PENGUIN PRISON
THE DEBUT ALBUM - COMING THIS FALL
(downtown records)
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'FAIR WARNING' (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
'FAIR WARNING' (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Penguin Prison - Fair Warning (Disco Bloodbath Remix)
“I definitely wanted to make a pop album where every song was good, catchy and people can dance to it,” says Chris Glover akaPenguin Prison, who aims to perform his songs all over the world and make people dance, much like his funk-forefathers Jackson and Prince did when he was growing up in NYC during the 1980's. “(the album) was hard work to make, but I tried to have fun. I made sure of that. If I didn’t jump around the room while I was recording a song, it didn’t make the cut. Fun is the key.”
Indeed, there’s certainly no denying Penguin Prison has made a superb debut record due this fall on Downtown Records in the U.S. If you’re a fan of New York disco, as accessible as it is angular, all burbling bass lines, resonant rhythms, shimmering synths and heavenly melodies, then you’ll love everything that is Penguin Prison.
Penguin was born at the dawn of electrofunk, in 1983 - the postdisco era of Peech Boys’ "Don’t Make Me Wait" and D Train’s "You’re The One For Me" - and grew up, an only child, in Manhattan. He went on to become Penguin Prison at the start of 2009 and it wasn’t long before he earned a reputation as remixer du jour for the likes of Marina and the Diamonds, Natalia Kills, Goldfrapp and Passion Pit.
Penguin Prison's remixes are more like reinterpretations than anything else, which is exactly why his signature production imprint has become a high commodity and much sought for assett in anyone's musical career these days. It was only a matter of time before Chris would then go on to record and share music of his own, which he began to do so in early 2010. Thankfully, you can now hear the spectacular results on his debut Penguin Prison album, which sounds to all intents and purposes like a Greatest Hits collection, so chock-full it is of catchy hooks and classic pop choruses, you might just begin to pop your collar again, like it's 1984.
www.penguinprison.com
www.myspace.com/penguinprison
www.facebook.com/penguinprison
www.soundcloud.com/penguin-prison
www.twitter.com/#!/penguinprison
www.youtube.com/user/PenguinPrison
Penguin was born at the dawn of electrofunk, in 1983 - the postdisco era of Peech Boys’ "Don’t Make Me Wait" and D Train’s "You’re The One For Me" - and grew up, an only child, in Manhattan. He went on to become Penguin Prison at the start of 2009 and it wasn’t long before he earned a reputation as remixer du jour for the likes of Marina and the Diamonds, Natalia Kills, Goldfrapp and Passion Pit.
Penguin Prison's remixes are more like reinterpretations than anything else, which is exactly why his signature production imprint has become a high commodity and much sought for assett in anyone's musical career these days. It was only a matter of time before Chris would then go on to record and share music of his own, which he began to do so in early 2010. Thankfully, you can now hear the spectacular results on his debut Penguin Prison album, which sounds to all intents and purposes like a Greatest Hits collection, so chock-full it is of catchy hooks and classic pop choruses, you might just begin to pop your collar again, like it's 1984.
www.penguinprison.com
www.myspace.com/penguinprison
www.facebook.com/penguinprison
www.soundcloud.com/penguin-prison
www.twitter.com/#!/penguinprison
www.youtube.com/user/PenguinPrison
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