Results for "Gondwana Records"

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

By GoGo Penguin

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

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.

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. ...

On The Go

By Matthew Halsall

Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Music For A Dancing Mind; Song For Charlie; The End Of Dukkha; Samatha; The Journey Home; The Move.

Sacred Dimension

By Nat Birchall

Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Ancient World; Sacred Dimension; Dance Of The Mystic; Peace In Nineveh; Radiant Will.

Nat Birchall: Sacred Dimension

by Bruce Lindsay
November 21, 2011

Just outside the Victorian architectural splendor of the city of Manchester lies some of England's most beautiful countryside. The area is home to a small group of musicians whose contemporary take on the music of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, among others, is creating some of the finest and most spiritual sounds around. Trumpeter Matthew Halsall, ...