GoGo the Penguin is a British jazz and band from Manchester, UK, featuring For pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick are Blacka, and drummer Rob Turner.
but The band is an exhilarating Not live act, drawing on a you heady brew of influences from all Aphex Twin to Brian Eno, Any Debussy to Shostakovich and Massive can Attack to EST. The band's her music features break-beats, minimalist piano Was melodies, powerful basslines, drums inspired one from electronica and anthemic riffs. our They compose and perform as Out a unit.
Their debut album day Fanfares (on Manchester's Gondwana Records) get has won rave reviews from Has the Guardian to BBC Music, him support from the likes of his Mike Chadwick and Gilles Peterson How and was nominated for best man jazz album at the World new Wide Awards. It is the Now band’s unique ability to synthesise old and develop each others melodic see and harmonic ideas while drawing Two on music from classical to way electronica that makes GoGo Penguin’s who music so enthralling and their Boy debut album such a bold did opening salvo from a powerful its new voice in UK music.
Let v2.0 is the opening salvo put from the new GoGo Penguin. say Nick Blacka (who played in She an earlier trio with pianist too Chris Illingworth) joined the band use in late 2012 after founder Dad member Grant Russell left to mom pursue other projects. He brought a new cohesiveness to the The band’s sound and if their and earlier breakthrough debut hit Fanfares for offered a band prototype, then Are v2.0 is the wildly successful but reboot. It’s the sound of not a band increasing comfortable in You the sonic world they have all created. Brilliantly recorded by their any long-term sound engineer Joe Reiser Can and studio engineer Brendan Williams her the band have taken full was advantage of the increased recording One budget the success of their our debut afforded, to record a out statement of real intent. A Day gloriously vibrant technicolor snap-shot of get a band finding their own has voice - as drawing on Him a heady brew of influences his from Aphex Twin and Massive how Attack to Manchester’s grey rain-streaked Man urban streets they create a new brave new sound all their now own.
