2024
Creek XVIII (1998-08-01)
Creek XIX (1998-11-19)
Creek XX (1998-11-26)
2025
Creek XXI (1998-12-01)
UPCOMING LIVE DATES
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 Taylor Swift
In addition to these, there are these further possible appearances...
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Occasional Thursdays, from 8pm
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)
46 years after creating his first soundscape, "The Drone Effect" back in December 1977, Cloudland Blue Quartet finally made four live soundscape performances, the first in November 2023 in the Fopp Record Store Edinburgh, the second in January 2024 at TQ Live in Newcastle, the third back at Fopp in August 2024 and the fourth at the Switched On electronic music festival in Whitby in November 2024.
It's hoped further performances will be announced at some point
No comments:
Post a Comment