Wrexham by Cloudland Blue Quartet
Diary Entry, 13 May 2024:
"This evening, while Anne relaxed, I went to the games room and recorded some piano; and played a solo game of snooker, taking some 27 minutes to pot all the balls, due to the occasional snookering of myself.
My last shot managed to down both the black ball and the cue ball - a good ending - the game was recorded for posterity.
Back to the piano for a second improvised piece.
Then, Anne joined me and we played a record, chosen at random - Khan + Walker's "Schleichfahrt".
Back to the apartment for further relaxation, laptop booted up and some work done, including locating and downloading the record we'd been playing, which accompanied me to bed."
Diary Entry, 14 May 2024:
"Up at 5:30. The garden was good. To work on last night's recordings, creating the makings of a new LP - utilising, for now, field recordings from 14 March 2014 (from my 2016 LP, "Four Last Things") to fill a gap."
In the end, I left things as treated and mixed that morning, deciding not to replace the 10 year old field recordings.
Tracklist
| 1. | Wrexham I | 21:14 |
| 2. | Wrexham II | 22:53 |
Credits
David Reilly: Piano, Treatments, Field Recordings, Cover ("Treated Cfen Wall Art")
Piano and Snooker recorded at Cfen Park Estate, Wrexham, UK, 13 May 2024
Field Recordings recorded at Crispycat Studio, Edinburgh, UK, 14 March 2014
Treatments carried out at Cfen Park Estate, Wrexham, UK, 14 May 2024
Bonus 2025 Remix created at Crispycat Studio, Edinburgh, UK, 2 March 2025
Piano Improvisations I & II mixed at Crispycat Studio, Edinburgh, UK, 7 March 2025
Produced by David Reilly
For best results, please listen on headphones, in the dark
(p) 2025 Crispycat Recordings © David Reilly 2025
Executive Producer : Anne Reilly
Bonus Material - Download Only (81:05)
Tracks 3-8
Piano Improvisation I (10:19)
Piano Improvisation II (11:23)
One Sixteenth Phenolic Resin (8:49)
Piano I (21:01)
Piano II (22:37)
Wrexham I & II (2025 Remix) (6:56)
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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...