Chapter 1: Who is who ?
WhoMadeWho is one of the most versatile trio from the electronic music scene. Since their formation in 2003 their sound has cleverly evolved traversing an array of genres from indie pop to rave.
The band is formed of three Danish from Copenhagen where each one brings his own influences to spice up this explosive cocktail. Tomas Høffding is coming from a scandinavian underground rock band where he used to play the bass guitar and covered the melodies with his beautiful falsetto voice. Jeppe Kjellberg is also a singer but not only as he used to be a songwriter and guitarist from the avant garde jazz scene. Last, Tomas Bardford a rising star from the electronic music scene who starts his musical journey by playing the drums. Three different backgrounds but the same vision - between each album bringing something different, avoiding as much as possible to fall in the repetition of what have been done earlier.
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Chapter 2: An elusive artistic direction
Since 2003 WhoMadeWho has released 6 albums where each sounds different and has taken the public by surprise. Their first blow was in 2008 with The Plot, their second album, resolutely disco pop which has earned great reviews with the hit Keep Me In My Plane. In 2011, they have announced a new album, Knee Deep, but on the contrary it was a darker hue from WhoMadeWho released on Kölsch’imprint - Kompakt, a famous German techno label.
Chapter 3: The creative process of WhoMadeWho
The process behind their art of composing is chaotic yet in line with their characters. Each of them owns a role in the creative process, enriching the result with their differences. Usually Bardford sets the overall vision and the beat part of the project. Then, Høffding and Kjellberg will work separately over the beats on the poesy of the final track by taking advantage of their talents of singers and guitarist. Where Høffding is much more focus on the melodies, Kjellberg will push for musical experimentation. It results in something fresh with infectious rhythms and heuristic lyrics sometimes inviting to step back and think about the most intricate dilemmas of human psyche - loneliness, anxiety, boredom.
Chapter 4: A strong connection with the electronic music scene
WhoMadeWho’s versatile compositions have oftenly attracted producers from the electronic music scene to remix them. From Tale of Us to Kollektiv Turmstasse, Adriatique to Maceo Plex a crew of renowned figures has brung their vision on their tracks bringing even more diversity in WhoMadeWho’s discography. As a consequence, these remixes are oftenly played in DJ sets of artists from different genres which make WhoMadeWho sound ubiquitous on the electronic music scene. Their last compilation for Watergate is a great example of their versatility with a bunch of tracks signed WhoMadeWho but also edits and remixes from artists such as Artbat.