Arthur Jeffes
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Arthur Jeffes | |
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| Birth name | Arthur William Phoenix Young Jeffes |
| Born | 21 July 1978 Paddington, London, England |
| Genres | Chamber jazz, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, explorer |
Arthur William Phoenix Young Jeffes (born 21 July 1978, Paddington, London, England) is an English composer, musician, and arctic explorer.[1] He is the frontman of the musical group Penguin Cafe, a group he formed in 2007 to play the music of his father's band, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He is one half of the band Sundog.[2]
Early life
[edit]Jeffes was born in London to the artist Emily Young and musician and composer, Simon Jeffes. Jeffes's interest in experimental music was recognised by his father when he took a hammer to the keys of his father's piano.[3] He read Archaeology and Anthropology at Trinity College, Cambridge.[4][better source needed]
Penguin Cafe
[edit]In 2007, original members of Penguin Cafe Orchestra performed a series of three memorial concerts, with Arthur Jeffes performing onstage with the band for the first time,[5] to mark ten years since Simon Jeffes' death.[6] Encouraged by the public response to the Union Chapel concerts, which all sold out, Jeffes decided that keeping his father's music alive was a worthwhile endeavour. He founded a new band, Penguin Cafe, with a new line-up, including Cass Browne of Gorillaz, Neil Codling of Suede, Oli Langford of Florence and the Machine and Darren Berry of Razorlight.[7] Penguin Cafe have performed on stage playing works of Simon Jeffes and their own pieces.
International Space Orchestra
[edit]In 2012, Jeffes was commissioned by the artist Nelly Ben-Hayoun to write several pieces for the NASA Kepler space telescope mission, to be played by the International Space Orchestra.[8][9] The pieces "1420" and "Aurora" were beamed into space in 2013. "1420" was inspired by the WOW! signal.
Other work
[edit]Jeffes has also formed recording duos with violinist Oli Langford as Sundog, and with pianist Mark Springer as Aparat.
Discography
[edit]- Penguin Cafe
- A Matter of Life... (2011)
- The Red Book (2014)
- The Imperfect Sea (2017)
- Handfuls of Night (2019)
- Rain Before Seven... (2023)
- Sundog
- Insofar (2012)
- Aparat
- Aparat (2016)
References
[edit]- ^ "Blizzard: Race To The Pole". BBC. 25 July 2006.
- ^ "About". Sundog Music. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "A voyage round my father's orchestra". The Guardian. 12 June 2009.
- ^ "Arthur Jeffes (I)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Walters, John (13 December 2007). "Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Union Chapel, London". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Obituary: Simon Jeffes". The Independent. 18 December 1997.
- ^ "Penguin Cafe". Penguin Cafe. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ Your Name Here. "Ground Control". Groundcontrol-opera.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ Nelly Ben Hayoun (6 September 2012). "The International Space Orchestra - Nelly Ben Hayoun". Nellyben.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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