Twentytwentythree: The Originals, by Cloudland Blue Quartet

Twentytwentythree: The Originals

by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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This is a selection of tracks from the thirteen 2023 releases by Cloudland Blue Quartet. The collection is issued in anticipation of the final record of the year, "Twentytwentythree", due on 31 December.

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1.	Cloudland Blue Quartet & Edward Spark - The Emperor Crucifixion Curse (from "Fallentime") 07:17	info	buy track
2.	Cloudland Blue Quartet with Da Tengo God - Saturn Sleet Rise Effect (Side Two) (from "Saturn Sleet Rise Effect") 17:17	info	buy track
3.	Ordinarily Beautiful (from "Dissolution III") 06:09	info	buy track
4.	Boys Keep Swinging (from "GLAM!") 03:36	info	buy track
5.	Bartok I (from ("Bartok") 38:22	info	buy track
6.	EM (The Surrender Variation) (from "The Neu! Variations") 21:38	info	buy track
7.	Voltaire at Ferney (from "Auden") 09:48	info	buy track
8.	Cloudland Blue Quartet featuring Joe Higham - More Work (from "Departure") 08:51	info	buy track
9.	Brahms II (from "Brahms") 18:42	info	buy track
10.	Time (Darkness Variation) (from "Variations on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon"") 04:31	info	buy track
11.	Live Suite 2023/24: Part IX There Were Only Four (from "Live Suite 2023/24") 04:56	info	buy track
12.	The Forest of Fontainebleau, Morning (1851) (from "Disquietmusik VII") 10:18	info	buy track
13.	Perfect Day (from "Twentytwentythree") 03:42		buy track

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Released on Christmas Eve 2023, this collection of ten soundscapes and three songs, including two covers, features one track each from the 13 albums issued by Cloudland Blue Quartet during 2023, all of which, including extensive bonus material for those who download, remain available exclusively on Bandcamp.

"Fallentime" (February)
"Saturn Sleet Rise Effect" (March)
"Dissolution III" (March)
"GLAM!" (April)
"Bartok" (May)
"The Neu! Variations" (June)
"Auden" (July)
"Departure" (August)
"Brahms" (September)
"Variations on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" (October)
"Live Suite 2023/24" (November)
"Disquietmusik VII" (December)
"Twentytwentythree" (December)

The album is issued a week before the final record of the year "Twentytwentythree", due on New Year's Eve, which will close off the year's work, by bringing together an extensive collection of previously unreleased songs, soundscapes, demos, remixes and non-album tracks, created during the last twelve months.

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released December 24, 2023

Twentytwentythree: The Originals is a compilation of tracks previously released by Cloudland Blue Quartet during 2023 (Crispycat 2313 - 24 December 2023)

Credits

David Reilly: Guitars, Field Recordings, Treatments, Remixing, Samples, Loops, Vocals, Piano, Rhythm Beds, Short Wave Radio, Synthesisers, Drum Kit, Piano Programmes, Ambience, Editing, Sound Manipulation, Cover ("Untitled 2023 No 6" (Detail))

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Edward Spark (edwardspark.bandcamp.com): Synthesisers, Programming (Track 1)
Da Tengo God (datengugod.bandcamp.com): Rhythm Beds, Sleet (Track 2)
Joe Higham (joehigham.bandcamp.com): Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone (Track 8)
Michael Rother: Guitar, bass guitar, bowed bass, zither, keyboards, percussion, electronics (Track 6)
Klaus Dinger: Drums, guitar, koto, 11-string guitar, percussion, Farfisa electronic piano, electronics (Track 6)
Thomas Dinger: Drums (Track 6)
Hans Lampe: Drums (Track 6)
David Gilmour: Guitar/Synthesiser Elements (Track 10)
Nick Mason: Percussion/Tape Effect Elements (Track 10)
Richard Wright: Keyboards/Synthesiser Elements (Track 10)
Roger Waters: Bass guitar/Synthesiser/Tape Effect Elements (Track 10)

Ambience on track 3 sourced from the CBQ deep ambient remix of Edward Spark's "The Emperor".

Created at Crispycat Studio, Edinburgh, UK, January to December, 2023

All Compositions by David Reilly except:-
1. Edward Spark/David Reilly
4. David Bowie/Brian Eno
6. Klaus DingerK/Michael Rother - Guitar Improvs by David Reilly
7. David Reilly - Lyrics by W H Auden
8. David Reilly - Saxophone Improvs by Joe Higham
10. David Reilly - based on an original work by Nick Mason/Roger Waters/Richard Wright/David Gilmour
13. Lou Reed

For best results, please listen on headphones, in the dark

(p) 2023 Crispycat Recordings © David Reilly 2023
except
1. © David Reilly/Edward Spark 2023
4. © Warner Chappell 2022
6. © Gronland Ltd 2001
13. © Oakfield Avenue Music 1972

Executive Producer : Anne Reilly

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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