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Pre-order 'Union Cafe' on LP/CD/DL: http://phonofile.link/union-cafe

Erased Tapes has the huge privilege of reissuing the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s last ever studio album Union Cafe including a first time vinyl edition — out December 1st 2017 to coincide with the 20th Anniversary of founder Simon Jeffes’ passing in 1997.  

It was 1972 in the South of France when Simon had an unfortunate experience with food poisoning which lead to a much more fortunate circumstance when a vivid dream, induced from his illness and depicting a dystopian future, conceived the Penguin Cafe; a charming place where solace, harmony, and the orchestra’s unique music could be found amidst brutal concrete structures and darkness. For the following 25 years, Simon carried out this vision bringing brightness into a world full of noise. Sadly, after his passing, the original orchestra disbanded, but the doors to this happy place reopened when his son Arthur decided to continue his father’s legacy under the name Penguin Cafe.

The continuation of the PCO began at London’s Union Chapel in 2007 when Arthur and the original musicians commemorated Simon 10 years after his death. Another 10 years forward, 2017 will see Penguin Cafe pay tribute to him once again at the Union Chapel on December 11th where they will perform Union Cafe in full – a union from all corners of this magical world.

Union Cafe was the fifth, and the last studio album by Penguin Cafe Orchestra. It was initially released in 1993 merely on cassette and CD, and will now be given a new breath of life, for the first time available on vinyl, and another chance to reach old and new fans alike. 

“Union Cafe was the last studio album recorded by the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra and marked a move towards a definitive English pastoral sound combined with larger string arrangements set against longer solo piano pieces. With this last album they got even closer to the PCO idea of squaring the circle of intellectually challenging modern music that is still actually beautiful. For me this has always been a contender as my favourite PCO album, and the fact that it never ended up on vinyl was more to do with the way things were in the early 90s, and chance rather than it being deliberate. So in that sense this release is righting an old wrong. The slow development of the pieces means that you can really get lost in them and vinyl is of course the perfect way to do that.” — Arthur Jeffes

Arthur very kindly gave access to the original Union Cafe painting that currently lives in his North London home studio, created by Arthur’s mother Emily Young and now photographed by Alex Kozobolis for this special reissue edition.

Union Cafe

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Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Nothing Really Blue

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Agnes Obel​ takes charge of the new Late Night Tales, a beautifully programmed and bewitching selection of music. Set for release on 25th May 2018.

Tracklist:
1. Henry Mancini - The Evil Theme
2. Roger Webb - Moon Bird
3. Eden Ahbez - Eden's Island
4. Lee Hazlewood - The Nights
5. Nora Dean - Ay Ay Ay Ay (Angle-Lala)
6. Yello - Great Mission
7. Quarteto Em Cy with Tamba Trio - Aleluia
8. Lena Platonos - Bloody Shadows From Afar
9. Ray Davies - I Go To Sleep
10. Alfred Schnittke - Piano Quintet, V
11. Agnes Obel - Stretch Your Eyes (Ambient Acapella) 
12. The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir – Pilentze Pee (Pilentze Sings)
13. Agnes Obel - Glemmer Du - Exclusive
14. Agnes Obel - Bee Dance - Exclusive
15. Sibylle Baier - The End
16. Michelle Gurevich - Party Girl
17. - Oscura Primavera
18. David Lang - I Lie
19. Nina Simone - Images (Live In New York 1964)
20. Agnes Obel - Poem About Death - Exclusive

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Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel (Unmixed)

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Agnes Obel - Poem About Death (Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel)

David Foster Wallace's iconic 2005 Kenyon College graduation address. Context and transcript here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/12/this-is-water-david-foster-wallace/

Part 1 here: http://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water-1

David Foster Wallace: "This Is Water" (part 2)

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David Foster Wallace: "This Is Water" (part 2)

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