Name: Music From Penguin Cafe
Brand: Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

eegcdr27

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Colour

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2008-07-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

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

Artist

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Genre GB

Modern Composition

Label GB

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

Music GB