GoGo Penguin

GoGo Penguin is a piano jazz trio from Manchester, England that seamlessly blends rock, post-bop and minimalist influences with electronic elements.

The trio was formed in Manchester in 2012 by pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner. The band’s sound is as much post-bop jazz as it is classical Western music, Massive Attack as the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Debussy and Aphex Twin as Brian Eno. Or as The Guardian put it: “powered by fluttering, junglist drums, slithering bass lines and an increasing bank of Eno-esque digital manipulations. Hypnotic stuff.”

After the trio’s second full-length was nominated for the Mercury Prize, the trio left Matthew Halsall’s Gondwana Records and signed to Blue Note. The band’s Blue Note debut Man Made Object made it into the top ten of the 2016 jazz album chart.

Atmospheric, cinematic break-beat trio GoGo Penguin come to Stockholm Jazz Festival and Slaktkyrkan with music from their latest album Everything Is Going to Be OK and with songs from the trio’s nine album extensive catalog. With a new drummer, a new record label in XXIM and a subtly updated and developed danceable sound. Go! GoGo! It’s going to be good!

Chris Illingworth – piano,
Nick Blacka – bass,
Jon Scott – drums

Tickets: Nortic

Place: Slaktkyrkan, Styckmästargatan, Stockholm
Price: 450 SEK
Date: 12.10.2024
Time: 21:00

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