GoGo Penguin
GoGo Penguin is a charting, left-field jazz piano trio from Manchester, England. They seamlessly wed rock, post-bop jazz, and minimalist classical influences, to discoveries in electronic music and production by artists such as Aphex Twin and Four Tet. They compose and arrange as a group. Their original material work creates a punchy, experimental yet always accessible music that incorporates a wide variety of source material and ultimately refuses strict genre definitions. Their second full length, 2014's v2.0, was shortlisted for Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year alongside titles by Damon Albarn, Young Fathers, and Jungle. They signed to Blue Note Records in 2015 and issued their label debut, Man Made Object, the following year, which placed inside the Top Ten on the jazz albums charts, as did A Humdrum Star in 2018 and Ocean in a Drop: Music for Film the following year. GoGo Penguin were formed in Manchester, England in 2012 by pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka, and drummer Rob Turner. Mixing melodic landscapes with dynamic skittering beats and electronic elements, the band creates a heady blend that owes as much to Massive Attack and Brian Eno as it does to traditional jazz or classical. They released a pair of albums on the Gondwana label, announcing themselves with 2012's Fanfares, then expanded their sonic scope with 2014's v2.0, the latter of which earned them a Mercury Prize nomination. In early 2015, they struck a deal with Blue Note Records and began recording their third LP. The album -- titled Man Made Object -- arrived in early 2016. The group's second effort for the label, A Humdrum Star, was released in February 2018. In 2019, the trio decided to forgo touring and focus on studio time in order to dig deeper into their musical journey. That year saw the arrival of the EP Ocean in a Drop: Music for Film, which was inspired by Philip Glass' 1982 cult documentary Koyaanisqatsi. Their fifth full-length album, the self-titled GoGo Penguin, followed in 2020. Co-produced by live soundman Joe Reiser and Brendan Williams, the ten-track set was a result from a different working method. Instead of evolving compositions from a single idea they developed as a group, the trio co-composed many songs and used a process of grafting to combine and recombine their sources onto one another to create expansive mini-suites. The album was released in early June of 2020.© Timothy Monger & Thom Jurek /TiVo Read more
GoGo Penguin is a charting, left-field jazz piano trio from Manchester, England. They seamlessly wed rock, post-bop jazz, and minimalist classical influences, to discoveries in electronic music and production by artists such as Aphex Twin and Four Tet. They compose and arrange as a group. Their original material work creates a punchy, experimental yet always accessible music that incorporates a wide variety of source material and ultimately refuses strict genre definitions. Their second full length, 2014's v2.0, was shortlisted for Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year alongside titles by Damon Albarn, Young Fathers, and Jungle. They signed to Blue Note Records in 2015 and issued their label debut, Man Made Object, the following year, which placed inside the Top Ten on the jazz albums charts, as did A Humdrum Star in 2018 and Ocean in a Drop: Music for Film the following year.
GoGo Penguin were formed in Manchester, England in 2012 by pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka, and drummer Rob Turner. Mixing melodic landscapes with dynamic skittering beats and electronic elements, the band creates a heady blend that owes as much to Massive Attack and Brian Eno as it does to traditional jazz or classical. They released a pair of albums on the Gondwana label, announcing themselves with 2012's Fanfares, then expanded their sonic scope with 2014's v2.0, the latter of which earned them a Mercury Prize nomination. In early 2015, they struck a deal with Blue Note Records and began recording their third LP. The album -- titled Man Made Object -- arrived in early 2016. The group's second effort for the label, A Humdrum Star, was released in February 2018. In 2019, the trio decided to forgo touring and focus on studio time in order to dig deeper into their musical journey. That year saw the arrival of the EP Ocean in a Drop: Music for Film, which was inspired by Philip Glass' 1982 cult documentary Koyaanisqatsi.
Their fifth full-length album, the self-titled GoGo Penguin, followed in 2020. Co-produced by live soundman Joe Reiser and Brendan Williams, the ten-track set was a result from a different working method. Instead of evolving compositions from a single idea they developed as a group, the trio co-composed many songs and used a process of grafting to combine and recombine their sources onto one another to create expansive mini-suites. The album was released in early June of 2020.
© Timothy Monger & Thom Jurek /TiVo
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v2.0 (Deluxe Edition)
GoGo Penguin
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Gondwana Records on Mar 17, 2014
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GoGo Penguin
GoGo Penguin
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Blue Note on Jun 5, 2020
The three musicians of GoGo Penguin show up for work every day with a simple goal: To bend, twist, prod and occasionally mutilate repetitive musical p ...
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Live from Studio 2 (Live from Studio 2, Abbey Road Studios, London / 2020)
GoGo Penguin
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Blue Note on Nov 27, 2020
Locked down and unable to tour, GoGo Penguin made the most of the situation by developing their makeshift concert repertoire. This concert sees the vi ...
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GGP/RMX
GoGo Penguin
Electronic - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on May 7, 2021
Mancunian band GoGo Penguin have always stuck to a jazz trio format, but their adventurous compositions embrace the propulsive basslines and mutating ...
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Ocean In A Drop (Music For Film)
GoGo Penguin
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Blue Note on Oct 4, 2019
Released in 1982, Godfrey Reggio’s documentary Koyaanisqatsi has become a cult classic partly thanks to its famous soundtrack by Philip Glass. Both th ...
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Live At Abbey Road EP (Live)
GoGo Penguin
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Apr 22, 2016
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A Humdrum Star
GoGo Penguin
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Feb 9, 2018
Gogo Penguin is an experience, almost a challenge. We know the fascination of Chris Illingworth, the pianist of the trio from Manchester, for robotics ...
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Fanfares
GoGo Penguin
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Gondwana Records on Nov 19, 2012
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Man Made Object (Deluxe Edition) (Deluxe)
GoGo Penguin
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Feb 5, 2016
Chris Illingworth, the pianist from GoGo Penguin, says that he chose the title Man Made Object partly due to his fascination for robotics and transhum ...
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Ocean In A Drop (Music For Film)
GoGo Penguin
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Blue Note on Oct 4, 2019
Released in 1982, Godfrey Reggio’s documentary Koyaanisqatsi has become a cult classic partly thanks to its famous soundtrack by Philip Glass. B ...
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Last Words / Fanfares (Alternate Versions)
GoGo Penguin
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Gondwana Records on Oct 2, 2020
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All Res
GoGo Penguin
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Dec 4, 2015
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F Maj Pixie (Squarepusher Remix)
GoGo Penguin
Electronic - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Mar 12, 2021
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Live from Studio 2 (Live from Studio 2, Abbey Road Studios, London / 2020)
GoGo Penguin
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Nov 27, 2020
Locked down and unable to tour, GoGo Penguin made the most of the situation by developing their makeshift concert repertoire. This concert sees the vi ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Don't Go
GoGo Penguin
Electronic - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Mar 26, 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
F Maj Pixie (Rone Remix)
GoGo Penguin
Electronic - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Apr 23, 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Live At Abbey Road EP (Live)
GoGo Penguin
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Apr 22, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wave Decay
GoGo Penguin
Electronic - Released by XXIM Records on May 20, 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
A Humdrum Star (Deluxe)
GoGo Penguin
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Feb 9, 2018
Gogo Penguin is an experience, almost a challenge. We know the fascination of Chris Illingworth, the pianist of the trio from Manchester, for robotics ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo