GoGo Penguin – GGP/RMX (Indie Exclusive Red & Blue Vinyl 2LP)

Cooked up in the Blue Note lab, RMX presents 2020’s band-defining masterpiece, GoGo Penguin, re-imagined through the filter of some of the world’s finest producers and remixers. Amongst the many highlights are Squarepusher’s thumping remix of “F Maj Pixie,” alongside Japanese producers Cornelius and Yosi creating sublime new landscapes with the band’s music on “Kora” and “Embers.” James Holden assembles an epic synth odyssey around “Totem” and the Portico Quartet produce a sympathetic reworking of “Don’t Go.” Band faves Clark and Nathan Fake produce inimitable reworkings as does noted French producer Rone, while American producer Machinedrum turns “Atomised” into dance floor friendly ‘belter’ which is also the first single. Finally, the band have not forgotten their hometown – Manchester is well represented, with remixes from elder statesman and dance music legend Graham Massey (808 State) and new discovery Shunya, whose enigmatic reworking of “To The Nth” almost steals the record.

1. Kora [Cornelius Remix]
2. Atomised [Machinedrum Remix]
3. Embers [Yosi Horikawa Remix]
4. F Maj Pixie [Rone Remix]
5. F Maj Pixie [Squarepusher Remix]
6. Open [Nathan Fake Remix]
7. Signal In The Noise [808 State Remix]
8. Totem [James Holden Remix]
9. To The Nth [Shunya Remix]
10. Petit_a [Clark Remix]
11. Don’t Go [Portico Quartet Remix]