Hailing from Manchester, GoGo Penguin brought together Chris Illingworth
(piano), Nick Blacka (double bass) and Rob Turner (drums) in 2009. Although
influenced by ambient sounds, drum & bass rhythms and post-rock, the trio's
eclectic music is organic and draws inspiration from contemporary minimalism,
jazz fusion and popular music. After two albums released by Gondwana Records,
Fanfares (2012) and V2.0 (2014, nominated for the Mercury Prize), GoGo Penguin
moved to the Blue Note label to record their acclaimed collection, Man Made
Object (2016), which reached number 72 in the UK c...