Fallentime by Cloudland Blue Quartet & Edward Spark
This project came about from an experiment by Cloudland Blue Quartet on the music of Edward Spark, when, with a view to CBQ carrying out some remix work, Spark sent CBQ the stems of his two EPs "1.9.7.Four" and "1.9.7.4.Two", released in March and June 2021 respectively and available at https://edwardspark.bandcamp.com/.
CBQ's initial idea was to remove almost everything from the Spark music with the exception of sequenced synthesisers and to, in CBQ's words, "make Edward Spark sound like Tangerine Dream".
Several mixes were completed in July 2021 once remixing work on the masters had been completed (two of these early mixes are included here as bonus tracks for downloaders - #F28500 references the pantone for tangerine).
For background on CBQ's initial work, see these diary entries:-
https://crispycat-recordings.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-stonker-created.html
https://crispycat-recordings.blogspot.com/2021/07/it-is-good-to-record-for-posterity.html
https://crispycat-recordings.blogspot.com/2021/07/not-winning-can-still-be-ok.html
https://crispycat-recordings.blogspot.com/2021/07/when-you-cant-recall-what-was-wrong.html
CBQ returned to the project at the end of October 2022 and added field recordings and elements of his Disquietmusik guitar to proceedings, thus creating a brand new collaboration between the two artists comprising their own signature sounds.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Emperor Crucifixion Curse | 7:18 |
| 2. | Uncertainty Drive | 5:01 |
| 3. | Doubting Poppy | 4:47 |
| 4. | The Death of Winterburgh | 4:31 |
| 5. | Stop Marat | 1:17 |
| 6. | Time Has Fallen | 6:45 |
| 7. | Antibes Nights | 2:39 |
| 8. | Fear of Water | 4:24 |
| 9. | Sleep Beach | 14:23 |
| 10. | The Downstairs Wreck | 6:44 |
Credits
Edward Spark: Synthesisers, Programming
David Reilly: Guitars, Field Recordings, Treatments and Remixing
Cover "Fallentime" by Edward Spark
Notes on track elements
1. Emperor* (ES), The Curse* (ES), The Crucifixion (1451)*** (CBQ)
2. Marabengo Drive* (ES), The Uncertainty of the Poet (1913)*** (CBQ)
3. Poppy* (ES), Doubting Thomas (1599)**** (CBQ)
4. Winterburgh* (ES), The Death of Marat (1793)**** (CBQ)
5. The Death of Marat (1793)**** (CBQ), Stop* (ES)
6. The Kingdom Has Fallen (Emperor 2)** (ES), Time Overcome by Hope, Love and Beauty (1627)***** (CBQ)
7. Three Nights At Humbert's** (ES), Antibes - The Pink Cloud (1916)******(CBQ)
8. Waterjelly** (ES), Frica As Fear (1950)****** (CBQ)
9. Sleep When** (ES), The Beached Margin (1937)******* (CBQ)
10. Downstairs At Reilly's** (ES), The Wreck of the Hope (1824)******* (CBQ)
* from Edward Spark "1.9.7.Four" (2021)
** from Edward Spark "1.9.7.4.Two" (2021)
*** from Cloudland Blue Quartet "Disquietmusik I" (2017)
**** from Cloudland Blue Quartet "Disquietmusik II" (2018)
***** from Cloudland Blue Quartet "Disquietmusik III" (2019)
****** from Cloudland Blue Quartet "Disquietmusik IV" (2020)
******* from Cloudland Blue Quartet "Disquietmusik V" (2021)
All tracks written by Edward Spark and Cloudland Blue Quartet
Mixed by Cloudland Blue Quartet
A CBQ Edward Spark Production for Crispycat Recordings
Edward Spark recorded at Tasty, 2020 & 2021.
Cloudland Blue Quartet recorded at Crispycat, 2017-2021
"Fallentime" created by Cloudland Blue Quartet at Crispycat Studio, Edinburgh, UK, 22, 25, 26, 27 July 2021 and 30, 31 October 2022
For best results, please listen on headphones, in the dark
(p) 2023 Crispycat Recordings © David Reilly/Edward Spark 2023
Executive Producer : Anne Reilly
Bonus Material (Download Only)
The Edward Spark #F28500 CBQ Remix V1 (50:20)
The Edward Spark #F28500 CBQ Remix V2 (50:23)
License
All rights reserved.
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...