GoGo Penguin at Fine Line, Minneapolis (October 7, 2025)
Manchester trio GoGo Penguin brought their intricate, guitar-free blend of jazz and electronica to the Fine Line. Surrounded by keyboards, laptops, and acoustic drums, they delivered dizzying polyrhythms and luminous tension. Bassist Nick Blacka anchored the chaos.
GoGo Penguin Setlist
- Umbra
- Fallowfield Loops
- Bardo
- The Turn Within
- Break
- Living Bricks in Dead Mortar
- What We Are and What We Are Meant to Be
- Naga Ghost
- Sanctuary
- Smarra
- Ascent
- Float
- Murmuration
- Hopopono
- Parasite
- Silence Speaks
- Protest
GoGo Penguin may make jazz for the guitar-averse: a kinetic, electronic-influenced trio whose inventive rhythms owe something to Aphex Twin and something to John Coltrane. After three Dakota Jazz Club shows in past years, the Manchester group finally graduated to the larger Fine Line for the second date of their 2025 North American tour, with a new album (this year’s Necessary Fictions) and a stack of new technology.
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