I admit, it was a jump to start this thread. For one, to go through my music collection and listen to my heart at the same time. We are usually good at intellectualising music. Tracing the effects of music in our body can be more difficult, as we might have little education or experience. Secondly, putting out what touches ones heart poses the risk of rejection. In the end it was a fun exercise. Maybe like a slight feeling of being a museum curator putting together the next exciting exhibition.
OK, enough musing.
Back to music.
Preludes, Airs And Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
When we take the band name Penguin Cafe Orchestra, the cover image of the record and the title ‘Preludes, Airs and Yodels’ we can intuit that we are to experience something quirky. Their most famous song is ‘Music for a Found Harmonium’. Which is just that. Beautiful. The harmonium appeared in a back alley in Kyoto, where founder Jeffes stayed for the summer of 1982 after a tour. To get a handle on the music, quoting him is probably a good idea:
“…how the quality of randomness, spontaneity, surprise, unexpectedness and irrationality in our lives is a very precious thing. And if you suppress that to have a nice orderly life, you kill off what’s most important. Whereas in the Penguin Cafe your unconscious can just be. It’s acceptable there, and that’s how everybody is. There is an acceptance there that has to do with living the present with no fear in ourselves.”