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GoGo Penguin
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GoGo Penguin
GoGo Penguin have been hailed as hailed as the “Radiohead of British Jazz”, but they draw equally on rock, jazz and minimalist influences, alongside the intricacy of Aphex Twin or Four Tet to create their punchy, experimental, but always beautiful music.
GoGo Penguin’s 2014 album v2.0 (Gondwana Records) was named a Mercury Prize album of the year alongside albums from Damon Albarn, Young Fathers and Jungle. In 2015 they signed to Blue Note Records and released the albums Man Made Object in 2016 and A Humdrum Star in 2018. Their EP, Ocean in a Drop (Music for Film) was released in October 2019 and their new album GoGo Penguin was released on June 12 2020.
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• Fanfares, 2012, Gondwana Records
• V2.0, 2014, Gondwana Records
• Man Made Object, 2016, Blue Note Records
• A Humdrum Star, 2018, Blue Note Records
• GoGo Penguin, 2020, Blue Note Records
GoGo Penguin
GoGo Penguin
Manchester-based leftfield piano trio GoGo Penguin are pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner.
Their music has been described as acoustic-electronica but they draw equally on rock, jazz and minimalism, game soundtracks and glitchy-electronica to create their unique music. It’s music for the heart, head and feet and saw their album v2.0 (Gondwana Records) named a Mercury Prize album of the year 2014 alongside albums from Damon Albarn, Young Fathers and Jungle.
In 2015 they signed to Blue Note Records and released the album Man Made Object in 2016. More recently they have been touring their own score to Godfrey Reggio’s cult film Koyaanisqatsi. Their new album, A Humdrum Star will be released on February 9, 2018.
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• Fanfares, 2012, Gondwana Records
• V2.0, 2014, Gondwana Records
• Man Made Object, 2016, Blue Note Records
• A Humdrum Star, 2018, Blue Note Records
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