Penguin Cafe: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @ripa1685
    @ripa1685 Год назад +46

    I'm pregnant and I love to listen to your music with my baby. It feels like I'm telling my baby that life is full of challenges, sorrows and joys.

    • @stopandsmellthepetrichor
      @stopandsmellthepetrichor Год назад +4

      What a beautiful summary of their music 💕 it seems your child will have awesome music taste!

  • @sluggysworld469
    @sluggysworld469 3 года назад +202

    I'd love if penguin cafe was the band that never ends the memebers change over the millennia but they keep making a similar style of music forever

    • @WorryingCook
      @WorryingCook 2 года назад +9

      Like an philharmonic or orchestra ?

    • @Ved_Ran
      @Ved_Ran 2 года назад

      @@CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon 1111

    • @anotherdamn6c
      @anotherdamn6c 2 года назад +5

      Like a shinto temple?

  • @dawidjagusiak
    @dawidjagusiak 7 лет назад +348

    Description adds a lot of flavour to this great concert. Thanks.

    • @ChadEichhorn
      @ChadEichhorn 7 лет назад +19

      holy shit I usually skim them or don't look at all, thank you!

    • @RayasNegroOvejas
      @RayasNegroOvejas 7 лет назад +7

      diw2 Hope you take a listen to Penguin Cafe Orchestras first albums from the 70's and 80's if you haven't!

    • @KJmusic97
      @KJmusic97 7 лет назад +3

      the back story adds so much to the magic and the emotion of the music...the two things together had me in tears

    • @prettyhamburger6462
      @prettyhamburger6462 4 года назад +1

      @@KJmusic97 totally!❤ it really is magical

    • @beevegan
      @beevegan 6 месяцев назад

      So grateful for this comment. I would never have looked at the description otherwise ❤

  • @spiddlemyfiddle
    @spiddlemyfiddle 7 лет назад +157

    rip Simon. very glad the penguin legacy continues

  • @isabellapepke
    @isabellapepke 4 года назад +103

    Hi NPR, you left the cellist out of the description:
    Rebecca Waterworth, cello
    Please update. Thank you.

    • @ceniza_honey
      @ceniza_honey 5 месяцев назад +3

      looks like they still haven’t updated

  • @annacrankshaw5654
    @annacrankshaw5654 Год назад +4

    Saw Simon perform in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass. Riveting performance, will never forget it. Remember him talking about his love for his sister and how that influenced his music. Have recently rediscovered the band and so thrilled to hear how they have evolved the music into their own.

  • @TheJimNicholson
    @TheJimNicholson 2 года назад +5

    This wasn't what I was looking for. But I stayed, and as it turned out, it was exactly what I looking for.

  • @AshrayGirl
    @AshrayGirl 6 лет назад +9

    The gorgeous Neil Codling brought me here but I have to admit that I'm absolutely blown away by these compositions. I genuinely fell in love with these sounds ❤

  • @janettestaton1182
    @janettestaton1182 6 лет назад +56

    Rebecca Waterworth on cello needs crediting. She's amazing.

  • @DiodeMcRoy
    @DiodeMcRoy Год назад +5

    I know this isn’t technically the same members, and almost a different band, but one of my favourite track from this "orchestra” is "The Sound of someone you love who’s going away and it doesn’t matter". The new member here are doing a great justice to the old ones and keeps the legacy alive !

  • @PRINCESORH
    @PRINCESORH 6 лет назад +39

    0:00 Wheels Within Wheels
    5:53 Protection
    11:29 Ricercar

  • @ArdalanHamann
    @ArdalanHamann 7 лет назад +12

    Magnificent
    That's what happens when brilliant humble musicians get together and express their harmonic humanity
    Bravi

  • @dayiie427
    @dayiie427 7 лет назад +33

    I love the pianist's speaking voice

  • @calebdrew5684
    @calebdrew5684 7 лет назад +25

    Hauntingly beautiful! I'm so glad I stopped on this, and read the wonderful written description by the producer. :)

  • @middleC17
    @middleC17 7 лет назад +8

    I could see scenes from various movies in my head while listening to this. Not movies I've seen exactly, it just sounds like a film score. Love it!

