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Flying With Penguins

It's all about the groove

About Me


NEXT GIG .......

Alex Fenton and John Hammond met studying music technology at Edinburgh University in 2003.

After a couple of years writing and playing acoustic sets under our former name (The Mile), we decided that we could be more than just another guitar band - and besides, we couldn't find a drummer or bassist to contribute to the immensely creative process that had already begun. So at this point, we began a journey - a two man journey into the powerful sonic world of Flying With Penguins.
Flying With Penguins are an electronic duo based in Edinburgh. Backgrounds in guitar music and a heavy dose of electronic influence results in a combination of funky breaks, weaving synths, catchy guitar hooks, powerful vocals and realtime looping creating experimental yet accessible songs, exciting when performed live.
Artist influences include The Postal Service, Bonobo, New Order, The Cure, most Drum and Bass, Athlete, Mr Scruff, Imogen Heap, Hot Chip and more. Tunes you can groove to, cry to, sing along to and move to. Each is a journey.
Enter a new world of sound.
No-one has done this before ...
FLYING WITH PENGUINS
"Flying With Penguins impressed us with their fusion of loops and riffs and kept the crowd entertained ... A blend of electronic and traditional instrumentation techniques wrapped up in a memorable performance." - review from our Limbo gig 17/04/08



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Member Since: 7/19/2006
Band Website: flyingwithpenguins.co.uk
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Influences: In no particular order - Bloc Party, High Contrast, Pendulum, Coldplay, Athlete, Chemical Brothers, Idlewild, Imogen Heap, Delays, Mylo, Jenna G, Elbow, Zero 7, Shy FX, The Cure, Lemon Jelly, Arcade Fire, Counting Crows, Flaming Lips, Mr Scruff, Tom Vek, Prodigy, The Postal Service, Hot Chip, John Butler Trio, Guillemots, Chicane, Kid Beyond, Bonobo, Amon Tobin, London Elektricity, New Order, Eva Cassidy, Air, Human Traffic (film and soundtrack), Cypress Hill, KT Tunstall, Bob Marley, Asian Dub Foundation, Chemical Brothers, Dennis Rollins, The Fugees, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Doves, Roni Size, Goo Goo Dolls, Jack Johnson, Jamie Lidell, John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Barenaked Ladies, Krafty Kuts, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Tears for Fears, Sufjan Stevens, Underworld, The Herbaliser and more ....

Sounds Like:

Bloc Party, Athlete and High Contrast all got in the same room and took something to expand the mind!











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My Blog

FEAST YOUR EARS - TWO NEW TUNES

Listen up!Two new Flying With Penguins songs uploaded.LAZY BEATS - A chilled out summer groove.CHARLIE'S TIME MACHINE - A trippy Hip Hop/DnB journey.Let us know what you think.Alex and JohnFWPwww.flyi...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Fri, 02 May 2008 07:12:00 PST

Flying With Penguins on RADIO 1 - BBC INTRODUCING...

Yeyyy!! Vic Galloway played us on his BBC Introducing show last night! Unfortunately we missed it and only found out a couple of hours ago. But luckily enough we can all enjoy the moment as if it ...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:34:00 PST

Flying With Penguins - Live @ Cabaret Voltaire, 11th April ’08

Hi there Penguin fans,We are playing at Cabaret Voltaire, Blair St, Edinburgh on the 11th of April alongside Capstin Pole, The Grand Funk Dynasty and The Marvels. Its gonna be a good one and we highly...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:09:00 PST

LEONA LEWIS vs THE POSTAL SERVICE MASHUP

I’ve just had an enlightening couple of hours remixing these tunes together after realising they use exactly the same chord sequence. The keys don’t match perfectly so it sounds like the...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:28:00 PST

RED STRIPE MUSIC AWARDS 2008

JOIN US ON THE RED STRIPE MUSIC AWARDS TOUR 2008THURSDAY 6th MARCH  EGO, EDINBURGHITS FREE!The wonderful people at Red Stripe have selected us to take part in their Music Awards Tour 2008. The awar...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:05:00 PST

NEW WEBSITE AND FREE TUNE!!!

The Flying With Penguins Website is now live!!! And to celebrate this we're offering you our new tune, Harvest Town, for FREE! So click here, crank up your sound system, and groove along to the fresh ...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:44:00 PST

New Found Sound Gig @ Po Na Na, Edinburgh - Tickets

New Found Sound Gig - Saturday 15th DecemberLaki Mera, Flying With Penguins, Warped MemoriesA night of exciting new electronic music including Laki Mera album launch.Where: Po Na Na, 43b Frederick St...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:32:00 PST

FLYING WITH PENGUINS Gig at The Ark, Edinburgh, Nov 6th

Hey guys,Everyone make sure you get your asses down to The Ark on Tuesday 6th Nov for a night of mind-blowingly experimental electronica bands.The Chap, North Atlantic Oscillation, Dancing Mice, Flyin...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:40:00 PST

DEBUT EP FINISHED! - NEW TRACKS UPLOADED

Hi everyone,We have finally finished our debut EP entitled 'He Who Dares'. We've uploaded 3 of the 5 tunes for your aural pleasure! Any comments would be much appreciated.Enjoy!Alex and JohnFlying W...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:57:00 PST

EP Sampler Uploaded

Greetings,Some slightly unfortunate circumstances have occured with regards to our EP recording. If you are considering buying some M-audio BX8 monitors or an M-audio FW-410 interface... DON'T! One ...
Posted by Flying With Penguins on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:26:00 PST