Results for "Gondwana Records"

Mammal Hands: Animalia

by Bruce Lindsay
August 30, 2014

When is a trio with a piano not a piano trio? British outfit Mammal Hands offers one answer to that conundrum with debut album Animalia, released on Gondwana Records, the label run by discerning trumpeter and producer Matthew Halsall. Actually, given the varied nature of the tunes on display--co-written by the band members--it offers eight answers. ...

Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra: When the World Was One

by Phil Barnes
May 27, 2014

Change, or at least an evolution of the Halsall sound, is very much in the air on this wonderful new record. Credited to Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra there is a feeling of expansion of the musical palette, further steps on a satisfying journey towards the destination identified on 2012's transitional Fletcher Moss Park. ...

GoGo Penguin: v2.0

by Phil Barnes
May 12, 2014

Dating the emergence of a cultural phenomenon such as house music in the UK is notoriously difficult. While the tabloid furore probably reached full force in 1988, most would accept that the rise occurred the year before with the first (acid house) 'summer of love.' By any reckoning a lot of time has passed since those ...

GoGo Penguin: v2.0

by Bruce Lindsay
March 15, 2014

So what do we have here? An album by Manchester trio GoGo Penguin. The minimalist front cover gives nothing away, no band name, no album title. The somewhat prosaic title, v2.0 is actually rather more informative--for this is the band's second album, performed by its second lineup. Pianist Chris Illingworth and drummer Rob Turner both appeared ...

Fanfares

Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Seven Sons Of Björn; Last Words; Unconditional; Fanfares; I Am That; Akasthesia; HF.

Fletcher Moss Park

By Matthew Halsall

Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Cherry Blossom; Fletcher Moss Park; Mary Emma Louise; Sailing Out To Sea; Wee Lan (Little Orchid); The Sun In September; Finding My Way.

Fanfares

By GoGo Penguin

Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Seven Sons of Björn; Last Words; Unconditional; Fanfares; I Am That; Akasthesia; HF.

Fletcher Moss Park

December 3, 2012

Album: Label Love Vol. 5: The Jazz Edition
By Matthew Halsall
Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 0
Duration: 5:46

GoGo Penguin: Fanfares

by Bruce Lindsay
November 19, 2012

Jazz musicians are some of the most musically imaginative souls on the planet, but their imaginations often desert them when it's time to choose a band name. So thanks must go to whoever decided to name this group GoGo Penguin: it's a suitably imaginative name for a trio full of imaginative music. Three young men who ...

Matthew Halsall: Fletcher Moss Park

by Bruce Lindsay
October 21, 2012

In the small market town of Didsbury, a few miles south of the city of Manchester, lies Fletcher Moss Park. It's a little oasis of exotic greenery that contrasts with the history of the area as a heartland of the Industrial Revolution: it's also a place where trumpeter and composer Matthew Halsall finds comfort and relaxation. ...