Penguin Cafe Orchestra

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Artist name Roles Recordings
Simon Jeffes arranger, producer, vocal, analog synthesizer, bass, bass guitar, cello, cuatro, drums, effects, electric fretless guitar, electric guitar, electric piano, guitar, guitars, melodica, omnichord, other instruments, piano, shakers, spinet, tape, tin whistle, triangle, ukulele, violin Air, Air à Danser, Another One From the Colonies, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Chartered Flight, Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, Flux, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Harmonic Necklace, Heartwind, Horns of the Bull, Hugebaby, In the Back of a Taxi, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), More Milk, Music by Numbers, Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Now Nothing, Numbers 1 to 4, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Paul’s Dance, Penguin Café Single, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude & Yodel, Prelude and Yodel, Pythagoras’s Trousers, Red Shorts, Rosasolis, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Sheep Dip, Simon’s Dream, Sketch, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Swing the Cat, Telephone and Rubber Band, The Ecstasy of Dancing Fleas, The Snake and the Lotus (The Pond), The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter, Vega, Walk Don’t Run, White Mischief, Wildlife, Yodel 1, Yodel 2, Zopf: Coronation, Zopf: From the Colonies, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream, Zopf: In a Sydney Motel, Zopf: Milk, Zopf: Pigtail, Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky)
Helen Liebmann (cellist) cello Air, Air à Danser, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Chartered Flight, Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Hugebaby, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1 to 4, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Penguin Café Single, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude and Yodel, Red Shorts, Rosasolis, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Swing the Cat, Telephone and Rubber Band, The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter, Vega, Wildlife, Yodel 1, Zopf: Coronation, Zopf: From the Colonies, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream, Zopf: In a Sydney Motel, Zopf: Milk, Zopf: Pigtail, Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky)
Ian Morais mix, producer, recording, sound Air, Air à Danser, Another One From the Colonies, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Dirt, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Heartwind, Horns of the Bull, In the Back of a Taxi, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), More Milk, Music by Numbers, Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Now Nothing, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude & Yodel, Red Shorts, Rosasolis, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Sheep Dip, Sketch, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Swing the Cat, Telephone and Rubber Band, The Snake and the Lotus (The Pond), Vega, White Mischief, Wildlife
Steve Nye engineer, mix, producer, Wurlitzer electric piano, cuatro, electric piano, keyboard, piano Air, Air à Danser, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Chartered Flight, Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Hugebaby, In the Back of a Taxi, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Music by Numbers, Music for a Found Harmonium, Numbers 1 to 4, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Penguin Café Single, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude and Yodel, Rosasolis, Southern Jukebox Music, Telephone and Rubber Band, The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter, Wildlife, Yodel 1, Zopf: Coronation, Zopf: From the Colonies, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream, Zopf: In a Sydney Motel, Zopf: Milk, Zopf: Pigtail, Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky)
Neil Rennie cuatro, ukulele Air, Air à Danser, Another One From the Colonies, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, In the Back of a Taxi, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1 to 4, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude and Yodel, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega, Yodel 1, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Simon Jeffes arranger, producer, vocal, analog synthesizer, bass, bass guitar, cello, cuatro, drums, effects, electric fretless guitar, electric guitar, electric piano, guitar, guitars, melodica, omnichord, other instruments, piano, shakers, spinet, tape, tin whistle, triangle, ukulele, violin Air, Air à Danser, Another One From the Colonies, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Chartered Flight, Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, Flux, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Harmonic Necklace, Heartwind, Horns of the Bull, Hugebaby, In the Back of a Taxi, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), More Milk, Music by Numbers, Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Now Nothing, Numbers 1 to 4, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Paul’s Dance, Penguin Café Single, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude & Yodel, Prelude and Yodel, Pythagoras’s Trousers, Red Shorts, Rosasolis, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Sheep Dip, Simon’s Dream, Sketch, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Swing the Cat, Telephone and Rubber Band, The Ecstasy of Dancing Fleas, The Snake and the Lotus (The Pond), The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter, Vega, Walk Don’t Run, White Mischief, Wildlife, Yodel 1, Yodel 2, Zopf: Coronation, Zopf: From the Colonies, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream, Zopf: In a Sydney Motel, Zopf: Milk, Zopf: Pigtail, Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky)
Helen Liebmann (cellist) cello Air, Air à Danser, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Chartered Flight, Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Hugebaby, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1 to 4, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Penguin Café Single, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude and Yodel, Red Shorts, Rosasolis, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Swing the Cat, Telephone and Rubber Band, The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter, Vega, Wildlife, Yodel 1, Zopf: Coronation, Zopf: From the Colonies, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream, Zopf: In a Sydney Motel, Zopf: Milk, Zopf: Pigtail, Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky)
