The details.

Format, pressing and tracklist.

About the album.

v2.0 is the second studio album from Manchester piano trio GoGo Penguin, a contemporary jazz record first released on Gondwana Records in March 2014 and shortlisted for that year’s Mercury Prize. It was the first album to feature the line-up of Chris Illingworth on piano, Nick Blacka on bass and Rob Turner on drums.

The title nods to software version numbering, and the band treated the record as something close to a second debut. The music borrows the shapes and textures of electronica while sticking to piano, bass and drums, with ‘Murmuration’ opening the original running order and ‘Hopopono’ closing it.

It was recorded at Giant Wafer and 80 Hertz in 2013, produced, recorded and mixed by Joseph Reiser and Brendan Williams, and mastered by George Atkins at 80 Hertz.

This Special Edition presents the album as a gatefold double LP, newly remastered for vinyl by the original engineer. It adds ‘Break’, ‘In Amber’ and ‘Wash’, three tracks from the original sessions first issued on the digital deluxe edition later in 2014, to the original ten.

Their 2012 debut Fanfares, also on Gondwana, captures the trio before the change in line-up and makes a natural companion to this record.

Tracklist.

Side A

  1. Murmuration
  2. Garden Dog Barbecue
  3. Kamaloka
  4. Fort

Side B

  1. One Percent
  2. Home
  3. The Letter

Side C

  1. To Drown In You
  2. Shock And Awe
  3. Hopopono

Side D

  1. Break
  2. In Amber
  3. Wash
Pressing details.
Format
2LP
Sleeve

Gatefold

Vinyl colour

Black

Label
Gondwana Records
Catalogue number
GONDLP009SE
Condition
Brand new (factory sealed)
Original release
17 March 2014
Care and packaging.

All records are handled minimally and shipped factory sealed to preserve condition. Orders are packed in purpose-built LP mailers and dispatched within one to two business days.

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