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Time (Darkness Variation) (from "Variations on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon"")

from Twentytwentythree: The Originals by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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Track 4 from the Cloudland Blue Quartet LP "Variations on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon""

On the morning of 26 July 2023, I had a thought that I might try and create a long ambient piece based around Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon". Just over two months later, here it is. It's definitely NOT "The Dark Side of the Moon" but there is a fleeting resemblance.

David Reilly
Edinburgh
6 October 2023

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released October 6, 2023

Samples, Treatments, Guitars, Production and Cover (DSOTM Variations V6, 24 September 2023) by David Reilly for Crispycat Recordings

Created at Crispycat Studio, Edinburgh, UK, 26, 27 July, 26 August, 23 September, 3 October 2023.

All Arrangements and Treatments by David Reilly

These are ambient versions of each of the eleven tracks from Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" which contain elements of guitar and synthesiser by David Gilmour, percussion & tape effects by Nick Mason, keyboards and synthesiser by Richard Wright and lyrics, bass guitar, vocals, synthesiser and tape effects by Roger Waters.

Original Pieces written by
Speak to Me (Mason)
Breathe (In The Air) (Waters, Gilmour, Wright)
On The Run (Gilmour, Waters)
Time (Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour)
Breathe (Reprise) (Waters, Gilmour, Wright)
The Great Gig in the Sky (Wright)
Money (Waters)
Us and Them (Waters, Wright)
Any Colour You Like (Gilmour, Mason, Wright))
Brain Damage (Waters)
Eclipse (Waters)

The variations also contain elements of the following tracks from Cloudland Blue Quartet's "Disquietmusik" series, available on Bandcamp

Speak to Me - "Between Rounds (1899)" from "Disquietmusik II"
Breathe (In The Air) - "The Crucifixion (1515)" from "Disquietmusik"
On The Run - "Requiem for M Oppenheimer (1995)" from "Disquietmusik III"
Time - "For Darkness - Situation and Circumstance (1971) from "Disquietmusik VI"
Breathe (Reprise) - "Ambush For Flamingos in South America (1857)" from "Disquietmusik"
The Great Gig in the Sky - "Lake Afternoon (1935)" from "Disquietmusik VI"
Money - "Frica As Fear (1950)" from "Disquietmusik IV"
Us and Them - "The Stumbling Block (1991)" from "Disquietmusik III"
Any Colour You Like - "The Appearance of Christ to the People (1827-1857)" from "Disquietmusik II"
Brain Damage - "Another Time (1973)" from Disquietmusik IV"
Eclipse - "The Wreck of the Hope (1824)" from "Disquietmusik V"

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

(p) 2023 Crispycat Recordings © David Reilly 2023

Executive Producer : Anne Reilly

Bonus Material - Download Only (207 Minutes)

Cross-faded version of sides one and two of the main LP (41:31)
12. Variations on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" I 20:56
13. Variations on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" II 20:44

Split track purely ambient version of the LP (85:38)
14. Speak to Me (Ambient Variation) 02:04
15. Breathe (In The Air) (Ambient Variation) 07:00
16. On The Run (Ambient Variation) 07:01
17. Time (Ambient Variation) 09:51
18. Breathe (Reprise) (Ambient Variation) 05:35
19. The Great Gig in the Sky (Ambient Variation) 10:03
20. Money (Ambient Variation) 09:59
21. Us and Them (Ambient Variation) 09:57
22. Any Colour You Like (Ambient Variation) 07:37
23. Brain Damage (Ambient Variation) 10:15
24. Eclipse (Ambient Variation) 06:16

Cross-faded purely ambient version of the LP (79:59)
25. The Dark Side of the Moon (Ambient Variation) I 40:00
26. The Dark Side of the Moon (Ambient Variation) II 39:59
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from Twentytwentythree: The Originals, released December 24, 2023

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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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