Mancunian ambient-jazz trio GoGo Penguin recently collaborated with Japanese experimental musician and producer Cornelius to release a new version of their single ‘Kora’. The track, which is part of the band’s new LP GGP/RMX (Blue Note Records), is one of the 11 remixes reimagining their 2020’s album GoGo Penguin. ...
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The glorious Love Supreme returned to the prime Sussex pastures of Glynde for its seventh year, and what a return it was. With such a startling array of talent on offer, it was a mighty challenge to stay in one spot for too long for fear of missing out elsewhere....
Now in its seventh year, the much-vaunted Love Supreme returns to the verdant fields of East Sussex for another weekend of some of the finest jazz, funk and soul upon these shores. From a relatively unknown and up-and-coming talent such as London-based trombonist Rosie Turton to major international star and...
By now, you’d already know that we don’t like charts, ranks or hierarchies. So, of course, we have compiled a list of our favourite albums of the year (next to songs and videos), but more than a ranking, we prefer to call our choices a “music guide to 2018”. To...
We know that the curtain closed on 2018 more than a week ago but, given the incredible number of good tunes released throughout the year, we also thought that it was better to take a few additional days to tidy up our music-listening. What follows is a playlist of the...
GoGo Penguin, one of Rhythm Passport’s favourite piano trios, will be playing in London’s most iconic venue – Royal Albert Hall on 12th of November. Their sound has been labelled as acoustic-electronica, and they draw heavy influences from jazz, glitch and minimalism to deliver their truly inimitable and mesmerising performances....
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GoGo Penguin is one of those bands that are impossible to define within a genre or a scene. Yet, since their debut in the UK scene with their first album Fanfares, they have come out with their very own signature sound: hearts rooted in jazz and classical training exploring the...
GoGo Penguin‘s Man Made Object – released on the exalted Blue Note in 2016 – showed merely a peek towards the progressive direction of the trio. The band’s new album, A Humdrum Star serves as a hat tip towards Carl Sagan’s TV series Cosmos, highlighting a phrase which demonstrates just...
Rhythm Passport holders, SOAS Radio listeners after a few months of silence Rhythm Passport on Air is back to guide you throughout this month’s best music happenings in London! Tracklist: Intro: Mano Negra – “La Vida” from Casa Babylon (Virgin France; 1994) GoGo Penguin: “Raven” from A Humdrum Star (Blue Note Records; 2018) Khruangbin:...
For the third year in a row, In the Round will give you the opportunity to experience a different kind of involvement with music and musicians. From the 31st of January to the 10th of February – throughout eight shows – the opening music series on the Roundhouse’s calendar will...