GOGO PENGUIN <Go Go Penguin>

Gogo penguin / GoGo Penguin

A new generation piano trio formed in Manchester, England in 2009.
Started live activities mainly at local Manchester clubs, and released the album "FARES" from Manchester's Indie's label, Gondowana Records in 2012. In the same year, London's famous DJ Gyre's Peterson introduced it as the best jazz album among the popular shows, and it was included in his compilation and became a hot topic. In early 2013, the new bassist Nic Brakka joined the original members of the piano Chris Iling Worth and the drummer Rob Turner, and the current member, released his second album "V2.0" in 2014. While the reputation has risen at the U.K., "V2.0" was nominated for the 2014 British prestigious music award Mercury Prize, along with Bra's Demon Alban solo album and others, attracting attention from all over the world.
Don Walls, president of Blue Note, also liked it immediately after listening to V2.0, and just two days later, he flew to see the Uber Jazz Festival in Hamburg, and finally entered into a multi-sheet contract with Blue Note in the spring of 2015 after witnessing its overwhelming live performance. In January 2016, Blue Note released the first Man Made Object. Since piano Chris has been studying classical music at Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music, jazz based on jazz, classical music such as Lafmaninov, Debussy and Chopin, as well as contemporary music such as Brian Eno and John Cage, as well as Afex Twin, John Hopkins, Underward Rock, and technos. Performed as the only "jazz" act on the Cochera Festival in 2016, SXSW in 2017, and also decided to perform in Bonaru in 2018. The new generation piano trio with the most momentum now.