Dissolution V by Cloudland Blue Quartet
This is the fifth album in the "Dissolution" series from Cloudland Blue Quartet. The LPs comprise improvised piano pieces and ambience.
It follows on from the success of the LPs "Dissolution", released in April 2021, "Dissolution II" released in April 2022, "Dissolution III", released in April 2023 and "Dissolution IV", released in April 2024, all of which are still available on Bandcamp.
As with CBQ's "Classical" series ("Satie", "Cage", "Beethoven", "Schoenberg/Webern/Berg", "Haydn", "Wagner", "Bartok", "Brahms" and the upcoming "Gould") and the guitarscape series "Disquietmusik" (Volumes I-VIII, with Volume IX due at the end of 2025), it is hoped this series of albums will continue into the future.
Tracklist
| 1. | Land Mines | 6:21 |
| 2. | Just Filming | 6:57 |
| 3. | Before the Offensive | 6:38 |
| 4. | A Sense of Realism | 6:25 |
| 5. | Not So Confident | 6:51 |
| 6. | Very Early | 6:11 |
| 7. | Freezing | 6:39 |
| 8. | Perfectly Shaped | 6:28 |
| 9. | Always in My Pocket | 6:22 |
| 10. | In Plan | 6:38 |
Credits
Composed by David Reilly
Piano programmes, ambience, treatments, editing, sound manipulation, cover ("CBQ Plays Piano, Collingwood, Ontario, 8 September 2015 V") and production by David Reilly for Crispycat Recordings.
Ambience sourced from the CBQ deep ambient remix of Edward Spark's "The Emperor".
Titles taken at random from page 273 of Brian Eno's 1995 diary, "A Year With Swollen Appendices".
Thanks to:
Tero Parviainen
Laurie Spiegel
Edward Spark
The Markov Chain
For best results, please listen on headphones, alone, in the dark.
Recorded at Crispycat Studio, Edinburgh, UK, 27 March 2025 (Piano and Stand Alone Mixes), 6 March 2021 (Original Ambience), 27 March 2024 (Ambience Remix).
(p) 2025 Crispycat Recordings © David Reilly 2025
Bonus Material - Download Only (65:29)
11 Land Mines (Stand Alone Mix) 6:25
12 Just Filming (Stand Alone Mix) 6:57
13 Before the Offensive(Stand Alone Mix) 6:39
14 A Sense of Realism (Stand Alone Mix) 6:23
15 Not So Confident (Stand Alone Mix) 6:52
16 Very Early (Stand Alone Mix) 6:12
17 Freezing (Stand Alone Mix) 6:37
18 Perfectly Shaped (Stand Alone Mix) 6:27
19 Always in My Pocket (Stand Alone Mix) 6:22
20 In Plan (Stand Alone Mix) 6:33
License
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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...