Saturday Music with the Soothing Penguin Cafe Orchestra

THE FUTURIST! has not much to say about The Penguin Cafe Orchestra except that their compositions add some solace to trying times. He has used their music twice before in earlier Saturday Music posts, but not this particular piece. This feels appropriate to listen to the night before Easter Sunday ... to relax and think about cooking a 4.61 pound boneless leg of lamb.

Listen and think about herbs and seasoning the lamb:


PERPETUUM MOBILE
performed by The Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Saturday Music redux with The Penguin Cafe Orchestra

National Public Radio first introduced THE FUTURIST! to the sounds of The Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Back in March THE FUTURIST! introduced them to the readers of this blog with a Saturday Music post. Please give them your attention once again as they send a repetitious, yet oh so pleasant melody to dance about your head and into your ears.

Listen:

MUSIC FOR A FOUND HARMONIUM

performed by The Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Saturday Music with The Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Years ago, THE FUTURIST! heard a song called Rubber Band and Telephone. It was a piece of music that involved, as instruments, a common rubber band and the dial tone or busy signal of a telephone land line. It was very minimalistic and hypnotic. The band that created it was The Penguin Cafe Orchestra. THE FUTURIST! sought out there recordings and found many other pleasant tunes that soothed his most often irritated soul. Please listen to this piece on this rather Pre-Spring-like Saturday. It has the lilt of Spring fever and hope. If THE FUTURIST! could, he would sit in the middle of this ensemble, in his Spring tan suit and maroon tie with tiny little house wrens imprinted on it, and let the music flow over him and work its magic.



AIR A DANSER
performed by The Peguin Cafe Orchestra