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●★●Penguin Cafe • Discography●★●Жанр: Chamber Jazz, Minimalism, Neo-Classical, Modern Composition Страна исполнителя (группы): UK Год издания: 2011-2020 Аудиокодек: MP3 Тип рипа: tracks Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Продолжительность: 04:27:52 Наличие сканов : частичноПроект Penguin Café исполняет акустическую и камерную по звучанию музыку. Она легко ложится на слух, создаёт настроение светлой грусти и плохо поддаётся классификации. Звучание ансамбля, состоящего из 11 человек, формируют струнная секция, укулеле, фортепиано, перкуссия, акустическая гитара и фисгармония, успешно заменяющие «напрашивающиеся» электронные звуки. Собственно, в этой замене и состоит кредо музыкантов Penguin Café (как и Penguin Café Orchestra).
2011 - A Matter Of Life (46:42)
01. That, Not That
02. Landau
03. Sundog
04. The Fox and the Leopard
05. Finland
06. Pale Peach Jukebox
07. Harry Piers
08. Two Beans Shaker
09. From a Blue Temple
10. Ghosts in the Pond
11. Coriolisp b]Доп. информация:
Album Info
“Penguin Cafe continues to occupy a unique place in music: nothing else has ever sounded quite like it. Eccentric, charming, accommodating, surprising, seductive, warm, reliable, modest and unforgettable: it’s a true friend” Brian Eno
13 years after Simon Jeffes' death, his son, Arthur, has started playing his music again. Under the name Penguin Cafe, Arthur - along with a new group of musicians - is re-visiting his father's music and starting a new chapter in the story of this unique and strange creative world. Their sound is at once familiar and new, combining acoustic power and a beguiling, feisty charm.
The Penguin Cafe’s first year, 2009, saw them playing the Acoustic stage at Glastonbury, the main stages at Big Chill and Bestival, and selling out the Snape Prom among many other adventures. In 2010 one major highlight was playing at the Albert Hall in their own BBC Late Night Prom.
Over these first two years Arthur has been writing new material to compliment and respond to the old. A love-letter to the original music, ‘A Matter Of Life...’ is the result of this endeavour and is one of the most startling, beautiful and extraordinary records of the year.
Состав
Neil Codling: ukelele, piano, cuatro, harmonium
Vincent Greene: viola, violin, guiro
Pete Radcliffe: percussion
Rebecca Waterworth: cello, paper percussion
Arthur Jeffes: piano, ring modulator, cuatro, dulcitone, ukelele, bass, percussion, harmonium, penny whistles, prayer bowl
Andy Waterworth: double bass, bass guitar
Darren Berry: violin
Tom Chichester-Clark: cuatro, ukelele, melodica
Des Murphy: ukelele, cuatro, glockenspiel
Cass Browne: percussion
Oli Langford: violin
Kathryn Tickell: northumbrian pipes
2014 - The Red Book (49:46)
01. Aurora (5:00)
02. Solaris (4:26)
03. Black Hibiscus (5:14)
04. Bluejay (4:19)
05. Radio Bemba (2:27)
06. Catania (5:38)
07. 1420 (5:55)
08. And Yet... (6:21)
09. Moonbo (4:41)
10. Odeon (2:48)
11. (The Roar of a) Silent Sun (2:55)
2017 - Penguin Cafe & Cornelius - Umbrella (17:51)
01. Solaris (Cornelius Mix) 04:28
02. Birdwatching at Inner Forest (Penguin Cafe Mix) 04:13
03. Close Encounter 04:23
04. The Track of the Dull Sun 04:43
Состав
Cornelius – produced & remixed Penguin Cafe: Arthur Jeffes – piano, ukulele, harmonium Des Murphy – ukulele Andy Waterworth – double bass Rebecca Waterworth – cello Darren Berry – violin Neil Codling – piano, ukulele, cuatro, guitar Vincent Greene - viola Tom Chichester-Clark – harmonium, ukulele Cass Browne – percussion Pete Radcliffe – percussion Oli Langford - violin
2017 - The Imperfect Sea (50:01)
01. Ricercar (04:34)
02. Cantorum (07:23)
03. Control 1 (Interlude) (06:57)
04. Franz Schubert (05:46)
05. Half Certainty (02:31)
06. Protection (05:22)
07. Rescue (06:29)
08. Now Nothing (Rock Music) (04:38)
09. Wheels Within Wheels (06:20)
2019 - Handfuls of Night (46:45)
