Tom Penaguin - Tom Penaguin II (2026) [88.2kHz/24bit]

Tom Penaguin - Tom Penaguin II (2026) 88 2-24
Country: France
Genre: Canterbury Scene, Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock
Format: FLAC (*tracks)
Quality: Lossless [88,2kHz/24 bit]
Time: 46:05
Full Size: 874.23 MB
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Tom Penaguin is a French progressive rock artist and multi-instrumentalist from Rennes, Brittany, who has been sharing music with the world since 2012, starting with song covers on YouTube before moving on to play guitar in psychedelic rock and metal bands including Orgöne (from 2014 to 2015) and Djiin (from 2015 onward) and creating a solo album under the pseudonym Captain Blind Chameleon in 2020, followed by another one under his real name (2022's "Soundtrack for Places I've Never Been, Vol. 1": a conceptual work consisting of drums and synth only) and finally a self-titled one which he considers to be his true debut: "Tom Penaguin" was released in 2024 on the Spanish ÀMarxe label (to which he had gotten signed with the help of Zopp's Ryan Stevenson) but contains music which had been composed as far back as 2018 and which Penaguin began to record in 2020. The album, which was recorded entirely with vintage equipment, shows a strong compositional and timbral influence from the classic Canterbury scene and has been described as an homage to Egg, National Health and Igor Stravinsky.

01. Didier Dandelion in the Year of the Great Winds (13:24)
02. Mandatory Intermission (03:37)
03. The Ornamental Hermit Suite, 1st Movement (05:21)
04. The Ornamental Hermit Suite, 2nd Movement (05:35)
05. The Ornamental Hermit Suite, 3rd Movement (06:18)
06. The Ornamental Hermit Suite, 4th Movement (11:50)

Composed, played, recorded, mixed and produced by Tom Penaguin

Mastered by Peter Deimel at the Back Box Studio

Vocals on 'The Ornamental Hermit Suite, 1st Movement' by Maureen Piercy

Gear used:

Fender Rhodes Mk2 (1,2,3,6)
Hohner Pianet C (1,3,6)
Hohner Cembalet I (1,3,6)
Columbia Elepian (1)
Hammond L122 (1,3,4,5,6)
Roland SH2000 (1,3,6)
SeagullS12 (1,3,6)
Gibson SG (1,6)
Gibson Les Paul Goldtop (1,4)
Jacobacci LJ612 double neck (1,2,3,6)
Fender Jazzbass
Yamaha Rydeen drumkit

No virtual instruments were used on this record.

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