  • @CabraFuriosa
    @CabraFuriosa 4 года назад +12

    Neil Codling is also a member of Suede, one of my favourite bands ever.

  • @lequinntessential
    @lequinntessential 7 лет назад +49

    I'm buying a copy of this album. The music in it is both cerebral and visceral at the same time. That does not omit the fact that the instrumental arrangements weave into each other with such ornate intricacy and melodic beauty. It doesn't sound formulaic at all. Moreover, it is refreshingly clean/light enough as background music yet cathartic as a set for close/intimate listening. It is joyful, contemplative and tense without being depressing.

    • @bethmerryfield7186
      @bethmerryfield7186 4 года назад

      Beautifully said, well placed words for a gracious band.

    • @DA-fn4ss
      @DA-fn4ss Год назад

      Uh oh somebody found a thesaurus

  • @dayiie427
    @dayiie427 7 лет назад +97

    It knew it would be good when I saw the large string section

  • @romy4777
    @romy4777 7 месяцев назад +2

    Honestly, this is the only music that silences my mind in anxious moments and gives senses of hope, joy and contentment. I LOVE this piece of art Penguin Cafe created and is still creating. Thanks to Billie Marten who has talked about Penguin Cafe in an interview, otherwise I might haven’t stumbled across all this nearly a year ago… also helped me and is still helping me with heartbreak.

    • @mondoseguendo6113
      @mondoseguendo6113 5 месяцев назад +1

      I can see why. I just stumbled upon them ten minutes ago and I’m mesmerized.

    • @romy4777
      @romy4777 5 месяцев назад

      @@mondoseguendo6113 very happy for you!

  • @alexroselle
    @alexroselle 3 месяца назад +1

    This is beautiful, I only recently discovered the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra and I'm happy to see people are carrying on the music.
    Their sound, at least in the first song, reminds me a lot of the electronic artist Bonobo, but analog/acoustic. Really good stuff!

  • @Ninouschka
    @Ninouschka 6 лет назад +24

    I imagine this as the soundtrack of a poetic indie videogame like Unravel. Especially Protection, this track is absolutely stunning

  • @aightman340
    @aightman340 5 лет назад +61

    I’m literally at a Penguin Cafe concert in Edinburgh right now

    • @diegolovato5522
      @diegolovato5522 4 года назад +13

      I'm metaphorically at a Penguin Cafe concert in Edinburgh right now

    • @TheNeerajAgnihotri
      @TheNeerajAgnihotri 4 года назад +22

      I drank way too much cough syrup and I have no idea where I am right now

    • @samdulmage
      @samdulmage 4 года назад +1

      jealooooooous

    • @meganodonnell8265
      @meganodonnell8265 3 года назад +1

      I'm honestly so jealous, I couldn't get the time off work and was going to go see them in Perth!

  • @jordanbradford7729
    @jordanbradford7729 4 года назад +7

    I love nearly every song Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Penguin Cafe have made, but I especially love the songs that use ostinato to create a hypnotic mood, like “Wheels Within Wheels” which is the first song that was played here (which is technically a cover of a Simian Mobile Disco song, but Penguin Cafe's arrangement is so good it sounds like it could have been written by them in the first place). See also “Catania” and “(The Roaring of A) Silent Sun” by Penguin Cafe and “Numbers 1-4” and “Perpetuum Mobile” by the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

  • @Dizzula
    @Dizzula 5 лет назад +6

    This is absolutely breathtaking. Years late to the party and I'm not even mad.

  • @6stringstrum
    @6stringstrum 5 лет назад +7

    Thank you! Love this music! My band On/Off once played after them in Paradiso Amsterdam in the 1980’s.
    I enjoyed the concert afterwards actually because it was the first time i saw and hear them. It was with the original members with ofcourse Simon Jeffes...(RIP)... Got every thing on cd from that period. Still play it very often, i love the album ‘When In Rome’...

  • @Alex1946A
    @Alex1946A 7 лет назад +5

    I never thought I would see this - PCO on Tiny Desk! What a stunning performance!

