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Cloudland Blue Quartet
12+ albums
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Cloudland Blue quartet's David Reilly started making his own music back in the mid-seventies. He played euphonium baritone in his school's brass band before starting to experiment using his father's Bontempi Electric Organ. He would spend hours creating drones by sellotaping down specific notes on the keyboard. This was called "The Drone Effect". His first "popular music" instrument was a bass guitar and, soon after, he added his elder sister's nylon string acoustic to his orchestra. For percussion he used his mother's knitting needles and Tupperware boxes. His first live appearances were to the neighbourhood children, accompanied by his younger sister in their back garden during the summer holidays. The purchase of an ancient electric guitar and fuzzbox from a junk shop and the influence of Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut album, led him to start making his own recordings in September 1977, double tracking back and forth between two mono portable cassette recorders. Today, thirty years into his "career" as songwriter and ambient instrumentalist, David has been involved in over 200 releases in one form or another, contributing as, variously, lead-singer, guitarist, bassist, synth-ist, soundscaper, drummer or producer. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
