Front Porch, by Blue Sun Chasing/Edward Spark/Cloudland Blue Quartet

Front Porch

by Blue Sun Chasing/Edward Spark/Cloudland Blue Quartet

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Matthew Nowik Yes, this is a collaboration but in reality, CBQ contributions shine the brightest in my opinion. This is an album that if I listen to it, I do not believe I played a part on it. I'm grateful it found a home on this page as this is where it belongs. If I close my eyes, I feel I'm playing with Robert Fripp.

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This is a collaboration between Blue Sun Chasing, Edward Spark and Cloudland Blue Quartet, featuring various elements contributed by each member of the trio. The download bundle includes seven bonus tracks which provide a further 4 hours of alternative versions of the piece, giving insights into how the work was progressed from Blue Sun Chasing's initial idea.

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13.	Front Porch: 24 Hours (CBQ Continuous Mix) 36:19	buy track
14.	Front Porch: 24 Hours (Edward Spark Continuous Mix) 33:53	buy track

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"Front Porch" is a collaboration between Blue Sun Chasing (BSC) (synthesisers and field recording), Edward Spark (synthesisers and rhythm bed) and Cloudland Blue Quartet (CBQ) (guitar, piano and field recording).

It was originally released to Bandcamp by BSC but has since been deleted.

Ahead of the CBQ version of "Front Porch", due later this year, Crispycat is re-releasing the LP.

Original Sleeve Note from Matthew Nowik AKA Blue Sun Chasing :

"I had an idea for a piece using a field recording I made from my front porch as the backdrop for a longer-form piece where instead of traditional track breaks, I would just use the ambient noises to serve as filler until the next piece started.

After I was finished, it just felt like it needed something I could not provide, but I wasn't able to extrapolate exactly WHAT specifically it needed. I messaged Edward Spark and asked if he would take a listen and then do his thing, and he agreed. I also asked if he would then send it on to David Reilly (aka Cloudland Blue Quartet) for more of the same. Again, I gave no direction: I felt once they heard the piece, all secrets would be known. And I was right.

Please enjoy in a quiet place, with headphones, and preferably a cat on your lap or nearby."

Matthew Nowik, 17 March 2023

Contemporaneous note from David Reilly AKA Cloudland Blue Quartet:

"Really pleased with the way this project has turned out. As I type, I am listening to the first bonus track, which is Edward Spark's mix of Blue Sun Chasing's initial elements - and it's very good. These bonuses will provide good insights as to how we arrived at the CBQ and Edward Spark mixes of all the material which ended up on the final LP.

So, for example, the 2nd bonus track adds in Edward Spark's synths and rhythm beds and people can hear how that then moves the project on. This was how I first heard the piece.

As the bonuses progress, you can hear how I worked to integrate, initially, elements of guitarscapes recorded in 2017 and, then (ultimately discarded) elements from 2020. Then, I decided to remove the guitar altogether and, instead, record a brand new piano piece specifically for this project. In the end, both the initial guitar element and the new piano piece make an appearance in both my final mix and Sparky's 24 hour mix."

David Reilly, 18 March, 2023

credits

released March 17, 2023

Mathew Nowik: Synthesisers, Field Recordings, Treatments
Edward Spark: Synthesisers, Programming, Rhythm Bed, Treatments and Mixing
David Reilly: Guitars, Piano, Field Recordings, Treatments and Mixing

Cover "Front Porch" by Edward Spark

Written, arranged and produced by Matthew Nowik, Craig Sutherland and David Reilly

Tracks 1-13 (bonuses 17-21) Mixed by Cloudland Blue Quartet, track 14 (bonuses 15 & 16) Mixed by Edward Spark

Blue Sun Chasing elements recorded at BSC Basement Recordings, March 2023
Edward Spark elements recorded at Tasty, March 2023
Cloudland Blue Quartet elements recorded at Crispycat, July 2017, November 2020, March 2023

Tracks 1-14, 17-19 contain elements of "A Mountainous Wooded Landscape with Torrent (1655)" by Cloudland Blue Quartet from the album "Disquietmusik" (2017)
Track 20 contains elements of "Circle (1925)" from the album "Disquietmusik IV" by Cloudland Blue Quartet (2020)

(p) 2023 © Matthew Nowik, Craig Sutherland, David Reilly 2023

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Bonus Material (Download Only)
15 Front Porch (Edward Spark BSC Elements Mix) 33:54
16 Front Porch (Edward Spark BSC/ES Elements Mix) 33:54
17 Front Porch (CBQ Initial Trio Mix) 33:54
18 Front Porch (CBQ Quiet Trio Mix) 33:54
19 Front Porch (CBQ 3rd Trio Mix) 33:54
20 Front Porch (CBQ Circle Trio Mix) 33:54
21 Front Porch (CBQ Initial Piano Trio Mix) 36:21

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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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