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Dutch Happy Hardcore/Hardcore Techno label from ID&T. Defunct since 1997. Pengo Records was managed by Dov Elkabas – also known as The Prophet from The Dreamteam. The name and logo are inspired by the 1982 video game Pengo. As taken from page 24 of the Thunderdome X booklet: "Pengo Records. One year ago thousands of penguins came to Holland to buy a new kind of icecream which was very popular at that time. After the ice cream [sic] was sold out all penguins returned to Antarctica except for one fluffy little one, called Pengo. This bird went to some clubs and accidentally got hooked on dancing to the beat of house [sic] music. Later that month he paid a visit to ID&T Music to discuss his possibilities as label manager, but while he was reading the last episode of strobe magazine he suddenly collapsed due to the weather that was obviously too hot for a penguin. It was impossible for him to move any of his [sic] feet or wings, and so the DJs [sic] at ID&T Music had to fix him a new mechanism to make it possible for him to dance again. Everybody knows of course that penguins are allergic to battery acid and so the DJs made sure they could wind up his mechanism with a large key which they connected through his back. Nowadays Pengo is a happy bird and a successful label manager, his first release is produced exclusively for him by Critical Mass, immediatly followed by an EP from DJ Weirdo & DJ Sim. The bird nation also expects some stuff from DJs like E-Rick & Tactic, Scott Brown, The Dreamteam and all other friends Pengo made the last couple of months ..."