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Cooked up in the Blue Note Lab, RMX presents last years band-defining masterpiece, GoGo Penguin, re-imagined through the filter of some of the worlds finest producers and remixers. For RMX the idea was both simple and inspired; commission a remix of every track from last years album and present a total re-imagination of the record, a remix, or as the band title it, a RMX. In the end they went one better; with a remix of every track (and two of one) plus a remix of the track Petit_a, which was originally released only in Japan before surfacing on their Live from Studio 2 digital EP.

The idea behind RMX was also the catalyst for a remarkably inspired collaboration. The Manchester trio's music has always drawn heavily on electronica (alongside jazz, indie and classical influences) and so commissioning ten of their favourite artists to rework their music made perfect sense - and the results are spectacular. One of the very best remix projects you will hear anywhere. Amongst the many highlights are Squarepushers thumping remix of F Maj Pixie, alongside Japanese producers Cornelius and Yosi creating sublime new landscapes with the bands music on Kora and Embers.

James Holden assembles an epic synth odyssey around Totem and Portico Quartet produce a sympathetic reworking of Dont Go. Band faves Clark and Nathan Fake produce inimitable reworkings as does noted French producer Rone, while American producer Machine Drum 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.

When a musical ensemble chooses to self-title an album mid-career,itusually signifies their convictionthat theyve struck upon the motherlode, hit the jackpot, stepped up andgenerallyarrivedat a point theyve always striven for but never quite attainedbefore. After months of aural alchemy up North, GoGo Penguin are now ready to go back into the world again, and take the upward trajectory to its next stage with this wondrously ambitious new album.

Tracklist:
1. 1_#
2. Atomised
3. Signal In The Noise
4. Open
5. F Maj Pixie
6. Kora
7. Totem
8. Embers
9. To the Nth
10. Dont Go