''v2.0 '' is the second studio album by jazz piano trio

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, released in 2014. The title is an allusion to an abbreviation commonly used in

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Critical reception

About ''v2.0'', Bruce Lindsay says in

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that "v2.0 is the sound of a band moving forward—not in leaps and bounds, but in small steps. There's really no need to jump headlong into the unknown when the foundations set down on ''Fanfares'' were so strong. v2.0 builds on those foundations with style, further establishing GoGo Penguin as one of the most exciting young bands on the contemporary scene." This album was nominated for the

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in 2014.

Track listing

Gondwana Records – GONDCD009DD & GONDLP009:

Personnel

* Chris Illingworth –

Piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

* Nick Blacka –

Bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

* Rob Turner –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

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