WhoMadeWho may lack a question mark after their name but their music will certainly have you asking after them. The Copenhagen, Denmark trio is difficult to pin down but their music sounds as effortless as it is stylistically and sonically adventurous. WhoMadeWho are on a mission to eschew convention. The band formed in 2003, with falsetto voiced bassist Tomas Høffding coming from the Scandinavian rock underground, singer songwriter/guitarist Jeppe Kjellberg from the avantgarde jazz scene (with beard to match), and drummer Tomas Barfod – who also records as Tomboy – a rising star of electronic music. They released several 12-inches on Gomma Records, culminating in their eponymous debut album in 2005, which won them a devoted audience who evangelized about their new favorite band, making it the sleeper hit of the year.
While touring the globe the band started work on their second album. “The Plot” was released three years later, were it got great reviews across the board, culminating with the “Keep Me In My Plane” video that won a bunch of awards around the globe and was nominated for even more. Because of the lengthy recording process with “The Plot”, the band matured sonically, making it a bit more pop, still with the distinct rock- and electro sound.
As a live band WhoMadeWho are an unforgettable, incendiary experience having played alongside genre bending contemporaries Daft Punk, Soulwax, Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem as well as having their 1st album song “Space For Rent” covered by Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age after seeing them rattling bones in their skeleton garb stage out fit.
Always using a foundation of beats and bass lines, the songs are then written on top, alongside the unusual additions of oboe, castanets, electro-synth or vocal harmonizing that pushes their music into the extraordinary. They individually evangelize about 60′s psychedelia, 70′s stoner rock, 80′s mutant disco, 90′s electronica and this have resulted in their warped sound of now. WhoMadeWho is not only “the rockingest dance band or danciest rock band but both the danciest dance band and the rockingest rock band.”
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WhoMadeWho roBot Festival Chart:
01. Trickski – Wilderness (Genius Of Time Remix) (Suol)
02. Daniel Maloso – Discoteca Carvernicola (Comeme)
03. DJ Koze – Mi Cyaan Believe It (Tribute To Michael Smith Mix) (Pampa Records)
04. Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan Rework) (Phantasy)
05. Jatoma – Little Houseboat (Kenton Slash Demon Remix) (Kompakt)
06. MMM (Errorsmith & Fiedel) – Rio (MMM)
07. Die Vögel – Empire (Pampa Records)
08. Ryan Davis – Zodiac (Archipel)
09. Ill Blu – Bellion (Hyperdub)
10. Jamie XX – Far Nearer (Numbers)
