Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Kora Kora by Erased Tapes published on 2017-12-01T14:52:58Z 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. Genre Ambient Comment by N.N love🙈🙈🙈 2021-02-11T02:13:53Z Comment by franimalia Fantastic composition! 👌☺️ 2019-09-03T09:09:10Z Comment by hugs thru music so beautiful 2018-04-30T23:09:09Z Comment by O.M.A.S very beautiful 2018-02-09T18:15:59Z Comment by Ada Pitsou Brilliant progression of rhythm! 2018-01-22T17:21:42Z Comment by Ada Pitsou Beautiful combination of melody and rhythmical pattern! 2018-01-22T17:20:17Z Comment by ANN CHADURI wow! thanks <3 2017-12-31T15:37:58Z Comment by ~~ AntizénitH ~~ ZenetiC 2017-12-14T15:42:01Z Comment by Void Voyage A sellout. Not an orchestra, not The Erased Tapes and not Penguin Cafe. Where are you taking yourself! 2017-12-09T11:00:45Z Comment by orange_flow lovely 2017-12-04T00:20:37Z Comment by Nikita Gorbunov веселая тема) 2017-12-03T14:02:38Z Comment by Mash like a bird flight:) 2017-12-02T17:56:31Z Comment by Soup This is really nice. The art is really funny too. 2017-12-02T15:05:41Z Comment by Fhin Keith Jarrett vibes <3 2017-12-02T14:00:00Z Comment by Offramp thank you for that <3 2017-12-01T15:59:01Z