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    Penguin Cafe - Handfuls of Night (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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    Penguin Cafe - Handfuls of Night (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

    Penguin Cafe - Handfuls of Night (2019)
    FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 46:42 minutes | 817 MB
    Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

    On October 4th Erased Tapes present Handfuls of Night the highly anticipated follow-up to Penguin Cafe's much applauded 2017 album The Imperfect Sea inspired by the Antarctic, Arthur Jeffes' journey following in Scott's footsteps and our penguin friends that reside there. Using gut-stringed violins, viola, cello, bass, percussion, upright and grand pianos, synthesiser, harmonium and more, Arthur Jeffes and his cohorts have crafted a vivid series of panoramic sonic landscapes, that are as rich in cerebral poignancy as they are in emotional depth. Bookended by the atmospheric ambient piano pieces 'Winter Sun' and 'Midnight Sun', the album traverses glacial minimalism with ease, combining their signature contemporary classical panoramas, such as the melancholic yet upbeat lead track 'At the Top of the Hill, They Stood…' and the colossal cinematic piece 'Chapter', with the crystalline folktronica on 'Pythagorus on the Line Again' a re-visiting and continuation of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra's 1993 Union Cafe song on the principles of harmonics. Handfuls of Night began life after Greenpeace commissioned Jeffes to write four pieces of music corresponding to four breeds of penguins, to help raise awareness for the endangered Antarctic seas. A fundraising evening at EartH in Hackney followed, where Penguin Cafe premiered the four songs named after their feathered counterparts to a sold out audience; the rousing contemporary folk inflected 'Chinstrap', the mournful and minimalistic 'Adelie', stoic and rhythmic 'The Life of an Emperor' and the wistful, string-laden 'Gentoo Origin'. Handfuls of Night's tones, textures and melodies evoke otherworldly expanses, which at different junctures are either foreboding, awe inspiring or peaceful. There's subtly morphing rhythmic repetition throughout, somewhere between minimalism, krautrock and the piano-cascades of label peer Lubomyr Melnyk. Jeffes creates a kinetic, circling motion, which drives the album forward in the form of a musical trip that mirrors the physical journey it was inspired by.

    Tracklist:

    01. Winter Sun
    02. Chinstrap
    03. Chapter
    04. Adelie
    05. At the Top of the Hill, They Stood…
    06. Pythagoras on the Line Again
    07. The Life of an Emperor
    08. Gentoo Origin
    09. Midnight Sun

    foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
    log date: 2019-10-01 06:32:31

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    Analyzed: Penguin Cafe / Handfuls of Night
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    DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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    DR10 -3.76 dB -18.04 dB 3:58 01-Winter Sun
    DR11 -0.52 dB -14.58 dB 5:49 02-Chinstrap
    DR10 -0.52 dB -13.73 dB 6:44 03-Chapter
    DR12 -1.29 dB -17.33 dB 4:08 04-Adelie
    DR9 -0.52 dB -12.66 dB 5:40 05-At the Top of the Hill, They Stood…
    DR9 -0.52 dB -12.15 dB 5:50 06-Pythagoras on the Line Again
    DR9 -0.52 dB -13.54 dB 4:56 07-The Life of an Emperor
    DR10 -0.52 dB -13.33 dB 5:32 08-Gentoo Origin
    DR11 -0.53 dB -16.70 dB 4:07 09-Midnight Sun
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

    Number of tracks: 9
    Official DR value: DR10

    Samplerate: 96000 Hz
    Channels: 2
    Bits per sample: 24
    Bitrate: 2254 kbps
    Codec: FLAC
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