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...
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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...
When talking about some of the best music projects in the contemporary scene, one cannot fail to mention GoGo Penguin, the Manchester-based trio that brings jazz and electronica together in highly rhythmical, climatic compositions and truly compelling live shows. The band formed in Manchester in 2012 and has published three...
There’s no better way to introduce you to the Rhythm Passport music world than to start in our very own “backyard”. For this reason, we gather together and are keen to let you discover some of the most interesting projects and sounds right here on our doorstep, from Belfast to...
Jazz:Re:Found is arguably one of the finest festivals in Italy at the moment, bringing artists like Robert Glasper, Thundercat, Yussef Kamaal, Grandmaster Flash and many others over the years, to Turin. One of the most vibrant cities in the country. A few months after its latest incredible offering, Jazz:Re:Found is...
