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In December 2010 Arthur Jeffes (Penguin Cafe) began to do some solo piano concerts which came alongside the continuing Penguin Cafe story of a new album and touring through 2011. For Arthur, the solo piano was a way to explore his sometimes more post-minimalist ideas outside the framework of the Penguin Cafe’s older and more established sound without endangering the balance of the it’s delicate and unique history.
The often mathematically intricate and precise rhythms thrown against warm and emotive melody are the point. It allows for a direct intensity that can apply to any aspect of life. Taking Philip Glass, Wim Mertens and Simon Jeffes’ work into account, Arthur has been working since then on an idea of transparent music that can be both intellectually satisfying and quietly touching. This is a music which, because of its origin, can work happily under any number of names; classical, minimalist, chamber, or electronica.
The last track on the new Penguin Cafe album, ‘Coriolis’, was the first time Jeffes had recorded something in this vein. Playing violin on the track with him is Oli Langford who will be playing also on the October tour. The new piano project is called Sundog - named after another track from the new Penguin Cafe album from which much of the basic premise for Sundog came.
Arthur Jeffes – piano
Oli Langford – violin
Audio:
Coriolis, A Matter of Life… http://soundcloud.com/
Coriolis, A Matter of Life… http://soundcloud.com/
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