{"title":"Gondwana Records","description":"\u003cp\u003eGondwana Records started in Manchester as trumpeter Matthew Halsall's answer to a scene that didn't quite exist yet — a home for spiritual jazz, fusion and slow-burning instrumental music made without much interest in trends. GoGo Penguin's genre-blurring trio sits alongside Halsall's own widescreen records here, all sharing a patience and warmth that rewards close listening. If you want jazz that breathes rather than shows off, start here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"v2-0","title":"GoGo Penguin - V2.0","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"v2.0\" by GoGo Penguin, under Gondwana Records, mesmerizes with its blend of electro-acoustic jazz and euphoric rhythms. 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On the 6th of October 2023, the release date of her third solo album ‘Ghosts’, Hania performed a very special album release concert with a string ensemble in a uniquely special location - Witold Lutosławski's Concert Studio at the Polish Radio in Warsaw. Over the years, the spaces of Polish Radio have become an important part of Hania’s life - both privately and professionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisiting for the first time as a student of Chopin University of Music and returning to make her first recordings in late 2018, just before the release of the debut album ‘Esja’. It was also in these studios that Hania recorded her Live from Studio 2 video and EP. But whereas that featured a much-loved solo performance, for this very special recording from the larger Studio 1, Hania is joined by her regular collaborator Ziemowit Klimek on double bass and moog as well as a luxurious eight-piece string ensemble featuring Karolina Gutowska violin Jan Pietkiewicz violin Marta Piórkowska violin, Paweł Czarny viola, Tomasz Rosiński viola, Dobrawa Czocher cello, Marianna Sikorska cello, Mateusz Błaszczak cello.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully mixed by Greg Freeman in Berlin the music takes on a new life as Hania’s ethereal vocals, beautiful playing and exhilarating compositions are brought fully to life by the beautiful sweeping strings of the expanded ensemble. The concert is included here in its entirety with the addition of one beautiful extra performance – the title track ‘Nostalgia’ a beautiful interpretation of a much-loved piece from the Ghosts album taken from her concert at the Roundhouse in London. 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Released on his own Gondwana Records, the album leans hard into the spiritual jazz lineage of Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, with Rachael Gladwin's harp threading through the modal grooves alongside Halsall's warm, unshowy trumpet. It's a record that rewards patience, built from long, meditative pieces rather than tight songs, and it laid the groundwork for the wave of UK spiritual jazz that's followed in the years since. 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