  • @v0rtic
    @v0rtic 7 лет назад +17

    thank you for taking me somewhere else

  • @moonbeanification
    @moonbeanification 7 лет назад +6

    Longtime lover of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra... this is a balm to my soul... "it's a universal dream state" ... yes yes yes ♥♥♥

  • @alanlegge696
    @alanlegge696 4 года назад +1

    A fantastic performance (as always!) from Arthur and the wonderful Penguins..long may he continue ..his Dad must be very proud indeed

  • @kutzoffdchain
    @kutzoffdchain 5 лет назад +4

    FELL IN LOVE WHEN THEY BEGAN TO PLAY. IMMEDIATELY. DOPE.🤘

  • @ShinRazma
    @ShinRazma 7 лет назад +25

    This is highly reminiscent of The Cinematic Orchestra. I've been trying to find a similar sound for a while. Thank you for this!

    • @orangedcloud
      @orangedcloud 4 года назад +3

      same here. i've been looking for this sound for a long time! it's like an itch you can't scratch.

    • @ddc3758
      @ddc3758 3 года назад

      ....again...i love it.....

  • @OOK11
    @OOK11 Год назад +1

    I love this I really enjoy watching artists hands at work it’s just beautiful and it just sounds gorgeous x

  • @jeepee1956
    @jeepee1956 6 месяцев назад +1

    I was a fan of Penguin Cafe Orchestra and decided to find out, what had happened to them. Until I read, Simon Jeffes had died, but at the same time I found out about Penguin Cafe. Great ensemble and great musicians. I live in Holland, near the German border, and wanted to see them live in concert. So we booked tickets in Canterbury, and a place to stay. We drove to Calais, took the Ferry to Dover and drove on to Canterbury. The tickets were only £26 and the trip costed a fortune😊. A wonderful experience and loved every minute of it. Got a chance to talk to Arthur😃. Btw “Protection” is so breathtaking🥰.

    • @EnterMerlin
      @EnterMerlin 4 месяца назад

      lovely adventure! good for you

  • @NotRightMusic
    @NotRightMusic 7 лет назад +11

    A fantastic surprise! I LOVE me some Penguin Cafe! One of those superb CDs I had but didn't know much about. This video pulls back the curtain.

  • @eftwoa
    @eftwoa 5 месяцев назад +1

    Another masterpiece. Thank you.

  • @GGGrono
    @GGGrono 7 лет назад +3

    So RICH and DEEP sound!

  • @AntonPickard
    @AntonPickard 7 лет назад

    Thanks you for this - have been enjoying Penguin Cafe Orchestra for a long time - nice to see them still around - peace to all

  • @Approximal91
    @Approximal91 7 лет назад

    I am very happy to hear that there is still café Penguin or again. Are a big fan since the early 90's.

  • @alexdesslin
    @alexdesslin 7 лет назад

    just a great moment of ART !! yes it is possible to create BEAUTY and MAGNITUDE only with music !!!

  • @Wm_Gemmell
    @Wm_Gemmell 7 лет назад +2

    Beautiful. It's great to see Penguin Cafe on Tiny Desk.

  • @felicialaviola3194
    @felicialaviola3194 4 года назад +1

    grazie, le vostre musiche sono molto emozionanti

  • @rraja5906
    @rraja5906 4 года назад +1

    Stirring Music like in a fond dream - calm, True - Thank you NPR.

  • @Fleshcut
    @Fleshcut Год назад +1

    Hopeful melancholy - that's how I would describe Penguin Cafe =) The music grows on me really fast.

  • @bgjobass
    @bgjobass 4 года назад

    Love it! Thanks for sharing. Long for the day we can get back to playing in ensembles again. Been too long.

  • @vascorleans8582
    @vascorleans8582 7 лет назад +5

    What in the world called "Penguin Cafe" could be bad? This is awesome!

  • @friedpotatoes4321
    @friedpotatoes4321 7 лет назад +3

    That last piece is SO beautiful!

