Name: Music From Penguin Cafe
Brand: Penguin Cafe Orchestra

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eegcdr27

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2008-07-14

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Supplier GB

Universal

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Standard:20

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5099921273322

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Genre GB

Modern Composition

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The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) was founded by British composer Jeffes. Born in Sussex, England, and raised in Canada and around Europe, Jeffes began playing the guitar at the age of 13 and then studied classical guitar, piano, and music theory at Chiswick Polytechnic.

While living in Japan in 1972, he developed an interest in ethnic music, particularly African styles, and decided to try to merge those styles with more traditional Western sounds. He launched the PCO as an outlet for his compositions with this eclectic hybrid approach. He always said that the "Penguin Cafe" concept was one that came to him in a dream while he was suffering from food poisoning in the south of France in the summer of 1972.

Penguin Cafe Orchestra's music is described as "modern semi-acoustic chamber music." They are located at 2 Hippodrome Place, London W11 4NG, UK. For inquiries or contact information: Tel: +44 20 7792 3493 Fax: +44 7792 7855.

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remastered with new liner notes. a unique and strange record, even by the standards of the pan-musical penguin cafe orchesta, 'music from the penguin cafe' was originally released on brian eno's 'obscure' record label in the mid-seventies, by mail order only. the album is hard to describe, and very few retrospectives of the group's career (sadly, leader simon jeffes died in 1997) give this more than a passing mention, as it's almost beyond criticism - a totally self-contained universe of music, mixing primitive electronics, brian eno-style ambient, classical and folk to form a side-step into a timeless, alien environment. surreal and dreamlike, it has a very distinctive 'live' sound, with birdsong faintly audible in the background of some of the tracks. imagine michael nyman's wiggiest moments, as produced by brian eno's second assistant tape operator, and you're half-way there. after this (and the similar follow-up, 'penguin cafe orchestra') the penguin cafe orchestra settled down and become much more conservative - their later work is tuneful, folky, and much less experimental.

Music From Penguin Cafe

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