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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

Den første af knap ti singler med Knap10. (c)Knap10/Hans Holten Hansen og DME, 2. maj 2018.

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Den anden af knap ti singler med Knap10. (c)Knap10/Hans Holten Hansen og DME, 2. juni 2018.

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String Quartet in One Movement

Soundtrack for Cutterhead film by director Rasmus Kloster Bro released on Endless Process.   
The music score won Best Music Prize at the French Film Festival 'Premiers Plans' in 2019 and the film has won a number of festival awards.
https://sosgunverryberg.bandcamp.com/album/cutterhead

The soundtrack is challenging like the film's subject matter and yet the music establishes its own unique emotional impact with the listener. Fans of SØS's epic soundscapes in the BAFTA Award winning video game 'INSIDE' will immediately connect with the powerful textures which stir up profound emotions as they contrast with deceptively simple melodic motifs.
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releases March 22, 2019

All tracks written and mixed by SØS Gunver Ryberg

01. Cutterhead - Heaven Or Hell   Album out 22 of March

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String Quartet in One Movement

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