  • @liliaaaaaaaa
    @liliaaaaaaaa 5 лет назад

    Dear penguin cafe orchestra people. Bless you.
    I found about you guys several decades ago.
    I found you again recently and listened to a few tracks and found this one "wheels within wheels" and just got a reccomendation to hear your tiny concert via youtube.
    I would like to hereby declare that I send you greetings, happiness and blessings.
    I have also added your "wheels within wheels" track to my latest radio show playlist.
    Thank you.
    I also recently experienced food poisoning after eating raw sprouted kidney beans (as you do) while living in a tower block where I often sit and listen to music late at night while wearing headphones in order not to wake up the small children downstairs who scream loudly when disturbed.
    As you do.
    I'm just starting out with my radio show now so thank you for your music and for your tune in advance if that's Ok. Thank you.
    I will play "wheels within wheels" hopefully in the future not this weekend but the next and hopefully it will be available to be heard on mixcloud.
    Thank you for your music always for the music of the past, the now, and the future and blessings always. :-)
    Over and out.
    My radio station playlist playback (no ads no talking just tunes) can be found here:
    www.mixcloud.com/lilolandiae/uploads
    Thank you guys for being you :-)

  • @pajarita59
    @pajarita59 2 года назад +1

    Los descubrí y los escuchaba en un cassette (de cinta!) regrabado del de una amiga en los 90 , años dorados del siglo pasado , si los tuve ... O sería en los 80 , y plateados ??? ... Una belleza que recupero hoy en noviembre 2022 , despues de vivir un siglo , jjjj ....
    Ahora ( 60 y casi 3 años ) lo plateado es mi pelo , jjjj ! Translate ...

  • @KPnDC
    @KPnDC 7 лет назад

    Stumbled across this and I really enjoyed it. I love the LIVE fade outs. You don't hear that in current music.

  • @MillionBedo
    @MillionBedo 7 лет назад +2

    Very great pieces! Soothing! Deep!!

  • @kristynabhattacharyya1027
    @kristynabhattacharyya1027 7 лет назад

    I love it, adore it, listen to it all the time. Thank you Penguin Cafe and Tiny Desk.

  • @billkingston6925
    @billkingston6925 7 лет назад +1

    excellent sound quality

  • @GiantPipeWrench
    @GiantPipeWrench 6 лет назад +10

    everyone in this group looks so isolated, sad and lonely... like they're really from the imaginary world that inspired them

  • @Bballdude997
    @Bballdude997 7 лет назад

    one of my favorite groups. so happy to see them doing this!

  • @lopegeronilla
    @lopegeronilla 7 лет назад +2

    I'm diggin those hats

  • @MultiSpazzo
    @MultiSpazzo Год назад

    the muffling the piano is genius it makes the stabs so soft what a band eh.

  • @emgee44
    @emgee44 7 лет назад +1

    Simply captivating

  • @Skeuvful
    @Skeuvful 7 лет назад

    So happy to see this band here.

  • @meghanmolnar2171
    @meghanmolnar2171 7 лет назад +17

    i didn't even notice the penguins until the last 20 seconds of the video

  • @luisabarba1245
    @luisabarba1245 Год назад +1

    😮increíble!!! Es lo mas bonito y sorprendente que jamás oí

  • @lizd6396
    @lizd6396 6 лет назад +1

    I love this so much. That drummer is so cool!

  • @rodneysmith4499
    @rodneysmith4499 2 года назад

    Must like this music, its tearing up my soul in good way.

  • @anarkymx4346
    @anarkymx4346 4 года назад +1

    I´m recently in love of this band found it by "serendipiti".. in jazz24 there is a band called Perpetum Mobile and found the same song and played, it´s not the jazz track.. BUT I FOUND GOLD... and drinked a penguin cafe!!!!!

  • @jeremysmith9694
    @jeremysmith9694 5 лет назад +37

    Someone give that pianist an armrest so he doesn't have to hold up his own arm.

  • @176chv
    @176chv 10 месяцев назад

    Hermoso!!! muchas gracias por sonar!!!

  • @jeroenvanderwoude4481
    @jeroenvanderwoude4481 5 лет назад

    Allemensen, wat is dit godvergeten mooi.

  • @KM-eb5yo
    @KM-eb5yo 7 лет назад +7

    Protection sounds like it could be taken straight from the Coraline OST. Sweet and adventurous

  • @krs3612
    @krs3612 7 лет назад +3

    Sipping me some serene sonic java @ the penguin cafe...tranquil

  • @markielinhart
    @markielinhart 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful! Gonna have to put the album on now... ✌️🌺🇦🇺

  • @roseheikkinen6643
    @roseheikkinen6643 2 года назад

    wow!! wish I had found this band sooner! the epitome of cool!!

