GoGo Penguin, UK and international tour dates 2016.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Manchester based rising stars GoGo Penguin will be touring the UK during February 2016. They also have a number of prestigious international club and festival appearances scheduled. Press release att.
We have received the following press release;
GOGO PENGUIN SET TO PERFORM AT 2016 COACHELLA FESTIVAL;
MERCURY PRIZE NOMINATED TRIO ANNOUNCE JAN. 16 & 18 NYC SHOWS
AHEAD OF FEB. 5 BLUE NOTE DEBUT MAN MADE OBJECT
MANCHESTER, LONDON, BRISTOL SHOWS ALL SELL OUT - MAY 5 KOKO SHOW ADDED
BAND ALSO ADD BLUE NOTE TOKYO SHOWS ON APRIL 2 & 3
GoGo Penguin—the UK trio of drummer Rob Turner, double bassist Nick Blacka and pianist Chris Illingworth—have been announced as part of the 2016 line-up of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival which takes place April 15-17 and April 22-24. The band has also added a second NYC show at Mercury Lounge on January 18 following their NYC concert debut January 16 at (le) poisson rouge as part of the 2016 NYC Winter Jazzfest.
In addition the band have announced a brand new date at Koko, London (May 5) and will debut at the Blue Note in Tokyo on April 2nd & 3rd. Selected tour dates below.
After being shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize for their album v2.0, GoGo Penguin is set to make their Blue Note Records debut with the February 5 release of Man Made Object, an album that finds the band taking their mash-up of minimalist piano themes, deeply propulsive bass lines and electronica-inspired drums to new heights. While they draw on a heady brew of influences including Brian Eno, John Cage, Massive Attack and Aphex Twin, Man Made Object is the sound of a band confidently pursuing their own path.
“The title is partly inspired by my fascination with ideas of robotics, transhumanism and human augmentation,” says pianist Illingworth, a statement that begs for elaboration. “We’re recreating electronic music on acoustic instruments. It’s like a man-made object that has become humanized and it seemed like a good album title, one that also means something different to each of us, and hopefully to each listener.”
Indeed, although they’re predominately an acoustic piano trio, GoGo Penguin’s music draws from many areas of contemporary electronic music, one where you can hear arcade game bleeps, glitchy breakbeats, hypnotic Aphex-style melodies, grinding bass lines and a rumbling low-end. It has been described as “acoustic electronica”, a term which perfectly sums up their modus operandi. “Many of the songs on this album started out as electronic compositions that I made on sequencing software like Logic or Ableton,” says drummer Turner. “I’ll then play it to the band and we’ll find ways of replicating it acoustically.”
Man Made Object is available for pre-order on iTunes or Amazon. Stream the album’s lead single “All Res.”
UK DATES
06 FEB Cardiff The Gate
12 FEB Norwich Norwich Arts Centre
13 FEB Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
16 FEB Glasgow Oran Mor
17 FEB Aberdeen Lemon Tree
18 FEB Gateshead The Sage Gateshead
19 FEB Leeds The Wardrobe
20 FEB Manchester Band on the Wall - SOLD OUT
21 FEB Manchester Band on the Wall - SOLD OUT
23 FEB Birmingham Glee Club
24 FEB Bristol The Lantern - SOLD OUT
25 FEB London The Village Underground - SOLD OUT
05 MAY London Koko - added by popular demand
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL DATES
16 JAN NYC, (le) poisson rouge, Winterfest
18 JAN NYC, Mercury Lounge
15 Feb Paris LaMaroquinerie
2 APR Tokyo, Blue Note
3 APR Tokyo, Blue Note
7 APR Berlin, Silent Green
16 Apr California, Coachella
23 Apr California, Coachella