Crispycat Recordings: Music

Music

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 (June 2024), there have been 150 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.

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

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

CREEK MUSIC

Click on the pic to go to Creek's Discography on Bandcamp, where you can stream for free or download on a "name your price" basis.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

The new quintet continues to play only covers - the 2014 plan of reactivating the original repertoire is yet come to fruition.

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, "Preciius", was expanded to include various bonus tracks and is available on Bandcamp. Click on the pic to go to James Jamieson's Bandcamp page, where you can stream Jamie's album 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)

Kicks split up at the start of the summer of 1979 and David formed a new 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. On his return he formed a new trio with Gus Bolton and another ex-Noise member, Eric Merrill.

After getting a set of new songs together, David re-recruited Jim Park on drums.

To allow him to concentrate on vocals, Jim's friend Jamie Frain was brought in on bass.

The band took its name form a shop in Edinburgh's Royal Mile and started gigging in January 1980. By March however, Jim and Eric had left and been replaced by Keith Apter and Nicky Hind respectively.

In May 1980, David added synth to the musical line-up and Nicky left leaving a four piece.

The quartet gigged around Scotland until August when David left to live near Kassel, Germany for a year. Gus and Jamie were joined from Pure Bears by singer Kenny McLeod and drummer Donald Mitchell to form Ritual Dance.

"The Sweet Thrill.." was recorded on to two track reel to reel at Eric's house in January 1980 after the initial five-piece had played just one gig.

"Breaking Silence" was a 6 song EP recorded in May 1980 by the second quintet line-up while "Maskless" was a collection of rehearsal and live recordings showcasing the final quartet.

The Anthology was put together in 2002 for Jamie's 40th birthday and contains every song the Models ever played apart from their cover of the Who's "Substitute" which was never recorded.

In early 2011, the final quartet reformed, with the possibility of playing live dates and writing new material. They were subsequently joined by Jim Park.

In 2012, 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 gig took place in December.

In December that year, David, Keith and Andy performed three extensive covers sets at a charity gig held in Jamie's memory...

After that, Andy moved to England and Keith took a step back, leaving David as the sole remaining member for over two years...

In 2017, David started working again with Keith, who had now move to bass and them , 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, with whom David had been rehearsing alongside 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 plays live intermittently and had this stable line up until the summer of 2023 when Stu Cobley decided to leave to pursue other interests.

Capital Models continued as a quartet for a couple of months before guitarist John Barclay of Impossible Songs was invited to join the band.

The new quintet continues to play only covers - the 2014 plan of reactivating the original repertoire is yet come to fruition.

In 2023, their 1980 recordings "The Sweet Thrill of Industry", "Breaking Silence" and "Maskless" were re-released on Bandcamp, along with a newly discovered recording of the final performance by the original band, in August 1980, with newly remastered edition of the 24 track "Anthology 1980" being added in January 2024...

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)*

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) David Reilly/Malcolm Logan/Alan Brodie/Charlie Dootson/Steven Moffat/Gerry Fleming

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...

Discography

1994

A Death Junkie's Last Peep Show

1998

We Live The Foreigner's Life

2002

The Reptile Tapes (4CD Collection)

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

15 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

Glam! #2 (Covers)

Everything Ends

60 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

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)

23 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)

32 Extended Plays (EPs)

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)

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)

UPCOMING LIVE DATES

Thursday 11 July 2024

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Out of the Bedroom, Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh EH7 5SN