01. Winter Sun
02. Chinstrap
03. Chapter
04. Adelie
05. At the Top of the Hill, They Stood...
06. Pythagoras on the Line Again
07. The Life of an Emperor
08. Gentoo Origin
09. Midnight SunArthur Jeffes, piano (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9); harmonium (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8); percussion (2, 3, 5, 7); melodica (5) Vincent Greene, viola (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Darren Berry, percussion (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8) Andy Waterworth, double bass (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Neil Codling Khono, acoustic guitar (2); granular synthesis (1, 2, 4, 9) Des Murphy, xylophone (2, 3, 7, 8); Sunrise Portable Organ (6) Tom Chichester Clark, harmonium (3, 5, 6, 7) Cass Browne, percussion (2, 3, 6, 7) Oli Langford, violin (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8); Stroh Viol (1); viola (7,8) Rebecca Waterworth, cello (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Об альбоме (сборнике)
Using gut-stringed violins, viola, cello, bass, percussion, upright and grand pianos, synthesiser, harmonium and more, Arthur Jeffes and his cohorts have crafted a vivid series of panoramic sonic landscapes, that are as rich in cerebral poignancy as they are in emotional depth. Bookended by the atmospheric ambient piano pieces ‘Winter Sun’ and ‘Midnight Sun’, the album traverses glacial minimalism with ease, combining their signature contemporary classical panoramas, such as the melancholic yet upbeat lead track ‘At the Top of the Hill, They Stood...’ and the colossal cinematic piece ‘Chapter’, with the crystalline folktronica on ‘Pythagorus on the Line Again’ — a re-visiting and continuation of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s 1993 Union Cafe song on the principles of harmonics. Handfuls of Night began life after Greenpeace commissioned Jeffes to write four pieces of music corresponding to four breeds of penguins, to help raise awareness for the endangered Antarctic seas. A fundraising evening at EartH in Hackney followed, where Penguin Cafe premiered the four songs named after their feathered counterparts to a sold out audience; the rousing contemporary folk inflected ‘Chinstrap’, the mournful and minimalistic ‘Adelie’, stoic and rhythmic ‘The Life of an Emperor’ and the wistful, string-laden ‘Gentoo Origin’. “This record started with a core of pieces I wrote specifically about penguins in the Antarctic for a project with Greenpeace in autumn 2018. There are four native Antarctic penguin species – each with their own individual characteristics and natures. I carried on from there to envisage a whole anthropomorphised world, where these penguins had narratives and adventures that we soundtracked”, says Jeffes. But both the album and Penguin Cafe as a project have origins that reach further back: “In 2005 I was asked to join an expedition re-creating Scott’s last Antarctic trip in 1911 for the BBC, using the same Edwardian equipment. I’m no explorer but I was keen, especially as there’s a family link – Scott was married to my great grandmother before she married my great grandfather. Antarctica by this stage being a protected environment, we swapped to the Arctic circle where we spent 3 months on the Greenland ice sheet, first dog-sledding and then man-hauling just short of 1000 km at 10,000 feet, across ice fields and glaciers. I had lots of time to ponder my life back home. It was then that I decided to get my Master of Music degree and focus on composing music, and also then that I realised that even in the most remote silent places, music can still be a huge part of one’s internal world and imagination. Whilst on the expedition. I spent days playing things back in my head and also writing new things, which I would then try and write down at the end of the day.” Handfuls of Night’s tones, textures and melodies evoke otherworldly expanses, which at different junctures are either foreboding, awe inspiring or peaceful. There’s subtly morphing rhythmic repetition throughout, somewhere between minimalism, krautrock and the piano-cascades of label peer Lubomyr Melnyk. Jeffes creates a kinetic, circling motion, which drives the album forward in the form of a musical trip that mirrors the physical journey it was inspired by. “There is a sense of place representing creativity, where endless space and emptiness – albeit with an underlying sense of beauty and timelessness – is a perfect context for creating something” (Arthur Jeffes)
2020 - Handfuls of Night (Explored) (56:50)
01 Winter Sun (Audio Commentary) 00:20
02 Winter Sun 03:58
03 Chinstrap (Audio Commentary) 00:23
04 Chinstrap 05:49
05 Chapter (Audio Commentary) 00:14
06 Chapter 06:44
07 Adelie (Audio Commentary) 00:15
08 Adelie 04:08
09 At the Top of the Hill, They Stood… (Audio Commentary) 00:12
10 At the Top of the Hill, They Stood... 05:40
11 Pythagoras on the Line Again (Audio Commentary) 00:35
12 Pythagoras on the Line Again 05:50
13 The Life of an Emperor (Audio Commentary) 00:30
14 The Life of an Emperor 04:56
15 Gentoo Origin (Audio Commentary) 00:18
16 Gentoo Origin 05:32
17 Midnight Sun (Audio Commentary) 00:08
18 Midnight Sun 04:07
19 Handfuls of Night (Audio Commentary) 02:14
20 More Milk (Bonus Track) 04:55
Об альбоме (англ.)