Ian Morais mix, producer, recording, sound Air, Air à Danser, Another One From the Colonies, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Dirt, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Heartwind, Horns of the Bull, In the Back of a Taxi, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), More Milk, Music by Numbers, Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Now Nothing, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude & Yodel, Red Shorts, Rosasolis, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Sheep Dip, Sketch, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Swing the Cat, Telephone and Rubber Band, The Snake and the Lotus (The Pond), Vega, White Mischief, Wildlife
Steve Nye engineer, mix, producer, Wurlitzer electric piano, cuatro, electric piano, keyboard, piano Air, Air à Danser, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Chartered Flight, Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Hugebaby, In the Back of a Taxi, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Music by Numbers, Music for a Found Harmonium, Numbers 1 to 4, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Penguin Café Single, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude and Yodel, Rosasolis, Southern Jukebox Music, Telephone and Rubber Band, The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter, Wildlife, Yodel 1, Zopf: Coronation, Zopf: From the Colonies, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream, Zopf: In a Sydney Motel, Zopf: Milk, Zopf: Pigtail, Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky)
Neil Rennie cuatro, ukulele Air, Air à Danser, Another One From the Colonies, Bean Fields, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, In the Back of a Taxi, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1 to 4, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude and Yodel, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega, Yodel 1, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream
Ian Maidman bass, cuatro, percussion Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1 to 4, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude and Yodel, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega, Yodel 1
Julio Segovia percussion Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1 to 4, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude and Yodel, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega, Yodel 1
Annie Whitehead trombone Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Giles Farnaby's Dream, Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Perpetuum Mobile, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega
Barbara Bolte English horn, oboe, reeds Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Giles Farnaby's Dream, Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Perpetuum Mobile, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega
Ben Findlay mix Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Giles Farnaby's Dream, Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Perpetuum Mobile, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega
Matthew Lawrence (engineer) engineer Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Giles Farnaby's Dream, Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Perpetuum Mobile, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega
Steve Fletcher harmonium, piano Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Giles Farnaby's Dream, Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Perpetuum Mobile, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega
Peter McGowan (violinist) violin Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cage Dead (version 2), Giles Farnaby's Dream, Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock), Music for a Found Harmonium, Nothing Really Blue, Numbers 1-4, Organum, Oscar Tango, Perpetuum Mobile, Red Shorts, Salty Bean Fumble, Scherzo and Trio, Southern Jukebox Music, Steady State, Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky), Telephone and Rubber Band, Vega
Bob Loveday bass, mbira, violin Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Music for a Found Harmonium, Numbers 1 to 4, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Perpetuum Mobile, Prelude and Yodel, Rosasolis, Southern Jukebox Music, Swing the Cat, Telephone and Rubber Band, Yodel 1
Geoffrey Richardson bass, clarinet, cuatro, electric guitar, mandolin, shakers, tin whistle, ukulele, viola Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Heartwind, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), More Milk, Music for a Found Harmonium, Numbers 1 to 4, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Prelude and Yodel, Rosasolis, Southern Jukebox Music, Telephone and Rubber Band, Yodel 1
Paul Street cuatro, guitar, ukulele Air, Air à Danser, Beanfields, Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter, Dirt, From the Colonies, Giles Farnaby's Dream, Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Music for a Found Harmonium, Numbers 1 to 4, Oscar Tango, Paul's Dance, Prelude and Yodel, Southern Jukebox Music, Telephone and Rubber Band, Yodel 1
Gavyn Wright viola, violin Chartered Flight, Hugebaby, Oscar Tango, Penguin Café Single, Perpetuum Mobile, The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter, Zopf: Coronation, Zopf: From the Colonies, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream, Zopf: In a Sydney Motel, Zopf: Milk, Zopf: Pigtail, Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky)
Emily Young vocal Zopf: Coronation, Zopf: From the Colonies, Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream, Zopf: In a Sydney Motel, Zopf: Milk, Zopf: Pigtail, Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky)
Danny Cummings percussion, shekere Dirt, Rosasolis
Elisabeth Perry violin Oscar Tango, Perpetuum Mobile
Kuma Harada bass guitar Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots), Music for a Found Harmonium
The Orb remixer Music for a Found Harmonium (Pandaharmoniumorb mix), Pandaharmonium
Jennifer Maidman bass, cuatro Air à Danser, Paul's Dance
Michael Giles drumset Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots)
Marcus Beale electric violin Air
Fami drums In the Back of a Taxi

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Simon Jeffes performing orchestra Perpetuum Mobile