  • @LucasRodmo
    @LucasRodmo 4 года назад +1

    I needed this. NEEDED

  • @mikemerrill4073
    @mikemerrill4073 7 лет назад +1

    Love this, I'm so relaxed now.

  • @lampedusa1000
    @lampedusa1000 Год назад

    Envolvente, música que arropa y acompaña cuando allá fuera el frío, el dolor y la muerte acechan.

  • @samtorrejon8186
    @samtorrejon8186 7 лет назад

    its music like this that gets me through my day

  • @shadow27b
    @shadow27b 7 лет назад

    Ricercar sounds like an instrumental version of New Model Army's Living in the Rose. Absolutely wonderful music.

  • @jameskuhnert8363
    @jameskuhnert8363 4 года назад

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! Thank you!

  • @ianpalmer484
    @ianpalmer484 6 лет назад +3

    Perfect throughout nice to hear music played by hand and not in a studio remixed and tampered with raw instruments give more feeling and accomplishment

  • @jenskoning4304
    @jenskoning4304 6 лет назад

    The vibes, they are good

  • @rich2215
    @rich2215 7 лет назад

    Listening to this, I'm reminded of that tense moment when the alien space crafts are hovering above and converging....or maybe I'm reminded of the end to a movie I just watched.... The credits are scrolling past but I'm to dumbfounded to stop the movie and I just keep watching.

  • @juanlatournerie6873
    @juanlatournerie6873 7 лет назад +3

    I knew it was going to be awesome when I read the name of the group

  • @masonvankraayenburg
    @masonvankraayenburg 4 года назад

    So much yes

  • @ismaelruiz2412
    @ismaelruiz2412 7 лет назад +15

    awesome!!! this is magnificent!!!! without a doubt, this could be my new favorite band!!!!
    PD: dear npr, the cellist name is missing.
    PD2: nice to see a viola there!!!
    PD3: the description is flawless

  • @Gassyyetclassy
    @Gassyyetclassy 7 лет назад +1

    Tranquil. I love this!

  • @cecep7226
    @cecep7226 7 лет назад +2

    ahhhhhh!! so beautiful

  • @moncy101
    @moncy101 7 лет назад

    reminds me of soundtrack music which is awesome

  • @suegha
    @suegha 7 лет назад

    I love this! It's unique and yet reminds me of lots of other things! It's also very minimalist. I love discovering something new!

  • @phinehastaylor6964
    @phinehastaylor6964 7 лет назад +3

    oh god.... oh god, im in love

  • @eliasncr
    @eliasncr 4 года назад

    que coisa maravilhosa (re)encontrar Penguin Cafe aqui.

  • @estercampos61
    @estercampos61 7 лет назад

    Fantastic

  • @giselaodriozola2683
    @giselaodriozola2683 Год назад

    Que belleza, amo a la Penguin. Siempre es viajar.

  • @ryogatee1846
    @ryogatee1846 7 лет назад

    Amazing.

  • @mrnnkytrcn4866
    @mrnnkytrcn4866 4 года назад

    heaven in my earsss! 😭💖

  • @joehuiras4955
    @joehuiras4955 7 месяцев назад +1

    these 1920's newsboys sure make music good

    • @mondoseguendo6113
      @mondoseguendo6113 5 месяцев назад +1

      They don’t sell them newspapers anymore. They just dress like they do.

  • @dojaneko179
    @dojaneko179 7 лет назад +2

    wow, this is very good.

  • @poobin1
    @poobin1 5 лет назад

    So great it’s carrying on 🙏

  • @LuisferRomeroCalero
    @LuisferRomeroCalero 6 лет назад

    Magnificent.

  • @emmahasler2401
    @emmahasler2401 3 года назад

    The look of horror on the percussionists face at 5:36 when he's trying to decipher what time signature he's talking about

  • @lactobacillusprime
    @lactobacillusprime 7 лет назад +2

    Love this!

  • @LimabeanStudios
    @LimabeanStudios 7 лет назад

    Super interesting description.

  • @Holostone
    @Holostone 3 года назад

    Magnificent