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Penguin Cafe Orchestra

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Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Jan 18
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Penguin Cafe Orchestra

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Good morning.

Today we’re listening to Penguin Cafe Orchestra, a band formed by English guitarist Simon Jeffes. Born in Sussex in 1949, Jeffes was inspired early on by folk music and the minimalism of Philip Glass.

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In the early ‘70s, Jeffes conceived of a sound that he would later characterize as “modern semi-acoustic chamber music.”
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The humble hopefulness of Penguin Cafe Orchestra presaged artists decades on like Wes Anderson and Sufjan Stevens. We’re playing two of their albums:
Broadcasting from Home from 1984 and their self-titled record from 1981. Jeffes passed away in 1997.

Broadcasting from Home - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (50m, no vocals)
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Penguin Café Orchestra - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (50m, no vocals)
Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube Music / Amazon Music / Tidal

Have a really nice Wednesday.

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via Wikipedia

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via Discogs

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Agnes Davis
Writes Chasing Angels
Jan 18·edited Jan 18Liked by mc

Love these guys so much, if I can't concentrate, I'll turn on Ricercar - must have listened to it 200 times. Very good to hear more about them, thank you.

Listening now again, just for good measure...

https://open.spotify.com/track/7r9EE9DTPybdCJG0pDkX5m?si=d5140d4205cf4a6e

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