Info for 'Handfuls of Night (Explored)' Handfuls of Night — the highly anticipated follow-up to Penguin Cafe’s much applauded 2017 album The Imperfect Sea — inspired by the Antarctic, Arthur Jeffes’ journey following in Scott’s footsteps and our penguin friends that reside there. There is a sense of place representing creativity, where endless space and emptiness – albeit with an underlying sense of beauty and timelessness – is a perfect context for creating something” (Arthur Jeffes) Using gut-stringed violins, viola, cello, bass, percussion, upright and grand pianos, synthesiser, harmonium and more, Arthur Jeffes and his cohorts have crafted a vivid series of panoramic sonic landscapes, that are as rich in cerebral poignancy as they are in emotional depth. Bookended by the atmospheric ambient piano pieces ‘Winter Sun’ and ‘Midnight Sun’, the album traverses glacial minimalism with ease, combining their signature contemporary classical panoramas, such as the melancholic yet upbeat lead track ‘At the Top of the Hill, They Stood...’ and the colossal cinematic piece ‘Chapter’, with the crystalline folktronica on ‘Pythagorus on the Line Again’ — a re-visiting and continuation of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s 1993 Union Cafe song on the principles of harmonics. Handfuls of Night began life after Greenpeace commissioned Jeffes to write four pieces of music corresponding to four breeds of penguins, to help raise awareness for the endangered Antarctic seas. A fundraising evening at EartH in Hackney followed, where Penguin Cafe premiered the four songs named after their feathered counterparts to a sold out audience; the rousing contemporary folk inflected ‘Chinstrap’, the mournful and minimalistic ‘Adelie’, stoic and rhythmic ‘The Life of an Emperor’ and the wistful, string-laden ‘Gentoo Origin’. “This record started with a core of pieces I wrote specifically about penguins in the Antarctic for a project with Greenpeace in autumn 2018. There are four native Antarctic penguin species – each with their own individual characteristics and natures. I carried on from there to envisage a whole anthropomorphised world, where these penguins had narratives and adventures that we soundtracked”, says Jeffes. But both the album and Penguin Cafe as a project have origins that reach further back: “In 2005 I was asked to join an expedition re-creating Scott’s last Antarctic trip in 1911 for the BBC, using the same Edwardian equipment. I’m no explorer but I was keen, especially as there’s a family link – Scott was married to my great grandmother before she married my great grandfather. Antarctica by this stage being a protected environment, we swapped to the Arctic circle where we spent 3 months on the Greenland ice sheet, first dog-sledding and then man-hauling just short of 1000 km at 10,000 feet, across ice fields and glaciers. I had lots of time to ponder my life back home. It was then that I decided to get my Master of Music degree and focus on composing music, and also then that I realised that even in the most remote silent places, music can still be a huge part of one’s internal world and imagination. Whilst on the expedition. I spent days playing things back in my head and also writing new things, which I would then try and write down at the end of the day.” Handfuls of Night’s tones, textures and melodies evoke otherworldly expanses, which at different junctures are either foreboding, awe inspiring or peaceful. There’s subtly morphing rhythmic repetition throughout, somewhere between minimalism, krautrock and the piano-cascades of label peer Lubomyr Melnyk. Jeffes creates a kinetic, circling motion, which drives the album forward in the form of a musical trip that mirrors the physical journey it was inspired by. Penguin Cafe was founded by Arthur Jeffes in 2009, after bringing together a talented and disparate group of musicians including members of Suede and Gorillaz, to perform his father Simon Jeffes’ legacy of world-renowned Penguin Cafe Orchestra music, ten years after his untimely death in 1997. A full biography is available here. Handfuls of Night is out on October 4th amid a string of UK live dates, before taking the album on a worldwide tour in 2020 with more dates to be announced. https://www.highresaudio.com/en/album/view/hrnban/penguin-cafe-handfuls-of-night-explored
Состав
Arthur Jeffes, piano (1-9), harmonium (3-8), percussion (2, 3, 5, 7), melodica (5) Vincent Greene, viola (2-8) Darren Berry, percussion (2-8) Andy Waterworth, double bass (2-8) Neil Codling Khono, acoustic guitar (2), granular synthesis (1, 2, 4, 9) Des Murphy, xylophone (2, 3, 7, 8), Sunrise Portable Organ (6) Tom Chichester, Clark harmonium (3, 5, 6, 7) Cass Browne, percussion (2, 3, 6, 7) Oli Langford, violin (2-8) Stroh Viol (1), viola (7, 8) Rebecca Waterworth, cello (2-8) Oli Langford, additional string arrangements (2, 3, 7, 8) Vincent Greene, additional string arrangements (8) Produced by Arthur Jeffes
Об исполнителях (англ.) | About Artists (en)
Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe “My father, Simon Jeffes, was in the south of France in 1972-73, where he got terrible food poisoning from some bad shellfish and spent 3 or 4 days with a terrible fever. During this, he had very vivid waking dream – a nightmare vision of the near future – where everyone lived in big concrete blocks and spent their lives looking into screens. There was a big camera in the corner of everyone’s room, an eye looking down at them. In one room there was a couple making love lovelessly, while in another there was a musician sat at a vast array of equipment but with headphones on so there was no actual music in the room. This was a very disconnected de-humanising world that people had made for themselves… However you could reject that and look further afield, and if you went down this dusty road you would eventually find a ramshackle old building with noise and light pouring out into the dark. It’s a place you just fundamentally want to go into, and this is the Penguin Cafe. There are long tables and everyone sits together, and it’s very cheerfully chaotic. In the back there is always a band playing music that you are sure you’ve heard somewhere but you have no idea where – and that is the Penguin Cafe Orchestra – they play this music. When my dad woke up he decided that he would write the music that would be played by the band from his dream, and so with that as a criteria he then wrote for the next 25 years and that is the world that we now also inhabit…” (Arthur Jeffes, BBC London, February 8th 2014) Penguin Cafe was founded by Arthur Jeffes in 2009, bringing together a talented and disparate group of musicians from the likes of Suede, Gorillaz and Razorlight, initially to perform his father Simon Jeffes’ legacy of world renowned Penguin Cafe Orchestra music, ten years after his untimely death in 1997. Arthur, a talented composer in his own right, quickly began to create new and unique genre-defying music, with the spellbinding philosophy of the Penguin Cafe always in his mind. Arthur utilizes many different instruments and influences including elements of African, Venezuelan, Brazilian, Bluegrass, Classical, Avant-Garde & Minimalist music, using a variety of instruments from strings, pianos, harmoniums, slide guitars, cuatros, kalimbas, experimental sound loops, mathematical notations and more. To date, Arthur’s Penguin Cafe has released two acclaimed albums of fresh, innovative and beautiful music that have achieved the seemingly impossible feat of creating something new and different and still exciting the worldwide fan base of original PCO followers. The new album ‘The Imperfect Sea’, a collection of dance records made on real instruments, is due for release May 5th 2017 accompanied by a special show at Le Poisson Rouge in New York, followed by more live dates across UK, USA, Japan and Europe throughout 2017. Arthur William Phoenix Young Jeffes born 21 July 1978, London is an English composer, producer, musician and arctic explorer. He is the founder and frontman of the Penguin Cafe and is one half of the band Sundog. Other work includes composing film scores and most recently producing Sam Lee’s new album out in 2015. Jeffes was born in London to the artist Emily Young and musician and composer, Simon Jeffes. Jeffes’s interest in experimental music was recognised by his father when he took a hammer to the keys of his father’s piano. While both of his parents nurtured his musicality he was encouraged to base any career on a strong academic background. He read Archaeology and Anthropology at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 2007, Jeffes brought together original members of the PCO for a set of memorial concerts to mark ten years since his father’s death. Encouraged by the public’s response to the concerts, Jeffes decided that keeping his father’s music alive and adding to the mythology behind the band was a worthwhile endeavour. He founded the Penguin Cafe with a brand new line-up, including Cass Browne of Gorillaz, Neil Codling of Suede, Oli Langford of Florence and the Machine and Darren Berry of Razorlight. They have released two albums, A Matter of Life… (2008) and The Red Book (2014). In 2012, Jeffes was commissioned by the artist Nelly Ben-Hayoun to write several pieces for the NASA Kepler Project to be played by the International Space Orchestra. The pieces “1420” and “Aurora” were beamed into Space in 2013. “1420” was inspired by the WOW! Signal. 2017 sees Arthur releasing the new Penguin Cafe album with extensive touring, alongside animation and dance projects. https://www.highresaudio.com/en/album/view/xhhebe/penguin-cafe-umbrella
Об исполнителях (рус.) | About Artists (ru)
Людям, которые раньше ничего не слышали о Penguin Café, нужно знать, что в 1970-е годы музыкант по имени Саймон Джеффс создал ансамбль Penguin Café Orchestra, с которым выпустил несколько альбомов. Саймон работал в качестве продюсера с рядом рок-групп, включая Caravan и Camel, но при этом хотел, чтобы его команда исполняла «абсолютную музыку», свободную от стилевых и национальных границ. Эталонными для Джеффса были музыкальные взгляды Брайана Ино. История Penguin Café Orchestra закончилась со смертью Саймона в 1997 году. А спустя 12 лет его сын Артур Джеффс возродил ансамбль, но с укороченным названием – Penguin Café – и с совсем другими музыкантами, не из оригинальной группы, а, в частности, из Suede, Gorillaz и Florence and the Machine. Самые известные среди них – клавишник Нил Кодлинг и перкуссионист Кэсс Браун.
