Preludes, Airs & Yodels(1996)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Preludes, Airs & Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)

Label: Zopf – 7243 8 42015 2 4, Virgin – 7243 8 42015 2 4

Series: Ambient Series – AMBT15

Format: CD, Compilation

Country: Europe

Released: 1996

Genre: Minimalismo melódico

Style: Clássica Moderna

1         Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Music For A Found Harmonium 3:40

2         Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Perpetuum Mobile     4:27

3         Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         The Penguin Cafe Single           6:17

4         Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Air      4:20

5         Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Telephone And Rubber Band 2:29

6         Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Dirt    4:51

7         Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Giles Farnaby's Dream

Arranged By – Jeffes*

Composed By – Farnaby*

2:19

8         Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Oscar Tango   3:10

9         Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Rosasolis         4:14

10       Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Air À Danser  4:30

11       Patrick Street–  Music For A Found Harmonium 2:43

12       Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Yodel 3 3:23

13       Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         White Mischief 5:51

14       Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Prelude And Yodel      3:50

15       Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Harmonic Necklace     1:12

16       Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Steady State  3:38

17       Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Nothing Really Blue    5:07

18       Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Pandaharmonium

Remix – The Orb

5:29

19       Penguin Cafe Orchestra–         Piano Music   1:53

Record Company – Virgin EG Records Ltd.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.

Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.

Published By – Editions Penguin Cafe

Mastered At – Metropolis Mastering

Glass Mastered At – EMI Uden

Cover, Design [Cover Design By] – MadArk

Mastered By – Tony Cousins

Music By, Composed By [Music Composed By] – Wright* (tracks: 3), Liebmann* (tracks: 3), Simon Jeffes (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 19), Nye* (tracks: 3)

Photography By [Photograph By], Illustration [Drawings By] – Emily Young

Standard jewel case

Comes with an 8-page booklet

Tracks 1, 4, 13 and 14 taken from the album Broadcasting From Home.

Tracks 2, 6, 8 and 9 taken from the album Signs Of Life.

Tracks 3 and 7 taken from the album Music From The Penguin Café.

Tracks 5, 10, 15 and 16 taken from the album Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

Tracks 12 and 17 taken from the album Union Cafe.

Track 18 is a remix of the Music For A Found Harmonium track.

Track 19 taken from the The Penguin Cafe Orchestra Mini Album.

Printed in Holland

Made in Holland

Barcode (Text): 7 24384 20152 4

Barcode (Scanned): 724384201524

Label Code (Cover): LC13098

Label Code (CD): LC-3098

Rights Society: bel BIEM

Price Code (F:): PM538

Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 8420152 @ 1 2-1-5-NL

Mastering SID Code: IFPI L047

Mould SID Code: ifpi 1566

Compilação europeia em CD da Virgin / Zopf (Ambient Series – AMBT15), este disco funciona como uma verdadeira porta de entrada para o universo singular da Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Uma seleção que atravessa pop acústico, neo‑classical, folk contemporâneo e influências de world music, sempre com aquele toque pastoral, minimalista e profundamente britânico que Simon Jeffes transformou numa assinatura inconfundível.

Aqui, a PCO revela a sua essência: melodias luminosas, arranjos de câmara com espírito popular, ritmos repetitivos mas orgânicos, e uma paleta instrumental que vai do violino ao harmonium, do ukulele ao contrabaixo. É um retrato perfeito daquilo que torna a banda única — música que parece simples, mas é de uma sofisticação enorme.

Uma compilação essencial para quem quer compreender o ADN da Penguin Cafe Orchestra e perceber como o projeto conseguiu unir tradição, modernidade e excentricidade num estilo que, hoje, é praticamente um género próprio.