from the album "Fragrance of Notes" (WINDBELL wb21)

mama!milk "The Moon"

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This track comes from Adagio for the Blue, released on November 9th 2015.

Rhododendron – Trigg & Gusset

Penguin Cafe's critically acclaimed second studio album, released 17th February 2014. 
The Red Book is the culmination of two years work that has seen Arthur Jeffes - son of original composer and Penguin Cafe Orchestra founder Simon Jeffes - investigate whole new areas of sound and vibrancy, alongside his eclectic collection of musicians and characters, marking an ambitious extension from their debut ‘A Matter of Life’ (2011).

The catalyst for the new recording came about when Jeffes worked on a project with the International Space Orchestra and NASA Ames in 2012, out of which came the pieces Aurora and 1420, which have since been beamed into space as part of NASA’s Kepler project. These touchstones marked a satellitic beginning for a new album, a collection of songs that return to earth to undertake a rich, cross-continental, musical journey.

The Red Book (FINAL MASTERED)

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Penguin Cafe is a continuation by Arthur Jeffes of the ideas and music that his father, Simon Jeffes the English composer and musician, created with the enduring and ever-evolving concept of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

During the first two years the new band were touring and playing the original music and they were writing and performing new pieces as they emerged. This record is a collection of some of these pieces, released in 2011.

Penguin Cafe release their new album 'The Imperfect Sea' in 2017, accompanied by international touring.

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4 The Fox And The Leopard

Concert Program, originally released in 1995, was the eighth PCO album in 19th years. It is both a live album, recorded in a studio setting, and a compilation, reprising selections from the two decades of Penguin Cafe Orchestra music, from early 'Air a Danser' and 'Music for a Found Harmonium' through 'Cage Dead', from the later released recording, Union Cafe.

Penguin Cafe release their new album 'The Imperfect Sea' in 2017, accompanied by international touring.

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1 - 2 Cage Dead (Version 2)

坂本美雨やharuka nakamuraらとコラボレーションを行なう女子聖歌隊CANTUSが前作から10年ぶりとなる2ndアルバムを完成。教会音楽という限られた世界の音を、宗教を越えて、「響きの美しさ」を追求する至高の歌声。

発売日：2017年5月21日（日）
商品番号：PDIP-6570
アーティスト：CANTUS（カントゥス）
タイトル：オディエ
フォーマット：国内CD
本体定価：2,000円+税
バーコード：4532813535708
レーベル :  p*dis / Inpartmaint Inc.
ジャンル : New Age / Classic / J-INDIES

<トラックリスト>
1. Hodie Christus Natus Est (Gregorian Chant) 
2. Angelus Ad Pastores Ait (Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi) 
3. Ave Maria (Igor Stravinsky)  
4. Sanctus (阿部海太郎) 
5. Tota Pulchra Es (Maurice Duruflé) 
6. O Salutaris Hostia (André Caplet) 
7. O Magnum Mysterium (Tomas Luis de Victoria) 
8. Kyrie (William Byrd) 
9. Gloria (William Byrd) 
10. Viderunt Omnes (Pérotin) 
11. Miserere (Gregorio Allegri)
12. Hodie (haruka nakamura remix) 
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とある教会で、１日で録音されたCANTUSの10年ぶりの新作。タイトルの『オディエ』（Hodie) は「今日」という意味のラテン語で、アルバムを聴いた人たちの１日が浄化されますようにという思いが込められています。

「このアルバムは、私たちが子供の頃から魅せられてきた教会音楽という限られた世界の音を、宗教を超えて、響きの美しさを追求していきたいという私たちの意思を表明する１枚です。」（CANTUS 太田美帆）

トラディショナルな聖歌に加え、阿部海太郎作曲の「Sanctus」やharuka nakamuraに
よるリミックス曲も収録の全12曲は、教会音楽を美しく切り取るためのバランスを考慮して選曲されました。11曲目にはARAKI shinがサックスでゲスト参加。

CANTUS元来の魅力である”柔らかさ”に加え、母になったメンバーもいる、齢を重ねた女性の”包容力”や”強さ”も兼ね備えた荘厳なコーラスワークが、録音場所となった教会の豊かな反響音と溶け合い神秘的に美しく響き渡ります。

CANTUS / Hodie (Gregorian Chant)

Initially being released as a limited 12" vinyl edition on Record Store Day 2017, it will be re-released on vinyl, CD and digital formats on June 16th due to popularity. Pre-order 'Umbrella' on EP/CD/DL: http://phonofile.link/umbrella

Worlds collide as the iconic Penguin Cafe and Japanese producer Cornelius' mutual admiration for one another led to them joining forces for this four-track Umbrella EP.

The pair crossed paths in 2012 when Penguin Cafe were touring in Japan, and Cornelius’ band Saryu Saryu supported them in Tokyo. Since then they decided to seize the opportunity to work together, and have reworked and reimagined existing tracks of their own, alongside two new Penguin Cafe songs.

“Meeting up with Cornelius in Tokyo felt like such good fate we kind of had to do something together. And this two-way remix worked great as we could work from different sides of the planet but still end up with something by us both. His electro vibes inspired us not just with Birdwatching but also Dull Sun and it's a path we carried on down with the new album.... so glad we did that.” — Arthur Jeffes

“I was listening to Penguin Cafe since high school so was excited to be able to collaborate with them.
When I went to see their show in Tokyo I was surprised that they performed Bird Watching at Inner Forest. It was an honor for me. If there is a chance to collaborate again, I look forward to that day.” — Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius)

The complimentary sounds of Penguin Cafe on piano and strings, merged with the electronic soundscape of Cornelius, form this special collaborative piece.

Umbrella EP

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Penguin Cafe - Solaris (Cornelius Mix)

Order 'Union Cafe' on LP/CD/DL: 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 now 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 - Kora Kora

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Penguin Cafe was founded by Arthur Jeffes in 2009, after bringing together a talented and disparate group of musicians including members of Suede and Gorillaz, to perform his father Simon Jeffes’ legacy of world-renowned Penguin Cafe Orchestra music, ten years after his untimely death in 1997. 

2019 sees Erased Tapes present Handfuls of Night — the highly anticipated follow-up to Penguin Cafe’s much applauded 2017 album The Imperfect Sea — inspired by the Antarctic, Arthur Jeffes’ journey following in Scott’s footsteps and our penguin friends that reside there.

Handfuls of Night is out on October 4th amid a string of UK live dates, before taking the album on a worldwide tour in 2020 with more dates to be announced

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