GoGo Penguin
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Apolo [2] C/ Nou de la Rambla 113, 08004 Barcelona
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GoGo Penguin—the instrumental trio from Manchester, England—has fielded plaudits and rave reviews for inspiration and originality at every turn since 2013, when they settled on their dream line-up of Chris Illingworth (piano), Rob Turner (drums), and Nick Blacka (bass).
Fusing jazz, classical and electronic influences with a thirst for innovation, they’ve been garlanded as makers of one of the Mercury Prize albums of the year (in 2014) and have enjoyed success on record and in the live arena matched by precious few vocal-free groups post-millennium.
GoGo Penguin’s music has always defied categorization. In their sound, there have been detectable traces of latter-day developments in jazz, such as Sweden’s free-thinking Esbjörn Svensson Trio (aka EST) and minimalist classical composers like Steve Reich, John Adams and even Erik Satie.
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